Resources

Protecting Yourself and Others from Abuse.

There is an epidemic of abuse in sports.

Reports surface on an almost weekly basis: – gymnasts abused by Larry Nassar, and in the Canadian and British Olympic programs, soccer players abused by multiple NWSL and club coaches, high school rowers abused in Maryland, rowing, bobsleigh and rugby athletes abused in Canada, football players abused by the team doctor at the University of Michigan, US snowboarders, NHL hockey players …

Unfortunately, age-appropriate educational materials for teaching children to recognize and prevent abuse are almost non-existent.

Discussion Questions

How to Spot a Sneaky Spider

These questions will help children, teens, and young adults solidify their understanding of sneaky (covert) emotional abuse (aka grooming).

How to Spot an Obvious Spider

These questions will help children, teens and young adults solidify their understanding of obvious (overt) emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.
Code of Ethics

Our Promises to Our Athletes

This athlete-friendly document demonstrates your commitment to athlete safety, health, and well-being. It provides athletes with very clear steps for addressing any concerns. The document can be printed as a poster and displayed at the entry to your facility, and in your bathrooms and locker rooms.

Our Code of Ethics

This document is an adult version “Our Promises to Our Athletes”. It explains in detail your commitment to creating a safe, healthy positive training environment, and preventing abuse. It provides adutls with very clear steps for addressing any concerns.This document can be printed as a poster and displayed at the entry to your facility, and in your bathrooms and locker rooms.
Hiring & Conduct

Screening Guidelines & Hiring Questions

This document provides screening guidelines, and interview questions to help your organization detect and reject coaches and staff with a high potential for abusing athletes.

Conduct Agreement

This document describes both the positive coaching behaviors your organization expects, and the abusive behaviors your organization will not tolerate. You should require all coaches (and staff) to read and sign the document, when they are hired, and once a year thereafter.
Advocacy

Name Your Spider

This document encourages sur-thrivors to name their spiders/ abusers, and suggests people and organizations a sur-thrivor may want to disclose their abuse to.

Global Policies, Procedures & Advocacy

This document is for all adults who are responsible for protecting athlete safety, health and well-being and preventing all covert emotional, and overt emotional, phsyical and sexual abuse in their spheres of influence. Responsible adults include parents, guardians, coaches, club directors, national governing body leaders, SafeSport leaders, international governing body leaders, International Olympic committee members, state, national, and international health care, legislative, and law enforcement professionals.
Education

For Coaches

This chapter from Dr. Amy’s book Still Quiet Place for Athletes: Mindfulness Skills for Achieving Peak Performance and Finding Flow in Sports and in Life, provides a basic introduction to holistic, positive, athlete-centered coaching.

Ending Cycles of Abuse in Sports & Society

This article is written for adults. It describes the patterns of covert emotional abuse (aka grooming) in detail, using well-documented, real-world examples of athlete abuse.
Athlete Experience Survey
This online form allows you to easily survey your athletes about their sports experience, and sort and analyze the data by coach.

Online Form

This online form allows you to easily survey your athletes about their sports experience, and sort and analyze the data by coach.

Printable PDF

This document is a printable paper version of the online survey.

Additional Resources

Allied Organizations

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Videos

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Articles

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Books

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ABOUT US

Dr. Amy Saltzman

I created this website and these videos to:

Sneaky emotional abuse (also known as grooming), and obvious emotional, physical and sexual abuse – of athletes (and students, musicians, actors, chess players….)

As well as for select nonprofits devoted to promoting holistic, positive, athlete-centered coaching, and to preventing abuse.

Inspire the creation of truly comprehensive policies and procedures to prevent abuse in sport and society.

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