Rochester Community Youth Basketball Association

RCYBA now requires all coaches and assistant coaches to complete concussion training certification.  The certification is free but must be completed by all coaches by November 1, 2011. 

MN Concussion Law Announcement

Minnesota Legislature's New "Concussion Law" Requires Online Training for All Coaches and Officials and Concussion Education for all Parents and Athletes Starting this Fall

The Minnesota Legislature recently passed a "Concussion Law" which requires any municipality, business, school district or nonprofit organization that organizes a youth athletic activity and charges a fee to follow the statute's requirements, including implementing concussion training and education to improve player safety and establish safe return-to-play policies for athletes who sustain a concussion.

The law mandates that:

• All coaches (head and assistants) and officials receive concussion training and education by September 1, 2011, and then at three-year intervals thereafter.
• Coaches must remove an athlete from activity if they exhibit signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion and/or are suspected of sustaining a concussion.

The law also requires a doctor's signature to return to play if an athlete is removed due to a concussion or is showing signs or symptoms of a concussion.

The RCYBA Board would like to thank our sponsors for contributing to our program for the 2010-2011 year.  As a result of our sponsorships, we are able to keep our costs as low as possible as well as support a portion of our scholarship program. 

Please join RCYBA in supporting our sponsors.

Thanks! 

RCYBA
P.O. Box 8443
Rochester, MN 55903