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Background Check

Protect Youth Sports is USA Softball's background check provider. Background checks are processed through RegisterUSASoftball.com.

USA Softball has retained the services of Protect Youth Sports to provide timely background check screenings and all of its background checks are processed online through RegisterUSASoftball.com. Background checks conducted by USA Softball are for the sole purpose of determining eligibility for USA Softball sanctioned events and are not used for employment screening. Local organizing bodies may conduct their own background screening and interviews to determine member eligibility in their programs. 

USA Softball annually conducts more than 75,000 criminal background checks of its participants. Members who are background checked include adult non-players in youth play, umpires, scorekeepers, staff and other volunteers. 

Participants who process an independent background check, normally paid by credit card on RegisterUSASoftball.com, receive an ID card from USA Softball stating that they’ve passed the background check. Other participants may receive notice of background check clearance through the form of an ACE Coach ID card or on their individual team registration card. The cost for a background check ranges between $7.00 and $11.00 and depends on other services that can be bundled together such as certification or registration.

All adults associated with a youth team in an on-field capacity must successfully pass a background check.  Visit RegisterUSASoftball.com to complete this process.  

You can also download the background check form below.