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, but the 2nd year of training is only about 15 minutes long. 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 2023: 

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 approximately 15 minute training.

IMPORTANT: If you are not sure when you completed Safe Play in 2023, 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 2023: 

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 July 19, 2024. 

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. 

In order to assist volunteers through this process, we will be hosting Safe Play Training Open Houses at Kalamazoo College in the Fitness & Wellness Center (where the USTA office is located) throughout the month of June. Safe Play Training Open Houses will be available every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 5 pm starting on June 11, ending on July 18 (we will be CLOSED the week of July 1). The side door on Catherine will be unlocked for volunteers to enter. Please bring a laptop computer if you have one available!

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