Details for completing each of these are listed below:

Background Check (Required)
ALL coaches and administrators are required to submit to yearly background checks. Gallatin Soccer Club does these through the Tennessee State Soccer Association. You can use the link below to access the TSSA background check portal.

Concussion Training (Required)
To satisfy the concussion training requirement, choose ONE of the below-approved courses – either is acceptable. Please make sure to SAVE your completion certificate at the end so that you may upload it into Affinity (the same system used for background checks). You will need to create an account, but the training is FREE.
NFHS – Concussion in Sports
CDC – Concussions in Youth Sports

SafeSport Training (Required)
SafeSport is a new initiative in player safety. As a member of the US Soccer Federation, this is a required training for all coaches and administrators. When registering if you use the same name and email as you used for your background check your certificate should import automatically BUT, please make sure to SAVE your completion certificate just in case.

Begin SafeSport Training
***NOTE*** – The SafeSport website has changed. If you have previously done the SafeSport training, your login should still exist but you WILL need to reset your password.

Uploading Certificates (Required)
You will need to upload your Concussion training certificate into Affinity so that it can be approved and kept on file. You *MAY* need to upload your SafeSport certificate as well if it did not import in automatically.

MANDATORY REPORTING

All Adult Participants of TSSA are mandatory reporters of any known or suspected child abuse. All reports must be made to the appropriate law enforcement authorities within 24 hours. The abuse does not need to be confirmed. Adult Participants should never seek to conduct their own investigations. 

TSSA does not tolerate retaliation of any kind. Any Adult Participant or Minor Athlete who makes a good faith report will not be subject to retaliation, including harassment, as a result of making a report. The SafeSport Act also includes qualified immunity for good faith reports. The obligation to report is not always satisfied by making an initial report and an Adult Participant is required to report supplemental information of which he/she becomes aware that may be relevant in a pending investigation.

TSSA is required to have a mechanism for all individuals (adults and minors) to report abuse (not just abuse in sexual nature as abuse can be defined as any of the prohibited behaviors outlined under Prohibited Conduct in TSSA’s Safe Soccer Policy), all are encouraged to report abuse through TSSA’s digital compliance platform below. 

If you make a report to law enforcement, please also make a report online to TSSA. This will assist TSSA in taking any appropriate action.