Best Practices for Tennis Organizations - Safeguarding Tennis

Best Practices for Tennis Organizations

Best Practices for Clubs / Organizations include:

Comply with the minimum Safe Sport requirement for everyone in a position of authority

Hire TPA active certified coaches

Encourage people working with children's activities and programs to utilize the Rule of Two

Incorporate principles from Quality Standards for Kids Tennis Programming

Dedicate time for Safe Sport education to all club stakeholders

Have Safe Sport as a standing agenda item at Board Meetings

Educate members on reporting concerns to safeport@tenniscanada.com

Gift-giving, providing special favors or showing favoritism to individual athletes is strongly discouraged

Coaches and others in a position of authority must not initiate contact with or accept supervisory responsibility for athletes’ outside club programs and activities

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