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As a coach, you are in a position of power: deciding who is in the team and who isn’t. You contribute to club success, player enjoyment and safety. With power comes responsibility. Good coaches understand that they work in collaboration with clubs, parents, players, children and volunteers. They understand that all those people are all in a bystander position. Coaches should encourage people to call out, challenge and intervene, not create a permissive environment/false consensus.

When things go wrong it is sometimes because the coach is too powerful; for fear of deselection, negative treatment or perceived as failing, people do not feel free to speak out or to question poor practice.

More ideas and guidance via the links below:

• Safeguarding In Sport Course | (highspeedtraining.co.uk)

• CIMSPA ‘Professional Standard- Working with Children’ CIMSPA-ps-working-with-children

• Play Their Way – www.playtheirway.org

• Tips for coaching girls – Play Their Way – Coaching Girls in Sport

• Links relating to Neurodiversity in sport

• Create a Psychologically Safe environment Creating a psychologically safe culture | CPSU

• Safeguarding talented and elite athletes | CPSU 

• Paul Stewart – Podcast – Creating safer cultures in sport | CPSU 

• Or the wrong culture? Mary Cain’s story I Was the Fastest Girl in America – YouTube,