Sports Protection Policy
Three Rivers Adaptive Sports (TRAS) has adopted the following Sport Protection policies as they relate specifically to TRAS-controlled activities and events, and facilities under TRAS’s jurisdiction (to mean facilities owned and controlled by TRAS.
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
Engaging in sport should be an opportunity for all athletes to have fun and spend time with friends. Sport also encourages a healthy lifestyle, and builds self-confidence. Athletes often do better off the field than those who do not participate in sport. They learn goal-setting, teamwork and time management skills. Athletes are less likely to use cigarettes, drugs and alcohol; they have higher graduation rates and are more likely to attend college.
Unfortunately, sport can also be a high-risk environment for misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse.
All forms of misconduct are intolerable and in direct conflict with the ideals of Three Rivers Adaptive Sports. Misconduct may damage an athlete’s psychological well-being; athletes who have been mistreated experience social embarrassment, emotional turmoil, psychological scars, loss of self-esteem and negative impacts on family, friends and the sport. Misconduct often hurts an athlete’s performance and may cause him or her to drop out of sport entirely.
TRAS is committed to improving the development and safety of athletes and participants involved in the community we serve. TRAS publishes this Handbook as a resource to guide TRAS’s development, implementation and internal review of effective athlete safety and misconduct prevention strategies.
ALL volunteers must confirm their review of this document.
Click Here for TRAS Sports Protection Policy Handbook
Sport Protection Reporting
TRAS and Move United strive to safeguard our sport environments from misconduct, including athlete physical and sexual abuse. To that end, Move United has constructed a protection policy designed to increase our community’s knowledge base, create stronger detection and protection systems for our programs, and to establish entry barriers for abusers.
This policy is specific to events, programs and services provided directly through Move United. Member Organization activities fall under the individual chapter Sport Protection policy.
For a copy of the full TRAS / Move United Sport Protection Handbook, CLICK HERE.
This policy is specific to events, programs and services provided directly through Move United. Member Organization activities fall under the individual chapter Sport Protection policy.
For a copy of the full TRAS / Move United Sport Protection Handbook, CLICK HERE.
