Become a Coach

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW THEM EXACTLY

If you are a Track Operator interested in obtaining your Coaches License or more general information on the coaching program please email Coaching at coaching@usabmx.com

Directions for becoming a USA BMX Certified Coach

Cost: A USA BMX Coaching License is $60/year, all resources and testing are provided free of cost after the first License fee is paid.  The License is issued when you have passed your online coaching test.

Age Requirment:  18+ 

1. Be sure you have an account on our website.
Create an account or log in to your current account on this website (www.usabmx.com)

If you try to create an account and receive the message "Username already exists" this means that you have an account that was created by an automatic membership update and do not yet have a password.  To receive a password, go to the "log in" screen and hit the blue "forgot password" link.

2. Complete the Coaching Application.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE COACHING APPLICATION 

3. Online Background Check

US citizens complete our online background check by clicking here ($20.50).  Depending on your County and residence history, your background check may take upto 14 business days to complete.

Canadian citizens please have a background screen, including the vulnerable sector search, completed at RCMP. When you have your results, email them to coaching@usabmx.com 

When your background check is complete you will then be sent a link to complete the Sexual Abuse Awareness Training Program.

While you are awaiting the result of your back ground check, please complete steps 4 - 6.

4. Letter of Recommendation
Submit your signed Track Operator Letter of Recommendation (download here)

The T.O. Letter of Recommendation must be emailed to coaching@usabmx.com  Forms can be photocopied, scanned, or scanned (photo) from your smart phone and sent in.  

5. Adult and Pediatric CPR and Basic First Aid
Submit proof of First Aid and CPR certificaitons from a recognized and reputable National or State/Provincial Level organization that is at minimum rated as Adult and Pediatric CPR and Basic First Aid (Examples: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, EMS Rating, etc)

If you do not already have these certifications, and do not have a class near you, please use the link below to take an online course.

Click here for a qualifying online Adult and Pediatric CPR and Basic First Aid Course

A great place to start is by calling your local fire department as many times they offer classes at very inexpensive rates.

The First Aid Certifications must be emailed to coaching@usabmx.com   Certifications can be photocopied, scanned, or scanned (photo) from your smart phone and sent in.  

BLS cards are only excepted if you are a Healthcare Provider as they do not include First Aid.  Please DO NOT send BLS cards if you are not a Healthcare Provider.

6. CDC Heads Up for Coaches Online Training Module
Use the following link to complete the CDC Heads Up for Coaches Concusion Training Module.  Email the certificate to: coaching@usabmx.com

The CDC website can be confusing, it is only collecting data to know what types of people are use the program. When in doubt, just click the option that makes the most sense until you find yourself at the actual course.

CDC Heads Up Link

7. Abuse Preventation & Code of Conduct

Recently, we've partnered with a company to offer Abuse Prevention Training to all adults who are getting a background screen to work with the children of our sport. These training videos are 10 short videos that will take around 1 hour to complete. At the end of that, there is a quiz that is about 25 questions related to the topic. A score of 70% or better is required to pass the quiz, which should be easily attainable. This training should be renewed every two (2) years. USA BMX covers the cost of the training, so there is NO COST to you. 

You will be emailed a link to complete the Abuse Prevention training upon passing your background screen.

8. Payment link activation
When all of your prerequisites have been received, you will receive notification that your Coaching Payment link has been activated.

9. Pay your coaching license fee
Be sure to Log into your account and then go to the Coaching Page and click the Coaching Payment link to pay your coaching license fee.

10. Coaching Course Link Activated
When your coaching licensee fee has been received you will receive a notification that your Trainual Coaching link has been activated.  Please allow up to 1 business day for these links to activate.

11. Complete the online coaching review module
Use the Trainual App to complete the Coaching Course.  Once you have completed the course, if no further review is required a 1 year coaching license will be issued based on the final review date.  

12. Complete and submit your New Rider Program Form
Local coaches are now required to complete and submit the New Rider Program Form.  This form must be signed by your Track Operator and the Lesson/Clinic dates must be entered into the online scheduler and verified by the coaching department before you will receive your coaching license.

• Click here to download the New Rider Program Form

ADDITIONAL NOTES

These new measures are being put in place to better protect the children within our sport and your compliance with getting these items done and documented helps us to keep our insurance costs reasonable in this day and age - when insurance costs everywhere are skyrocketing. Thank you for your continued commitment to the sport of bicycle motocross and for your cooperation in keeping our sport safe!

Coaching Licenses will need to be renewed each year, Background Checks and First Aid Certifications will need to be renewed every 2 years as well as Continuing Education Units (TBA).

In closing, the USA BMX Coaches Certification program is designed to add tools any track's toolbox of success.  The Coaching Certification program is NOT designed to change or impede any clinics or advanced clinics that your track and coaches are currently hosting.  

If your track already has a program that is working well, we encourage you to continue to utilize it, and the process of having a certified coach will merely be a formality that helps to ensure the character of the coach and the well being of all of our children.  USA BMX encourages as much coaching as possible to be available at Local BMX Tracks as this increases the athleticism and retention of all riders.  Our program even teaches local coaches the value of bringing in guest pro's and clinic tours that help to excite the riders and keep them in the sport longer.