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TIDE and USA Swimming have Safe Sport policies in place to help protect the safety of our athletes and all members. All swim team members must sign-off on additional team policies including electronic communication policy, photography policy, etc. during annual team registration. Travel policies and paperwork must be completed for all team travel trips.
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The Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy covers six areas:
(MAAPP)
MINOR ATHLETE ABUSE PREVENTION POLICIES
1. One-on-One Interactions
2. Meetings and Individual Training Sessions
3. In Program Travel and Lodging
4. Social Media & Electronic Communication
5. Locker Rooms & Changing Areas
6. Massages & Rubdowns
MAAPP Highlights:
1. Electronic communication limited to between 5am to 10pm.
2. All communication done from an adult participant (coach, officials , chaperone, etc.) Must have another adult participant on the communication no matter how many team members are on email/text.
3. Adult participants must not follow or accept requests on social media from minor athlete.