A Safe, Healthy, and Clean Sporting Environment
by USADA
by TrueSport
After completion of this online module, coaches will be able to:
- Understand your role when it comes to educating athletes and parents
- Recognize the categories of PEDs, what they do, and their side effects
- Appreciate the common reasons young athletes may use PEDs
- Identify the signs and symptoms of PED use and abuse
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Athletes often turn to performance-enhancing drugs to get ahead. Unfortunately, performance-enhancing substance abuse is not limited to specific sports, age groups, or levels, and it is not limited to steroids and human growth hormone. Prescription medications, stimulants, inhalers, and other medications are often abused to gain a competitive advantage. This course provides an overview of performance-enhancing substances and methods, including the side effects and dangers of their use. You will master how to look for warning signs and examine some of the reasons why athletes resort to these methods. Through scenario-based learning, you will become armed with tools to prepare you to successfully navigate this difficult topic with your athletes.
After completion of this module, you should be able to develop a safe, healthy, and clean team culture that includes guidelines around performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). To achieve this objective, you will be able to:
- Understand your role as a coach when it comes to educating athletes and parents.
- Recognize the categories of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), what they do, and their side effects.
- Appreciate the common reasons young athletes may use PEDs.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of PED use and abuse.
Seat time: Approximately 18 minutes of seat time. The learning path for this course includes a pre-course questionnaire, course, and post-course questionnaire.
Evaluation: You will be evaluated on the assignments within the module through knowledge check points and a course summary quiz. A score at least 80% on the summary quiz is required to successfully complete the module.
TrueSport Coaching Field Experience (optional): Complete all four TrueSport Coaching Education Program online modules as a pre-requisite to completing the TrueSport Coaching Field Experience. Field Experience materials are included with all course registrations.
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The TrueSport Coaching Modules have received recognition from the U.S. Center for Coaching Excellence for alignment with the National Standards for Sport Coaches (Ethical Practices).
Why Choose USADA?
Clean sport is worth fighting for at every level of competition and we are all responsible for creating a culture of clean sport. Our services and programs can be customized based on a variety of factors, including testing pool size, number of events, and anti-doping rules. Choosing USADA gives your organization access to our robust education resources, world-class scientists, drug reference tools, results management services, and our vast network of highly trained Doping Control Officers (DCOs). Ready to protect your sport?
Why Choose TrueSport?
An outreach program powered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, TrueSport blends inspiration with education to help coaches, parents, and athletes build positive values and life skills through sport. With practical tools, interactive guides, coaching modules, and stories from Olympic and Paralympic athletes, we’re reshaping the youth sport culture to be rooted in joy, wellness, and respect. Whether it’s a sports camp, school assembly, conference, or community event, we want to support you in equipping young athletes with resources to build life skills and core values for success on and off the field.
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