As School Starts, Parents Can Pave the Way for Hard but Honest Discussions
As School Starts, Parents Can Pave the Way for Hard but Honest Discussions The 2022-23 school year is upon us! For your child, it may bring new schools, teams, peer groups, and uncertainties—including the possibility that they encounter concerning behavior by peers or adults. Misconduct and abuse can be hard to discuss even for adults and more so for children. …
To Build Team Trust, Tune in to Your Athlete’s Moods
To Build Team Trust, Tune in to Your Athletes’ Moods New ideas for creating positive sport environments can emerge from any corner. Powerful voices can help these ideas take root in any sport setting. That’s the premise of Supporting Whole Athletes, a new U.S. Center for SafeSport podcast to help coaches strengthen the culture of their team and the personal development of the …
Tips for Parents on Keeping Children Safe in Sport
Tips for Keeping Children Safe in Sport Sports are a source of joy, freedom, and essential play for millions of kids across the country. With more families signing their kids up to play every day, parents need to be aware of the important things they can do to help ensure that their children are safe in sports. In recognition of …
SafeSport® Training Puts You in Play to Support Athlete Safety
SafeSport Training Puts You In Play to Support Athlete Safety Whether it’s baseball, volleyball, or pickleball that sparks their passion, kids should feel safe and supported in every sport, on every court. And it’s hard to disagree when we see a young athlete’s eyes light up, charged by the satisfaction of a goal reached, a friend made. Fortunately, it’s easy …
Promoting Safer Youth Sport Settings
Promoting Safer Youth Sport Settings Young athletes are safer when all adults in any sport setting have a common basis of best practices for preventing abuse and misconduct in and around sport activities. However, league or organization administrators crafting prevention policies may wonder where to find robust, easy-to-apply guidance that reflects the operational and safety realities of today’s sporting landscape. …
Tools to Help Parents and Coaches Keep Young Athletes Safe
Tools to Help Parents and Coaches Keep Young Athletes Safe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHy4S7jS9h0 Every young athlete deserves to be safe, supported, and strengthened. This idea is at the core of what the U.S. Center for SafeSport does in communities across America in its work to end abuse and misconduct for every athlete, everywhere. Since we opened in 2017 to address abuse in …