SAFE SPORT
What is Safe Sport?
Safe Sport is the ability to build an athlete’s skills in a safe and respectful environment together with constantly improving practices to certify the wellbeing of all participants. With access to training, rules, regulations, guidelines, and policies; these resources allow safe sport to be conducted.
Why is Safe Sport Important?
Safe Sport is important because these young athletes put their trust in our organization to provide a fun and safe experience. We want to deliver an experience for these athletes that allows them to reach their top goals while also reducing as much risk as possible.
This is important for the athletes and their health, as well as their success. We want our players to always be happy and healthy.
How the Kingston Grenadiers Ensures it is our Responsibility to Help Create a Safe Environment:
The Kingston Grenadiers and Football Ontario have a long list of policies pertaining to the health and safety of all internal and external people involved in our organization (coaches, parents/guardians, athletes, and volunteers).
Football Ontario ensure we keep up with all rules, regulations, and guidelines regarding safety. We want to ensure that everyone associated with this organization has a remarkable experience that guarantees safety is always put first.
We make certain that all coaches, volunteer staff have completed all necessary screening and safety training to be qualified to provide a safe environment for all athletes while practicing ethical decision making.
RESPONSIBLE COACHING MOVEMENT
The Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) is a call to action for sport organizations, parents, and coaches to enact responsible coaching across Canada — on and off the field.
The Kingston Grenadiers are proud to champions of the Responsible Coaching Movement (RCM) and are committed to help raise awareness with other organizations in our network about this important movement. Established by the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, the RCM invites all coaches and sport organizations to learn and apply consistent coaching principles. It includes three distinct pillars, each serving to create a sport environment that is Safe, Smart and Secure.
Rule of Two
The Rule of Two is a leading practice to ensure a safe sport environment for all. The goal of the Rule of Two is to ensure all interactions and communications are open, observable, and justifiable, and when two responsible adults (a coach, parent, or screened volunteer) are present with a participant.
Background Screening
A secure sport environment is one where all coaches and sport organization leaders are screened to meet requirements to be involved in sport. Screening includes comprehensive background and reference checks, interviews, plus police information checks, to be done at regular intervals.
Ethics Training
A smart sport environment ensures coaches are trained and have the confidence and skills needed to effectively manage challenging situations. Lifelong learning through numerous training modules helps coaches expand their knowledge and awareness of important topics throughout their career.
Additional Resources
Safe Sport Training | Coaching Association of Canada | Association canadienne des entraîneurs
