Squad Safe: A practical guide to athlete welfare and culture change in cheerleading is designed to help cheerleading coaches and programme owners improve safeguarding in their gym with practical tips, ideas and resources. 

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The book covers topics including:​

• The importance of gym culture

• The role of psychological safety in athlete welfare and performance optimisation

• The intersection of female health and safeguarding

• The part parents play in building your culture and safeguarding your athletes  

• The challenges of social media in our sport

• What abuse might look like in the cheer gym as opposed to other settings?

• How to develop effective safeguarding policies, processes and systems 

• How to assess the current culture and safeguarding in your own gym 

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