Safe Sport News May 2025

Safe Sport News for May 2025

MAY HIGHLIGHTS:

• 24 CLUBS COMPLETED SAFE SPORT CLUB RECOGNITION IN MAY FROM 20 DIFFERENT LSC’s!

• 17 of these were renewals.

• 10 clubs had their Safe Sport Recognition expire in May.

• 348 parents and athletes attended a zoom training!*

*(Reminder: zoom training numbers are entered in the application only and will not show on SWIMS reports. Clubs can ask for a roster of attendance by emailing ssrp@usaswimming.org)

2025 Safe Sport Impact Award Form

Know someone or a group of people who deserve to be recognized? Nominations for the USA Swimming Safe Sport Impact Award are now open through July 31.

The purpose of this award is to recognize significant achievements by an individual or group who has contributed to the fulfillment of the Safe Sport mission to safeguard all members of USA Swimming from sexual, psychological, emotional, and physical abuse.

Circulate this within your LSC to support nomination for Safe Sport Champions in your LSC.

NOMINATE HERE

TIPS FOR USING MODEL POLICIES

USA Swimming provides a variety of model forms and policies—some are required, while others are provided as examples. When using these model policies, it is important to fully customize them for your club. Be sure to remove any references to “model” or “suggested” in the final version. Many teams also choose to add their club logo to further personalize the documents.

UPCOMING ZOOM TRAININGS 2025

Continue to spread the word about these trainings and the other options available to meet this education requirement. View the upcoming training dates through September 2025: Training Opportunities Resource. All participants will need to register to attend training. Please send this information to all your clubs.

SPEAKER REQUESTS

If your team can't make it to our monthly Zoom trainings, don't hesitate to submit a request for a Safe Sport training from our staff! We're also happy to help connect you with local experts for additional abuse prevention resources.

Speaker request form

Thank you all for your continued effort in educating teams, parents, and athletes! Our goal is to make sure athlete safety is the first priority in the sport of swimming!

USA Swimming’s Safe Sport Team