Safe Sport
Welcome to the Safe Sport Page of Friends' Central Aquatics. Below are educational resources on what Safe Sport is and our policies to ensure the safety of all the athletes of FCA. We will continue to update any and all policies that are provided from USA Swimming.
Best Practice Guidelines The following Best Practice Guidelines are strongly recommended for all USA Swimming members.
1. Parents should be encouraged to appropriately support their children’s swimming experience.
2. All swimming practices should be open to observation by parents.
3. Two-deep Leadership: One coach member and at least one other adult who is not in the water should be present at all practices and other sanctioned club activities whenever at least one athlete is present. Clubs and coaches should evaluate their seasonal plans and map out how to best accomplish this strongly recommended guideline.
4. Open and Observable Environment: An open, observable, and interruptible environment should be maintained for all interactions between adults and athletes. Private, or one-on-one situations, should be avoided unless they are open and observable and able to be interrupted.
To find more information about Best Practice Guidelines please click this link.
How to Report a Concern:
FCA's Safe Sport Coordinator/Middle Atlantic Safe Sport Chair- Will Gallagher, wgallagher@friendscentral.org
To deal with a Safe Sport concern, contact USA Swimming at (719) 866-4578
Contact the U.S. Center for Safe Sport to make a report. Call 833-5US-SAFE (587-7233)or use the
online reporting form or find more information at http://www.uscenterforsafesport.org/
OR Text anonymous tips to 888-270-SWIM (7946)
Friends' Central Aquatics Grievance Procedure
OR U.S. Center for SafeSport 833-5US-SAFE (587-7233)
(Please review under the Member Handbook)
Additional Safe Sport Forms:
USA Swimming Athlete Protection Training
USA Swimming Safe Sport Training for Parents
USA Swimming Safe Training for Athletes