USA Gymnastics | U110: U.S. Center for SafeSport Core Course (2024)

FAQs

Who is required to take the U110 SafeSport Core course? ›

Who is required to complete the U110: U.S. Center for SafeSport Course? All adult (18 years and older) members must take the course as a condition of membership. Additionally, any adult in a member club who has regular contact with or authority over minors also must complete the U110 course.

SafeSport^® Trained Core

A comprehensive 90-minute overview of facts, principles, and strategies to help you provide safe and positive sport environments. Units include: Sexual Misconduct Awareness and Education. Mandatory Reporting. Physical and Emotional Misconduct (including bullying, hazing, and harassment)

The required SafeSport Training (approximately 90 minutes), only needs to be completed once. A SafeSport Refresher Training, which takes approximately 30 minutes, must be completed annually thereafter.

The Safe Sport Training and Refresher Training are each valid for twelve (12) months.

If you are not a member of or associated with an NGB, the U.S. Center for SafeSport comprehensive online training course is 90 minutes long and costs $20 per person. The course can be accessed here. If you are a parent looking for resources on keeping your athlete(s) safe, you can access the Parent Training at no cost.

Managing a SafeSport environment is important to USASA. Background screening of all employees, member coaches, member officials and club volunteer members is required. Convictions and pending dispositions for the following crimes will prompt a determination that an applicant “does not meet” the criteria to serve USASA.

SafeSport training refers to the “Core SafeSport Training” created and offered by the U.S. Center for SafeSport consisting of three modules: (1) Sexual Misconduct Awareness Education, (2) Mandatory Reporting, and (3) Emotional & Physical Misconduct as well as the “Refresher” courses offered by the U.S. Center for ...

Provide a permanent, appropriately equipped area to evaluate and treat injured athletes. Develop injury and illness prevention strategies, including protocols for environmental conditions. Provide or facilitate injury intervention. Create and rehearse venue-specific Emergency Action Plan.

Under Member Tools, you will see a "Safe Sport Training" tile. Log in to your SafeSport account, and your available training courses will appear. You will be required to complete the Refresher Module in order to become Safe Sport Trained. You will receive a completion certificate upon completing the refresher course.

3 | Close-in-Age – The Adult Participant has no Authority over the Minor Athlete and is not more than 4 years older than the Minor Athlete.

How quickly should you contact the U.S. Center for SafeSport? ›

Remember, federal law requires mandatory reporters report actual and suspected abuse to law enforcement within 24 hours. Your state may have similar requirements. If you are an adult member of a National Governing Body, you should report to the U.S. Center for SafeSport immediately.

What is SafeSport training? The Center offers a variety of tailored courses for adults and minor athletes, and covers topics such as mandatory reporting, sexual misconduct awareness education, emotional and physical misconduct, and abuse prevention.

You must complete training every 12 months. The Core course is taken in the first year, followed by Refresher 1, Refresher 2, and Refresher 3 in each subsequent year. The cycle begins again with the SafeSport® Trained Core in year 5.

Emotional Misconduct: Emotional misconduct can include both verbal and physical acts, from name-calling to throwing equipment at an athlete. Stalking and denying support can also be considered emotional misconduct.

Under the Safe Sport Act, all adults at youth-serving organizations – including athletic clubs, summer camps, and recreational sports leagues – are now considered to be “mandated reporters” of child sexual and physical abuse.

This law is a mixture of new legislation, combined with modifying existing federal statutes, to form a broad new mechanism for protecting youth sports players from emotional, physical, bullying/hazing, and sexual abuse, nation wide.

Taken with parental consent, the “SafeSport for Youth Athletes” (for youth 13-17) course helps teenagers understand their “rights” as young athletes: the right for their body to be safe and protected; the right to be safe and supported by their team; and the right to report abuse when it happens to them or someone on ...

The Center works with National Governing Bodies, including US Equestrian, to enforce the SafeSport Code and the Federal Safe Sport Act. The policies in both the Code and Federal Law are aimed at protecting athletes from harm and abuse and apply to all Olympic and amateur sporting disciplines.