Safe Sport Training for Athletes

Safe Sport for Athletes Online Course

This course is designed for athletes 12 and older and will cover:

1. The basics of Safe Sport,
2. Understanding the three types of boundaries, and
3. What to do if you or someone you know is being harmed.

Parents and coaches can use the facilitation guide in the course to open up a conversation about Safe Sport and healthy boundaries.  Preview the facilitation guide below.

USA SWIMMING MEMBERS may access the course via www.usaswimming.org/learn

NON-MEMBERS may access the course via learn.usaswimming.org 

MINOR ATHLETE ABUSE PROTECTION POLICY (MAAPP)

The USA Swimming Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy (MAAPP) becomes effective June 23, 2019. MAAPP contains five sections: one-on-one interactions, travel, social media and electronic communications, locker rooms and changing areas and massage, rubdowns and athletic training modalities.

Additionally all our 18+ year old athletes must complete the Athlete Protection Training by June 23, 2019, before they are able to swim in a meet. Any meet that uses OME for entries (Sectionals, Far Westerns, Jr. Nationals, Nationals, etc.) will flag any 18+ athletes that have not completed the online course and they will not be allowed to swim in the meet. It is recommended that those athletes that are almost 18 years old complete the online course during the summer while they have time.

Below you will find all of the materials that USA Swimming has published regarding MAAPP, including answers to FAQs to date. Kelly Schott, our Safe Sport Chair, has also put together a presentation with more in-depth explanations of these policies. If you have a question that is not answered in USA Swimming's or Kelly's presenation, please email Kelly Schott and she will either answer your question(s) or forward it on to USA Swimming to get an answer.

• Letter to Membership
• Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention - Full Policy

Documents and FAQs

• Applicable Adults
• One-On-One Interactions
• Social Media and Electronic Communications
• Travel
• Locker Rooms and Changing Areas
• Massages, Rubdowns and Athletic Training Modalities

Presentation at House of Delegates

• MAAPP Questions and Answers

ATHLETE PROTECTION TRAINING

MANDATORY TRAINING FOR NON-ATHLETE MEMBERS, APPLICABLE ADULTS AND 18+ ATHLETES

USA Swimming LEARN, a new online education hub, has launched! The app requirement will have some slight changes. More details can be found below.

All non-athlete members, applicable adults and 18+ years old athletes of USA Swimming are required to complete the Athlete Protection Training by clicking the link below. New members will be required to have their non-athlete application form and payment processed by their LSC registrar before they can sign in to complete the course.

This certification is required for all new and existing members including coaches, officials, chaperones, meet directors. If you have registered with USA Swimming for the first time, this is the course you need to take. 

The course is free of charge and, upon completion, should update in your membership record within 24 hours. Initiate the course by entering your information in the boxes below.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INITIAL COMPLETION

To complete the Athlete Protection Training Certification, please follow the directions below:

1. Enter your first name, last name, and birthday. Make sure to use your legal name. Click the Search button.
2. When the system finds you, click on "CONTINUE" to access the LEARN site.
3. You must take the Athlete Protection Training course to complete the requirement

Once you have completed your courses, your membership record will update within 24 hours with a new APT expiration date.

Your APT will expire 12 months after you complete the course.

Members must always enter LEARN via www.usaswimming.org/learn or www.usaswimming.org/apt.  If you create a non-member account, you will not receive credit for the courses that you take.

If you get a "No Results Found" message, one of three things has happened:

1. You may have made a typo on your name and birthday. Double check and resubmit.
2. If everything is correct and you are or have ever been a member of USA Swimming, it is possible that there is a typo in your membership information in the USA Swimming database. Contact your LSC registrar.
3. You have never been registered with USA Swimming. You must join through your LSC. New members will be required to have your application form and payment processed by your LSC registrar before you can sign in to complete the course.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RENEWAL OF APT