70%
of youth leave organized sport by age 13, most because it stops being a positive experience1
Sport has the power to transform lives.
Sport is most powerful when everyone in it feels safe, supported, and ready to perform. Headversity is evolving the trusted Respect in Sport programs to make that possible, expanding the focus from harm prevention to building psychologically safe environments for athletes, coaches, parents, officials, and sport leaders.
Safer sport | Stronger teams | Thriving culture
Trusted by 2.8M+ participants and 50,000 clubs across
300+ sport networks and governing bodies
Sport should be one of the best experiences of a young person’s life. Too often, it isn’t.
The data is impossible to ignore. So is the opportunity. When environments are safe, sport becomes one of the most powerful ways to shape confident, resilient, connected people.
Sport culture is the problem, and the solution.
Traditional Safe Sport programs have focused on what to avoid: abuse, harassment, neglect. That foundation matters deeply, and Headversity remains committed to it by carrying forward the legacy of Respect in Sport.
The Headversity team is asking a bigger question. What does a sport environment look like when it is actively built for every athlete to thrive? Not just safe from harm, but genuinely empowering.
That is the shift. It changes how we train coaches, equip parents, develop athletes, and support the officials and administrators who make sport possible.
79%
of youth athletes report experiencing psychological harm from coaches, parents, or teammates2
26%
higher athlete retention in organizations that prioritize whole athlete development2
22%
greater resilience among athletes coached by leaders trained in socio-emotional skills2
We’re not just preventing harm.
We’re building something better.
Headversity Sport reframes Safe Sport training as an opportunity to build the strong, resilient cultures where athletes thrive.
Build a sport culture where good behavior is the norm
Every coach, parent, athlete, and official is trained with a shared language of psychological safety, not just a list of rules.
Empowered to perform, belong, and grow
Athletes get tools to manage pressure, communicate needs, and develop resilience, not just awareness of what is wrong.
Sustained culture, measured like team performance
Team charters, check-ins, and real-time data ensure the standards set in pre-season are alive all season long.
More than training. Evolving what psychological safety means in sport.
The foundation of Safe Sport is a thriving culture. Participants will develop the skills to prevent harm and support mental health in real time.
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Evolved Safe Sport training
The content and methodology our new Chief Sport Officer developed, which has already helped thousands of coaches, parents, and sport leaders, is being integrated into Headversity Sport and elevated with clinical rigor, and a full ecosystem approach.
02
Training for every role in the sport ecosystem
Athletes, coaches, parents, officials, and administrators each get tailored learning paths, all operating from a shared framework of psychological safety. Not one module for everyone. The right content for the right role, delivered in context.
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A platform that supports a thriving culture
Sustaining a continuous, safe culture is not just one and done. Through team charters, ongoing check-ins, and real-time culture data, Headversity Sport supports the full season, not just the first week.
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Acknowledging mental health matters in sport is step 1. Now what?
Respect in Sport trained over 2.8 million participants and set the standard for Safe Sport across North America. Those programs are now evolving. With Allison Forsyth joining as Chief Sport Officer, her lived experience, expertise, and methodology are being integrated into the Headversity Sport platform, expanding the mission beyond compliance into something more durable: sport cultures where psychological safety is embedded into how coaches lead, how parents engage, and how every young athlete experiences the game.
Safe sport is built by everyone in it.
Culture change in sport does not happen by training one person. It happens when everyone in the ecosystem, from administrators to parents, has the same skills, language, and expectations.
Leagues & Administrators
Set the standard across your entire organization, policy, training requirements, compliance, and culture benchmarking at scale.
✓ Organization-wide compliance tracking
✓ Culture and safety benchmarking
✓ Automated reporting for governing bodies
✓ Risk insights across clubs and teams
Coaches
Build the skills to coach the whole athlete, performance and mental health together, and create team environments where every player can give their best.
✓ Psychological safety in team settings
✓ Recognizing and responding to distress
✓ Abuse prevention certification
✓ Personal resilience and wellbeing tools
Parents
Equip parents to be a positive force in their child’s sport experience, rather than an unintended source of pressure or harm.
✓ Respect in Sport parent certification
✓ How to support without adding pressure
✓ Recognizing signs of stress in young athletes
✓ How to raise concerns safely
Athletes
Give athletes the skills and support to perform at their best, navigate adversity, and protect their mental health through the pressures of competitive sport.
✓ Resilience and mental performance training
✓ Coping with injury, pressure, and transitions
✓ Immediate support when struggling
✓ Safe, confidential escalation to care
“I’ve lived the consequences of unsafe sport. I’ve also experienced the power of environments where psychological safety is embedded into how we lead. Safe, inclusive sport doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when leadership chooses to build cultures where athletes feel valued, challenged, and supported – where performance and wellbeing rise together. That’s the future of sport I’m committed to building, and joining Headversity allows me to help scale that vision.”
Allison Forsyth · Chief Sport Officer · Headversity
Let’s Build This Together
Your athletes deserve environments where they can thrive.
Whether you lead a league, run a club, coach a team, or care for an athlete, Headversity Sport is built for you. Connect with our team to learn what the new standard looks like for your organization.
1 ParentsTogether. “70 Percent of Kids in Sports Quit by Their Teens—Here’s How (and Why) to Keep Them in the Game.” 2024.
2 Headversity internal outcome data. Results reflect aggregate responses from platform users across participating organizations. Data on file.