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Competition Development Council Lasso Safe is happy to announce the formation of the Competition Development Council, a new web app for accrediting, advancing and promoting safe communities in sports and esports. [Read More...] Sand Mountain launches Competition Development Council Sand Mountain’s General Manager, Patrick O’Brien, is a thought leader in sports performance and safety, leading by example from ground level to C-suite cultural health. He is among the first to adopt Lasso Safe’s Competition Development Council as a means of serving his community, asserting Sand Mountain’s public commitment to advanced safety practices, accountability, and transparency. [Listen to the Discussion on Competition Development Council...] Sports Travel Magazine Announces Competition Development Council Lasso Safe Launches Web App for Safe SportsEffort comes after…

Lasso Safe learns safe sport cultures and unites for triumph Vernon Sharples’ was a member of his high school track team in the 1970s. The British Gymnastics welcomed Claire Heafford onto their team nearly thirty years later and at the 2022 Nationals, Gracie Gold skated her way back into America’s heart. Decades and sports divisions separate these athletes’ lives, but one calculable experience bonds their stories, and the athletes can be found in media or courtrooms today. Lasso Safe uses knowledge engineering to learn safe vs. abusive cultural calculations in sport Safe versus abusive cultures and authority figures in sport is proving to be less capricious than once thought. For over a decade, Lasso Safe has been gathering data and…

Matt Young, FSQ Consulting - Lasso Safe contributing partner and credit advisor. Topic: Give Sport Back To The Kids. Ted X Grandview Heights, 2022.  In Give Sport Back To The Kids, Matt Young explains how parents, coaches and administrators have contributed to the 70% attrition rate among the 40 million North American kids who register to play a sport each year. By transforming the joy of playing sport into the chore of working sport, kids have responded to the adult-induced pressures, demands and abuse by dropping out of sport in droves. Many kids have chosen sedentary lifestyles that are negatively affecting their physical, mental and social development. https://youtu.be/ReJSPjSiMYQ

Lasso Safe is proud to be highlighted in the Sports Events Media Group Vendor Spotlight (January 2022 Edition). https://sportseventsmediagroup.com/publications/de/202201/index.html?bookmarks=23

  CERTIFICATION CREDIT PREVIEW Athlete Education: Investing for Retirement Lasso Safe Certification is a safe sport community rating program. It operates under the umbrella of the Lasso Safe: Standards Division, a non-profit coalition of sport industry leaders. The goal of the rating system is to encourage and reward safe design across several metrics—athlete support (i.e Athlete Education: Investing for Retirement), media and marketing, documenting and recording, multi-sport complex, blue print and design, among others—all while improving organization profitability and employee well-being. The Lasso Safe rating program is a four-tiered credit-based system that awards points based on compliance with different aspects of safety and safety profitability. The levels of certification generally follow these thresholds: Certified: 100-132 pointsBronze: 133-165 pointsSilver: 166-199 pointsGold:…

PSYCHOLOGICALLY-SAFE SPORT FACILITIES FIND PROFIT James Williams - General Manager, Tokyo Olympics Coca-Cola "Mental toughness and strength are correlated with psychological safety. Mental toughness is not meant to take the place of a psychologically safe training environment, but rather is nurtured by one.” James Williams - General Manager, Tokyo Olympics Coca-Cola With the dropout rate of youth athletes averaging 70%, sport facilities budget for high turnover. A less known variable, but often the culprit of greater hard and soft costs, is attending, high-level athletes’ punctuated careers due to poor mental health and psychological-related treatments. On the other hand, Lasso Safe’s research has shown that when high performance standards are achieved in congruency with a psychologically safe training environment, not only…

RISK MANAGEMENT Advancing of your community’s commitment to quality and safety are critical in today’s sporting environment. If you serve on a board or committee, risk management is one of your key responsibilities. ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT Risk management is the course of action you take to reduce potential legal liability. It seeks to address potential problems before they occur. Risk management aims to be proactive rather than reactive – creating a safer environment and legally safer operational procedures. A common mistake communitys make is to view risk management as a program in isolation. It is an ongoing process that should be applied to all your community’s policies and procedures. BENEFITS OF RISK MANAGEMENT Better sporting or recreational outcomes Improved safety…