Any person that will be working as an official at the Northern Plains tournament and any person who wishes to obtain a coaches pass will have to sign a concussion verification form stating that you have received training consistent with the Concussion in Youth Sports online training program available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web Site.

Parents – please click here for educational documents on concussions. http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/parents/index.html

USAW understands that many officials or coaches in the Minnesota area may have already competed this online training. For those individuals who have not completed the required training, here is the link.  http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html Please plan for this test to take 30-45 minutes for completion.

A note from MN-USAW, “the training through the CDC is not the only training that fulfills this requirement, for example in Minnesota the training required by our state high school league for coaches and officials fulfills this requirement.  If your state has a similar requirement for your USA Wrestling events and you have a list that you can provide us with those that have completed the training please forward that to Judi Tekautz, jtekautz@mnusawrestling.org 

FLOOR PASSES ARE REQUIRED FOR FLOOR ACCESS. 

All coaches that wish to gain access to the competition floor to coach athletes must have a current USA Wrestling Leader Card. All USA Wrestling Leader Membership Cards MUST be attained prior to the event, due to mandatory background checking. For a Leader Membership Card, please click HERE. PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 30 DAYS FOR COMPLETION OF USAW LEADER MEMBERSHIP/BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS.

Coaching Floor Passes will be $5.00, pending the coach meets all necessary membership requirements. 

Two certified coaches maximum allowed in each competitor's corner. To videotape any match at mat side, the operator must be one of the two certified coaches in the corner. Only coaches with a current USAW Leader Membership Card AND who are USAW NCEP certified are entitled to free admission (does not include floor access).

Floor passes will only be issued to those individuals with a current USAW Leader Membership Card and are a minimum USAW NCEP Copper certified for Kids divisions. Cadet and Junior coaches must be a minimum Bronze certified.

Want to become a USA Wrestling Copper or Bronze level certified coach? Please contact USA Wrestling's Manager of National Coaches Education Program, Mike Clayton, at mclayton@usawrestling.org

All other USAW coaching requirements must be met, regarding membership and a processed background check, as well.

If you have any questions regarding this issue please direct them to Judi Tekautz, jtekautz@mnusawrestling.org and Tony Black, tblack@usawrestling.org