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 Eric
(Rick) Giommi, B. Comm, is the School Sports Consultant with CMP
Concussion Management Partners.
Mr.
Giommi has accumulated many years of experience with secondary and
post-secondary school sports teams, and has been involved with a
number of community sport organizations.
As
an athlete he played varsity basketball at both the secondary school
and post-secondary school levels. He was a member of the varsity
basketball teams at the
University
of
Waterloo
, the
University
of
Victoria
, and Laurentian University. He has also coached
at both the Junior and Senior levels at secondary school as well as
at the community club level.
During
the Hope For Tomorrow Conference, he will provide insight into the
challenges faced by student-athletes as they attempt to balance
academics and athletics and barriers they must overcome to recover
from concussion. He will also provide the perspective from a
coach’s point of view on the issues of meeting the performance
expectations while at the same time ensuring the health and safety
of players. The information he provides will assist coaches and
administrators in the establishment of specific protocols and
procedures which will address the needs and concerns of all partners
in a concussion management program
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