Safe Sport
USA Swimming and Boerne Elite Aquatics are committed to providing a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members.
USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program, a comprehensive abuse prevention program, consists of a multi-layered approach to keep kids safe, including: required policies and best practice guidelines; mandatory screening, including criminal background checks and employment screening; training and education; monitoring, supervision and mandatory reporting.
These measures are informed by experts in the field of child safety and are among the strongest safeguards found in youth-serving organizations.
To Report a Concern Contact Boerne Elite's Safe Sport Liaison
Coach Kim Seelman
You may also contact USA Swimming or US Center for Safe Sport Directly
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/
Report anonymously. Text anonymous tips to 888-270-SWIM (7946)
Safe Sport Best Practice Guidelines
The following Best Practice Guidelines are strongly recommended for all USA Swimming members.
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Parents should be encouraged to appropriately support their children’s swimming experience.
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All swimming practices should be open to observation by parents.
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Coaches should not initiate contact with or accept supervisory responsibility for athletes outside club programs and activities.
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When only one athlete and one coach travel to a competition, at the competition the coach and athlete should attempt to establish a “buddy” club to associate with during the competition and when away from the venue.
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Relationships of a peer-to-peer nature with any athletes should be avoided. For example, coaches should avoid sharing their own personal problems with athletes.
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Coaches and other non-athlete adult members should avoid horseplay and roughhousing with athletes.
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When a coach touches an athlete as part of instruction, the coach should do so in direct view of others and inform the athlete of what he/she is doing prior to the initial contact. Touching athletes should be minimized outside the boundaries of what is considered normal instruction. Appropriate interaction would include high fives, fist bumps, side-to-side hugs and handshakes.
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Coaches should avoid having athletes as their favorites. They should also avoid creating a situation that could be perceived as them having favorites.
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Gift-giving, providing special favors or showing favoritism to individual athletes is strongly discouraged.