100% ME: ANTI-DOPING SESSION England Youth January 2012 2 100% - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 100% ME: ANTI-DOPING SESSION England Youth January 2012

2 100% me: the brand � Core principles applicable to ALL athletes � Personal Governance – Strict Liability � Player-centred � Effort, commitment and determination � Fairness in Sport � Values and Choice � Sport Excellence

3 Why do we educate players � To prevent a player making a mistake � To help players make the right choices

4 WADA, UKAD and the RFL UK Anti-Doping Rules RFL Anti-Doping Rules

5 Strict Liability Players are solely responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system despite whether there was an intention to cheat or not and regardless of how the substance came to be in the player’s system

6 Testing � Consistency � Random & Target Testing � Urine and/or blood testing

7 Testing � Your obligations - Report to Doping Control immediately upon notification* - Rehydrate quickly (sealed container) - Select sampling equipment - Sample provision has to be observed � Your rights: - Warm down - Fulfil media commitments - Receive treatment - Take someone in with you *The Lead Doping Control officer can use his discretion to decide if you can return to the dressing room once you have reported and signed in at the Doping Control Station. You will be under constant observation by a Chaperone at all times

8 The Prohibited List 8 Chris Hoy, 100% me Ambassador Chris Hoy, 100% me Ambassador

9 Prohibited Substances

10 Prohibited Substances Steroids Social drugs EPO Growth Hormone Inhalers Insulin Stimulants Masking agents Diuretics

11 Prohibited Methods Gene Doping Blood Doping Providing someone else’s sample Blood spinning Tampering with a sample Refusing to provide a sample

12 What does a player need to know? 1. There is a LIST of things they can’t take or do 2. It changes 3. How to check it

13 Checking Medications www.globaldro.co.uk

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17 Gareth Hock Substance: Cocaine Ban: 2 years

18 Karl Long Substance: Ephedrine (supplement used for weight loss) Ban: 2 years

19 Ian Sibbitt Substance: Salbutamol (asthma inhaler - over the upper limit) Warning – similar cases have seen bans ranging from 3 months to 2 years

20 Ian Sibbitt DVD Clip

21 Asthma Beta-2 Agonists or Glucocorticosteroids TUE for some medications Salbutamol & Formoterol . upper limit

22 Asthma � Correct inhaler technique � Important that the correct diagnosis is made � It may not be asthma, but another breathing problem � RFL Asthma leaflet

23 Steve Dooler Substance: Methylhexaneamine (Contaminated supplement) Ban: 4 months *Other cases have ranged from 3 months – 2 years

24 METHYLHEXANEAMINE - Weight loss or energy boosting supplements - forthan, forthane, floradrene, geranamine, dimethylamylamine, DMAA, dimethylpentylamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, geranium extract or geranium oil

25 Pseudoephedrine � Was heavily used in RL – now on the WADA Prohibited List � Likely to face a 2 year ban � Commonly found in cold remedies � Consult club medical staff � Therapeutic Use Exemptions will not be granted for Pseudoephedrine

26 Consequences of a Positive Test

27 Consequences of a Positive Test Banned from the Game Sacked from your club Money worries Family pressure Media intrusion Loss of reputation Let your team-mates down

28 Where are they now? SL Champ Champ 1 ???

29 Travelling abroard � Look the same, not the same � Beware of counterfeits

30 Alain Baxter

31 Therapeutic Use Exemptions 31 Chris Hoy, 100% me Ambassador Chris Hoy, 100% me Ambassador

32 ACTIVITY – WALK THE LINE

33 WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DOPING? It is difficult to know – why? 1. No scientific studies have been done on dopers 2. Drugs used by dopers are developed as medicines, not for performance enhancement

34 WHAT ARE THE SIDE EFFECTS? 3. Athletes using prohibited substances: May not be under a Doctors supervision � Often take very large doses � Might use drugs in combination with � other substances 4. Illegal and counterfeit substances are likely to contain impurities or contaminants But we know a couple of side effects:

35 ANABOLIC STEROIDS General side effects Increased risk of liver disease High blood pressure Increased risk of cardiovascular disease Psychological dependence Increased risk of contracting infectious diseases such as hepatitis and HIV/AIDS

36 ANABOLIC STEROIDS • Acne •Breast enlargement • shrinking of the testicles •premature baldness • reduced sperm production •potential kidney and liver • impotence dysfunction • Infertility •increased aggression and • enlarged mood swings prostate gland •libido disorders

37 ANABOLIC STEROIDS Also in Adolescents • severe acne on the face and body • premature puberty • stunted growth as a result of premature closure of the growth plates of the bones

38 PSEUDOEPHEDRINE � Fast, pounding or uneven heartbeat � Severe dizziness � Anxiety and restlessness � Easy bruising or bleeding � Unusual weakness � Flu-like symptoms; fever; chills; aches � Increased blood pressure

39 PLAYER INFLUENCES Coaches, Trainers Family Educators Player Friends Parents Peers, Sports Team Mates, Admin Competitors I Doctors, Therapists

40 ACTIVITY – PRESSURES • Coping with injury • Drop in form • Striving for the first team • Competition for places • Think everyone else is doing it • Friends making bad choices • Pressure to get bigger, faster, stronger • Bad advice • …..

41 SUPPLEMENTS

42 SUPPLEMENTS Assess the Need Assess the Risk

43 SUPPLEMENTS Contamination Accidental Deliberate 14.8% - (WADA 2001)

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45 SUPPLEMENTS ADAM DEAN DVD

46 SUPPLEMENTS Assess the Need Assess the Risk

47 WHAT’S NEXT

48 RESOURCES � RFL anti-doping booklet � RFL asthma leaflet � RFL Pseudoephedrine/ephedrine leaflet � RFL Methylhexaneamine leaflet � Global DRO advice card � Visit Global DRO at www.globaldro.co.uk � Use the athlete zone at www.ukad.org.uk � Visit the RFL website at www.therfl.co.uk � 100% ME Advice Line 0800 528 0004