Safe Sports Basics
The main goal of a safe sport environment
What is to protect athletes from maltreatment and allow them to feel safe reporting concerns
A coach repeatedly humiliates an athlete after poor performances. What type of maltreatment is this?
What is psychological harm
Name the group that holds power and authority over athletes
What is Coaches or Sports Organizations
True or False: Athletes should have a meaningful voice in decisions that directly affect them
What is true
What does UCCMS stand for?
What is the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport
The two things athletes should have in a safe sport environment
What is protection from maltreatment and a meaningful voice in decisions that affect them
A coach makes unwanted sexual comments toward an athlete. What type of maltreatment is this?
What is sexual harm
Besides hierarchy, name one thing that can give someone power over an athlete
What is age, position, experience, or status
One of the areas where athletes should meaningfully participate in decisions
Training, health, injury, reporting, policies, or athlete welfare
What does UCCMS shift the focus toward?
What is athlete protection, accountability, and preventing harm
The four forms of maltreatment identified in the presentation
What is psychological harm, physical harm, sexual harm, and neglect
An athlete is forced to train despite an injury. What type of maltreatment is this?
What is physical harm
Athletes can become dependent on coaches for what two things?
What are playing time and team opportunities
Why is athlete voice important when creating safe sport?
What is athletes experience the sport environment directly and can identify priorities/ concerns that need to be addressed.
What does the UCCMS provide for identifying and addressing maltreatment?
What is power imbalances between athletes, coaches, and sport organizations
An athletic trainer repeatedly fails to show up for scheduled workouts, leaving an athlete without expected supervision and support. What type of maltreatment is this?
Name two examples of how power can be misused in sport
What are intimidation, threats, humiliation, retaliation, forcing participation, or silencing concerns
What can athletes' voices do when power is used positively?
What is help create change
Established in 2021 to provide third-party support, research, education, and training
The National Independent Mechanism (NIM)
The key question that separates Safe Sport from Sport-Guded Sport
What is "Is the environment safe for the athletes?"
A coach dismisses an athlete's complaint about bullying because the accused person is a star player. What is the problem with this situation?
What is the coach failing to appropriately respond to a maltreatment concern and is misusing their position of power
Why might an athlete hesitate to speak up about maltreatment when someone in power is involved?
What is fear of losing their position, playing time, reputation, relationships with coaches or teammates, or not being believed
Athletes should not have decisions made about them. What should they do?
What is help make those decisions
Name three of the six priorities identified in the presentation's consensus statements
What is any of the three:
Address all forms of maltreatment, Protect all athletes regardless of age, Create a Safe Sport body, Ensure independence, Create a universal code, Mandatory education