Pensacola Junior Ice Flyers  

Volunteer Registration Form

Volunteer Registration Form for Coaches, Team Managers, Locker Room Monitors, and Board of Directors

In addition to submitting this form, all volunteers will need to complete all of the following requirements:

1. USA Hockey Number- Select Manager/Volunteer or Coach from the list, depending on your situation.

2. SafeSport Certification

3. Background Screening

Designate the team you will be volunteering with.
If you answer NO to this question, please go to https://www.usahockey.com. Select Manager/Volunteer or Coach from the list, depending on your situation.
If you answer NO to this question, please go to https://www.usahockey.com/safesporttraining to complete your certification.
If you answer NO to this question, please go to https://www.usahockey.com/backgroundscreen to complete your background screening.
Please provide the name(s) and telephone number(s) of the player's Emergency Contact(s).
Please provide the name and policy number of the primary Insurance Carrier.
In addition to the development of our hockey players and enjoyment of the sport of hockey, the safety and protection of our participants is central to NFHL's goals. NFHL adheres to USA Hockey's SafeSport Program as a means to help protect its participants from physical abuse, sexual abuse and other types of misconduct, including emotional abuse, bullying, threats, harassment and hazing. To help prevent abuse or misconduct from occurring in our locker rooms, NFHL has adopted the following locker room policy. This policy is designed to maintain personal privacy as well as to reduce the risk of misconduct in locker rooms. At the Pensacola Bay Center there are a number of locker/dressing rooms available for our program's use. Each of the large locker rooms has its own restroom. Some teams in our program may also occasionally or regularly travel to play games at other arenas, and those locker rooms, restrooms and shower facilities will vary from location to location. NFHL's team organizers will attempt to provide information on the locker room facilities in advance of games away from our home arena. At arenas for which you are unfamiliar, parents should plan to have extra time and some flexibility in making arrangements for their child to dress, undress and shower if desired. Locker Room Monitoring NFHL has predictable and limited use of locker rooms and changing areas (e.g., generally 30-45 minutes before and following practices and games). This allows for direct and regular monitoring of locker room areas. While constant monitoring inside of locker rooms and changing areas might be the most effective way to prevent problems, we understand that this would likely make some players uncomfortable and may even place our staff at risk for unwarranted suspicion. We conduct a sweep of the locker rooms and changing areas before players arrive, and if the coaches are not inside the locker rooms, either a coach or voluntary locker room monitors (each of which has been screened) will be posted directly outside of the locker rooms and changing areas during periods of use, and leave the doors open only when adequate privacy is still possible, so that only participants (coaches and players), approved team personnel and 1 family member (8U and under only) are permitted in the locker room. Team personnel will also secure the locker room appropriately during times when the team is on the ice. Parents in Locker Rooms Except for players at the younger age groups (6U-8U), parents should refrain from entering locker rooms unless it is truly necessary. If a player is or may be injured, or a player's disability warrants assistance, then we ask that parents let the coach and team manager know beforehand that he or she will be helping the player. Naturally, with our youngest age groups, it is necessary for parents to assist the players getting dressed. We encourage parents to teach their players as young as possible how to get dressed so that players will learn as early as possible how to get dressed independently. In circumstances where parents are permitted in the locker room, coaches are permitted to ask that the parents leave for a short time before the game and for a short time after the game so that the coaches may address the players. As players get older, the coach may in his or her discretion prohibit parents from a locker room. If a player needs assistance with his or her uniform or gear, coaches and approved locker room monitors will be available to assist. For each team, the coach and/or team administrators shall be responsible for compliance with the locker room supervision requirements of this Policy. A coach and/or team administrator that fails to take appropriate steps to ensure the Locker Room Policy is adhered to, and any USA Hockey participant or parent of a participant who otherwise violates this Policy is subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Mixed Gender Teams Some of our teams consist of both male and female players. It is important that the privacy rights of all of our players are given consideration and appropriate arrangements made. Where possible, NFHL will have the male and female players dress/undress in separate locker rooms and then convene in a single locker room before the game or team meeting. Once the game or practice is finished, the players may come to one locker room for a team meeting and then the male and female players proceed to their separate locker rooms to undress and shower, if available. If separate locker rooms are not available, then the players will take turns using the locker room to change. We understand that these arrangements may require that players arrive earlier or leave later, but we believe that this is the most reasonable way to accommodate and respect all of our players. Cell Phones and Other Mobile Recording Devices Cell phones and other mobile devices with recording capabilities, including voice recording, still cameras and video cameras, are not permitted to be used in the locker rooms. If phones or other mobile devices must be used, they should be taken outside the locker room. [it may be permissible to have team manager collect phones] Prohibited Conduct and Reporting NFHL prohibits all types of physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, bullying, threats, harassment and hazing, all as described in the USA Hockey SafeSport Handbook. Participants, employees or volunteers in NFHL may be subject to disciplinary action for violation of these locker room policies or for engaging in any misconduct or abuse or that violates the USA Hockey SafeSport Policies. Reports of any actual or suspected violations, you may email USA Hockey at SafeSport@usahockey.org or may call 1-800-888-4656.
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