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Three Steps to Responsible Coaching
Three Steps to
Responsible Coaching
The Three Steps to Responsible Coaching help ensure participants and coaches benefit fully from sport participation in a safe, healthy, and fun environment. The goal and purpose of the Rule of Two is to protect participants (especially minors) and coaches in potentially vulnerable situations by ensuring more then one adult is present.
Good Practices to implement the
Rule of Two
Good Practices to implement the Rule of Two
-Ensure a coach is never alone and out of sight with a participant without another screened coach or screened adult (parent or volunteer) present.
-Allow the training environment to be open to observation.
-Ensure a participant rides in a coach's vehicle with another adult present.
-Consider the gender of the participants when selecting the screened coaches and volunteers present.
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Applying the
Rule of Two in a
Virtual Setting
The rule of Two should continue to apply to all minor athletes in a virtual environment during the COVID-19 pandemic (additionally, for those athletes under age 16, a parent or guardian should be present during the session where possible).
For every session, the Rule of Two would require two adult coaches be present, or one coach and one adult. One- on one sessions should be prohibited.
Prohibit one-one one texting,emailing or online contact between coach and athlete.
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Background Screening
Ethics Training
Background screening ensures that coaches meet the important requirements to coach athletes. Screening tools include comprehensive job postings, criminal record checks, interviews and reference checks.
Ethics Training prepares coaches to effectively handle situations that arise from ethical dilemmas or even legal challenges that concern individuals, teams and their sport organizations.
Two ways to complete ethics training:
1. In Class Workshop.
2. Home Study.
Please contact your sport governing body for requirements within your sport.
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