Physical Education Safety

When doing my research I have talked to a lot of different Physical Education teachers and also administrators about PE.  One of the most common things that comes up in the conversation is safety.  When I ask the question about classroom management in PE, they all have talked about safety in one form or the other.  When I asked my CT safety was his biggest factor.  If you don't have a safe classroom then it is tough to have good classroom management.  Every time I introduce a new activity the first thing we discuss before rules or anything else is safety.  When explaining the game of badminton I had to discuss the safety rules.  Some things that I had mentioned were don't swing the rackets at anything but the birdie.  It may seem silly to say this to the students but it must be done.  I would explain how the rackets aren't made for throwing or tossing.  I also had a story to try and scare them about a student getting their teeth knocked out from a racket.  The students laughed but I am sure that none of them would want that to happen to them.  Safety is also a big issue for the administrators.  They want to make sure that every student in the school is safe.  The school can get in a lot of trouble for students getting hurt in PE.  If a student gets hurt in PE the teacher can even sometimes be fired so it is a must for a PE teacher to have great classroom management.  I would be interested to see what parents may say about this issue.  I would like to know what parents think about safety in PE and if they worry about their children when they are in PE?