One of the best ways to support the Grizzlies Wrestling Club is to volunteer to coach! Coaches are super valuable and help us to continue to grow. We are all just volunteers and you don’t need any experience!
Not interested in coaching but want to be involved ? Contact coach Andres (316-304-7981) to see how you can help
These are the primary things you have to do in order to be certified to coach youth wrestling in Kansas:
CREATE A PROFILE
● Follow the steps to create a profile with USA Wrestling
BACKGROUND CHECK
● You must complete a background check every 2 years Cost: $30
● Time: it is usually a 2-week turnaround
➢ Click on “GO TO PROFILE” in the middle of your screen
➢ Click on the blue button “MANAGE PROFILE”
➢ Click on “GET BACKGROUND CHECK”, it is a blue button towards the bottom
SAFESPORT COURSE
● This is a required, brief course that also ensures the safety & protection of children.
● Cost: Free
● Time: It takes about an hour the first time and 20 minutes every year after
➢ Click on “GO TO PROFILE” in the middle of your screen
➢ Click on the blue button “MANAGE PROFILE”
➢ Click on “ACCESS SAFESPORT COURSE”, it is a blue button towards the bottom
USA WRESTLING MEMBERSHIP
● This is your required coaching card Cost: $50 every year
➢ Click on “GO TO MEMBERSHIPS”; click on the blue button that says “PURCHASE/RENEW”
➢ Click on your profile, then click on “PURCHASE” under the LEADER category
BRONZE CERTIFICATION
● One-time online class that USA Wrestling requires, this certification lasts forever and does not have to be redone
● Cost: $80
● Time: 6-hour online clinic with a test
● Prerequisites: Must be a USA Wrestling member, pass a background check, and pass the Safesport course
➢ At the top of the screen you will see a button titled “MANAGE”
➢ Click on “COACH CERTIFICATIONS”
➢ Click on “BRONZE CERTIFICATION”
