USTA Boys' 18 & 16 National Championships

August 1 – 10, 2025

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Safe Play Training

All volunteers 18 & over are required to go through SafePlay training in order to participate. Safe Play is the USTA’s comprehensive athlete safety program consisting of education, screening, reporting tools and policies for appropriate conduct in tennis. The USTA works with the U.S. Center for SafeSport and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to develop Safe Play policies, procedures and educational resources to support the USTA Safe Play program. 

Safe Play training is required annually. If you are a returning volunteer, we will be emailing Safe Play reminders individually to ensure you have completed training and assist with any questions. 

 

Returning volunteers who completed Safe Play in 2024: 

When your Safe Play is due to expire within 30 days, you will start receiving emails from USTA reminding you to complete your Safe Play training. The email subject will be something like "Action Needed❗️Our records indicate that your USTA Safe Play status is expiring". 

  1. Follow the link provided in the email or simply go to usta.com/safeplay and sign into your account.

  2. There will be a banner at the top of the page guiding you to complete the training.​ If it is outside of the 30 days and your Safe Play is not ready to be renewed yet, there will be no option for you to complete any training.

  3. Complete the training. Please note: The training is long the first year you take it, short the second year and longer again for the third year. If this is your third year taking Safe Play, please be prepared for a longer training.

IMPORTANT: If you are not sure when you completed Safe Play in 2024, you are welcome to login to usta.com/safeplay at any time and check the date so you're prepared to take the training this summer before the tournament. 

 

New volunteers or volunteers who didn't complete Safe Play in 2024: 

Safe Play is the USTA’s comprehensive athlete safety program consisting of education, screening, reporting tools and policies for appropriate conduct in tennis. The USTA works with the U.S. Center for SafeSport and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to develop Safe Play policies, procedures and educational resources to support the USTA Safe Play program. While the information is not easy to consume, the process is straightforward. The Safe Play Approval process consists of two steps: 1 – Complete the education from the U.S. Center for SafeSport and 2 – Complete your background screen application. To view the complete Safe Play Policies, Guidelines and Conduct, please visit the following link: https://tinyurl.com/ye3dfayn. 

It takes approximately 2 hours to complete the annual training and background check and full approval can take up to 5 days. The training and background check must be completed by August 1, 2025. 

To start the process, Use the following link to follow the instructions: https://customercare.usta.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041617612-How-to-Become-Safe-Play-Approved. The steps to complete the entire process are as follows: 

Step 1: Visit usta.com/safeplay and sign into your USTA account or create one. This is all free. 

Step 2: Complete the Personal Information section. 

Step 3: Complete the SafeSport Training Course and Accept the Safe Play Policy. 

Step 4: Complete the NCSI Background Check. 

 

We are here to help! If you have questions throughout the process, please contact the tournament office: ecraig@kzoo.edu.