Our coaches take the Safe Sport courses every year to ensure the safety and well-being of our athletes. The Safe Sport program is dedicated to the training and education of community members with the sole purpose of ending sexual, physical, and emotional abuse on behalf of athletes everywhere. This course helps us to proactively take steps to prevent abuse, identify the role power imbalances and culture dynamics has in the prevalence of abuse, and highlights ways to build inclusion and team cohesion. The program illustrates signs and forms of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse and misconduct, and how to recognize warning signs. It teaches our coaches how to properly react and follow through on disclosures of abuse, how to intervene in situations where abuse may be evident, and laws that guide abuse reporting.
Sport provides kids of all ages and abilities with countless positive experiences and opportunities. Those experiences should come free of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and misconduct. As parents and guardians, you’re in a unique position to help create safer environments for all athletes. Parents are encouraged to read Safe Sports Parent and Guardian Handbook for Safer Sport and become partners with us in ending sexual, physical, and emotional abuse everywhere.