Panthers Athletic Club and USA Track & Field has been committed to creating a culture that clearly advocates, and provides for, a safe environment in which our athletes compete and train. We believe this is paramount to the success of all our programs.
For the safety of our athletes, particularly our youth athletes, as well as all our member participants, USATF adopted the USATF SafeSport Program back in 2014. SafeSport at USATF aims to prevent sexual misconduct and abuse, bullying, hazing, harassment, physical abuse, and emotional abuse, in the sports of Long Distance Running (LDR), racewalking, and track and field. Our goal is to create a clear culture of awareness to protect the participants in our sports at all levels.
USATF currently requires members of the following groups to be USATF 3-Step SafeSport Compliant: National Office Staff, Board of Directors, registered coaches, certified officials, authorized agents, National Team staff, National Committee Chairs, Association leadership, Youth Committee members, AAC Committee Members, AAC Event Leaders, all meet volunteers in an official capacity, Youth Camp staff, and vendors with access to athletes.
For the safety of our athletes, particularly our youth athletes, as well as all our member participants, USATF adopted the USATF SafeSport Program back in 2014. SafeSport at USATF aims to prevent sexual misconduct and abuse, bullying, hazing, harassment, physical abuse, and emotional abuse, in the sports of Long Distance Running (LDR), racewalking, and track and field. Our goal is to create a clear culture of awareness to protect the participants in our sports at all levels.
USATF currently requires members of the following groups to be USATF 3-Step SafeSport Compliant: National Office Staff, Board of Directors, registered coaches, certified officials, authorized agents, National Team staff, National Committee Chairs, Association leadership, Youth Committee members, AAC Committee Members, AAC Event Leaders, all meet volunteers in an official capacity, Youth Camp staff, and vendors with access to athletes.
SafeSport offers a FREE Online Parent Toolkit to give you the necessary SafeSport information for your young athlete. Separated by age group or combined for all ages, these Toolkits help parents and guardians understand SafeSport best practices and how to respond to signs of abuse.
Click on the button below to access the "Safesport parent toolkit".
Click on the button below to access the "Safesport parent toolkit".
:Also, Safesport offers a FREE course about Misconduct in Sport. "Parent's guide to misconduct in sport" is a course designed for the parents and guardians of athletes of all ages. This course explains the issues of misconduct in sport and helps parents and guardians ensure their children have a positive and safe sport experience.
If you are a parent or guardian looking for resources on keeping your athlete safe, you can access this training at no cost. Simply create an account, add the parent training to your bag, and you’ll be able to access the training!!
Click on the button below to access the "Safesport Parent's guide to misconduct in sports".
If you are a parent or guardian looking for resources on keeping your athlete safe, you can access this training at no cost. Simply create an account, add the parent training to your bag, and you’ll be able to access the training!!
Click on the button below to access the "Safesport Parent's guide to misconduct in sports".
finally, The U.S. Center for SafeSport offers free Youth Athlete Training courses! these FREE resources include courses for children of preschool age; grades K-2; grades 3-5; middle school and high school. These online trainings are designed as an introduction for minor athletes and their parents or other caregivers to understand the importance of positive, welcoming environments in sports, where misconduct like bullying or abuse is less likely to happen, and to know where to report abuse, should it occur.
Each course requires that a parent/legal guardian create an account to provide consent for their child to access the training. Once an account is created, parents can choose which course is best for their child based on their actual or developmental age. Each course will take less than 30 minutes to complete. A writeable PDF certificate is available at the conclusion of each training, and parents are encouraged to create one bearing their child’s name.
Click on the button below to access the Safesport training for youth athletes:
Each course requires that a parent/legal guardian create an account to provide consent for their child to access the training. Once an account is created, parents can choose which course is best for their child based on their actual or developmental age. Each course will take less than 30 minutes to complete. A writeable PDF certificate is available at the conclusion of each training, and parents are encouraged to create one bearing their child’s name.
Click on the button below to access the Safesport training for youth athletes: