This training is required for all new and existing members, including coaches, officials, chaperones, meet directors, and adult athletes.
If you have registered with USA Swimming for the first time, you need to take the "Athlete Protection Training: SafeSport TM Trained core course".
New members will be required to create a USA Swimming Account before they can complete the course.
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.
USA Swimming recognizes the required training course may not be appropriate for some adult athlete members with cognitive disabilities. For any such adult athlete member, please reference this information for exemptions and accommodations. Additionally, completing this training may be triggering or re-traumatizing for victims/survivors. Exemptions for this requirement may be made on a case-by-case basis. Requests may be made to USA Swimming.
There are only four courses that will satisfy the Athlete Protection Training requirement for membership. Those four courses are the SafeSport™ Trained Core Course, Refresher 1, Refresher 2, and Refresher 3. These courses are located in Education - Course Catalog - All Courses.
The accepted courses show up as:
The curriculum of those two courses is quite different. Both courses are developed by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
The SafeSport™ Trained Core course is the requirement and covers the key topics that the congressional mandate said that youth sport organizations need to educate about. Athletes ages 18 and older are required to take this course due to their potential contact with minor athletes.
The SafeSport Training for Adult Athlete course is an optional course that covers the specific areas of boundaries and power dynamics between adult athletes and adult coaches.
Each member that wishes to receive credit for a course in education needs to have their own login. Accessing the course through a parent account, spouse account or any other person's account will not provide the proper credit. The tracking of the completion is done based on the person logged in.
There are only four courses that will satisfy the Athlete Protection Training requirement for membership. Those four courses are the SafeSport™ Trained Core Course, Refresher 1, Refresher 2, and Refresher 3. These courses are located in Education - Course Catalog - All Courses.
The accepted courses show up as: