To help ensure the health and safety of our young athletes, the Centers for Disease Control developed the Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports initiative to offer information about concussions to coaches, parents, and athletes involved in youth sports.

Concussion Certification is a mandatory requirement for all RAAA board members, program directors, program board members, coaches, assistant coaches and officials. 

Concussion Certification is also a State law requirement in the state of Minnesota.

Volunteers who continue to participate will be required to take the concussion training once every three (3) calendar years. Training for one program is applicable for all RAAA programs.

If you are planning to coach and are uncertain of your status please email Courtney Karban  and she will gladly let you know if you have a valid Concussion Certification on file.

Process to complete Concussion Certification

To access the concussion video please visit  the HEADS UP to Youth Sports.

Select Take The Training

You will need to create a Login if this is your first time. If you already have a login please login with your user name and password

Save a copy of the certificate for your records.  In order to save the certificate to your computer, you may need to print and re-scan the document so that it properly saves.

Enter evidence of your certification as indicated on the SportsEngine registration website.

Volunteers must enter evidence of their concussion certification into their account profile within the SportsEngine registration system.  For more information on the policy and the process of self-reporting certification, please click on the policy link on this page.