Coaching Requirements

Thank you for volunteering to be a coach. Below you will find some clear instructions on completing the Risk Assessment process. CDC Heads Up, SafeSport, Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Risk Management Agreement: All completed in your GotSport Portal

Risk Management clearances must be completed and approved in order for a coach or manager to be approved on a roster. All staff, paid or volunteer, and Board members, are required to complete Risk Management as well. The link to the Risk Management requirements can be found here.

STEP 1!

Create a GotSport coach account at:
https://system.gotsport.com/programs/8Q7527857?reg_role=coach

STEP 2!

Then, into your coaching dashboard complete the following!

  • Photo is required for your for travel and recreational and Intramural. Please upload a head shot from the shoulders up.
  • PA Child Welfare History Clearance for all Coaches and for all Volunteers: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS Good for 5 years.
  • FBI Fingerprint for Volunteers/Team Managers who have not lived in Pennsylvania for 10 continuous years: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS Good for 5 years. (Do not do this step if you have lived in PA for 10 continuous years instead do the FBI Affidavit
    • FBI Affidavit for Volunteer Coaches and Team Managers who have lived in Pennsylvania for 10 continuous years: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS This is an annual Requirement.
  • PA State Police Criminal History for all Coaches and Volunteers: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS Good for 5 years.
  • Safe Sport Training and Heads-up concussion Training for all PAID Coaches, Volunteer Coaches and Team Managers. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS This is an all online ANNUAL Requirement. Trainings can take around 2-3 hours to complete altogether.

Re-Connect or Sign Up.

a.      Returning U.S. Soccer learners:  go to: www.safesporttrained.org.  Log-in or follow the Forgot Password steps on the top right to get a new password on the new training site. If prompted, enter the Enrollment Key: JJFAQsQPWNRj01edWcPr  

b.      New learners from U.S. Soccer: go to: https://safesporttrained.org?KeyName=JJFAQsQPWNRj01edWcPr and Sign Up. To complete the Sign Up process add your information, including your Membership ID (if available), Sport Team is your team’s name.

  • To access, CLICK HERE to log into your GotSport account.
    • Click on Dashboard
    • Click on “More Info” to the right of SafeSport
    • Click on Access SafeSport
    • Log in with the same email address that you used for GotSport registration or if you completed this training last year be sure to use that same email to log in to access old records.
    • Anyone who took the course last year will be eligible for a shorter refresher course as long as you use the same email that your originally used with SafeSport.
    • If you took the course in the last year, you will see the SafeSport Trained Icon and the date that you took the course. You will also see a “Refresher 1: Recognizing and Reporting Misconduct” course. Take the refresher course (This takes approximately 20-30 min and save the certificate for future uploads it also may load automatically into the course)
  • Heads Up Concussion Training: This is an ANNUAL Requirement
    • To access, CLICK HERE to log into your GotSport account.
    • Click on Dashboard
    • Click on “More Info” to the right of Heads Up
    • Click the link within this area to start the training
    • This takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete
  • EPYSA Risk Management Form is a form incorporated into the GotSport software and must be completed and signed online. This is an Annual Requirement
    • To access, CLICK HERE to log into your GotSport account. 
    • Click on Dashboard 
    • Click on “More Info” to the right of EPYSA Risk Management Form
    • Click on Submit New Report
    • Complete, Sign, Submit
  • EPYSA Communicable Disease Agreement is an agreement form incorporated into the GotSport software and must be completed and signed online.  This is an Annual Requirement – (THIS MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED UPON REGISTRATION)
    • To access, CLICK HERE to log into your GotSport account. 
    • Click on Dashboard 
    • Click on Forms
    • On the left hand side, click on Available Forms
    • Click on Start
    • Click Register Yourself
    • Click Save
    • Read, Sign, Save Agreement
    • Click Check Out
    • Click on Return to Your Profile

If you are interested in becoming a coach please fill out this form.

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