Frequently Asked Questions

The athletic administrators of Youth Athletics Associations, which include all organized by municipal and county parks and recreation organizations; and, all club and travel youth sports organizations whose volunteer or paid coaches (not a member of the State High School Athletics Association) accesses school property for practice or competition.

The CoachSafely Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that serves as a national clearinghouse for advancing state and local policy, guidelines and best practices. The Foundation helped develop the peer-review and evidence-based content for the PlaySafelySports online course in injury recognition and prevention.

The PlaySafelySports, LLC is the licensor of the online course; manages the learning system and certification process; and, provides routine reporting of the course completion on each recipient to the athletic association administrator. It provides each Youth Athletic Association administrator with a code for access to registration and to receive reporting.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared youth sports for aged 14 and under athletes to be “High Risk” due to the injury data indicating that 4 in 10 will require a medical visit because of an injury. As an intervention the CDC says fifty per cent (50%) of these injuries are preventable by training coaches and making parents aware of best practices.

Since 2018 the Coach Safely Act has become model legislation in multiple states with even more states reviewing the legislation for enactment. Coaches have been trained by PlaySafelySports in 36 states.

The certification is for one calendar year. Your administrator will be notified. You should re-certify.