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Safe Sport

Our Commitment to a Positive Team Environment


At the Lancaster YMCA Swim Team, the safety and well-being of our swimmers, coaches, and families come first. Our goal is to create a fun, respectful, and supportive atmosphere where every athlete can grow and enjoy the sport they love.


The Lancaster YMCA Swim Team is excited to be working toward USA Swimming Safe Sport Recognition, showing our commitment to keeping our team community safe and strong. With everyone’s help and awareness, we can make safety a shared responsibility and an important part of who we are as a team.


Our Safe Sport Coordinator, Abby Rawhauser, can be reached at lanysafesport@gmail.com.

Safe Sport Training

All adult non-athlete USA members and USA athlete members over the age of 17 are required to complete Athlete Protection Training (APT) annually.


Check out the Safe Sport trainings within your USA parent/athlete account on usaswimming.org or join one of the group Zoom trainings listed below.  The Lancaster YMCA Swim Team is a Safe Sport Club Recognition Program participant, and as part of this program, parents and athletes complete this training. 


Parent Trainings:

·   Tuesday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·   Wednesday, July 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·   Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·   Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER


Athlete Trainings (12-17 years old):

·    Thursday, June 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·    Thursday, July 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·    Thursday, Aug. 27 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

·    Thursday, Sept. 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET – REGISTER

 

Members can also participate in training online at their own pace through the Education tab on their USA Swimming account. To learn more, including easy-to-follow steps, visit USA Swimming's Safe Sport training page here.


Coaches Training:

  • Individual trainings can be taken in the USA Swimming University.


  • Unable to Attend Educational Opportunities Live?


  • If the timing doesn't work, that's ok!  Login to USA Swimming University to start and complete courses at your own pace.


  • If you click these links, don't forget to login to make sure you & the Lancaster YMCA Swim Team gets credit for you completing these courses!


  • Parents login to their USA SWIMS account. If both parents want to complete it, each parent needs their own USA account (free parent account) to get credit.


  • Athletes who are between 8-17 years old can have their own login to USA SWIMS with parent permission. This is granted on the parent's account dashboard.


Step-by-step instructions for parent and athlete online education access. 


How to create an account for your athlete:  Click here.


Please be sure athletes login to their specific account to get credit.