If you wish to Coach, volunteer in the Oberlin Spikes Track and Field Club program, you must be a current USATF member and successfully complete the USATF Background screening process. All Coaches and volunteers must complete the USOC Safe Sport Course. Coaches also must meet the educational standard and submit the verification application. See below for links.
What do we, as a club, have to do to comply with this program?
Your club is required to have any coach or volunteer who has access to or direct contact with youth athletes (under the age of 18) during scheduled club practices or activities to:
Complete all the requirements listed on the: USATF Coaches Registry
Sports are supposed to be fun. One way to ensure our sport remains a fun and safe environment for everyone is to perform criminal background screening on coaches and volunteers who have direct contact with youth athletes.
As such, USA Track & Field has implemented a criminal background screening program on coaches and volunteers of youth clubs.
Background Checks have been implemented by USATF to:
Please note that this screening is not intended to serve as a pre-employment background screening program, nor can screening guarantee that incidents of abuse by coaches/volunteers will not occur. Background screening is designed as a preventative risk management tool, but does no insure inappropriate behavior will not occur.
The following offenses are being screened for: