Athletic
Performance Standards
Athletic
Performance Standards
Social Media
Best Practices
What are the USASF Athletic Performance Standards?
The USASF is dedicated to the safety of all athletes both on and off the competition floor and to fulfilling the mission to promote and project a positive image for All Star.
We invited all professional fields in the All Star community to partner with the USASF in athlete protection through the development of the Athletic Performance Standards( APS). Member owners, coaches, event producers, suppliers and nonmember suppliers have pledged their support of the APS which includes policies, rules and guidelines for:
• uniforms
• choreography and music
• makeup, hair and hair accessories
• media and photography
While the USASF cannot fully guarantee safety on and off the mat, our polices, rules and guidelines are designed to minimize the risks. With a careful balance of understanding, we must recognize the risk, be responsible in providing education and safeguards and allow the presentation of the sport to remain true to its roots.
Minimizing the risk for exploitation is everyone’ s responsibility. A component of the Athletic Performance Standards is to offer athletes and parents best practices for social media.
Social Media Best Practices DO
• Keep social media pages settings on private. Remember, all posts are permanent and can be easily hacked and shared.
• Turn off geo-tagging / location services on social media posts.
• Only friend people you actually know in real life.
DON’ T
• Share personal information.
• Make plans to meet someone you met on social media.
• Share your passwords, even with friends.
• Post provocative images / videos.
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