Sports Season Signup – Athletes

Registration is only open for the sports listed in the form below… if you do not see the form or a sport listed, it is not open for registration! Online Sign-up generally opens about a month before a sport’s practices begin.  

Read the Athlete Code of Conduct: During sports season sign-up, we ask that you to confirm that you have read and agree to comply with the Special Olympics Athlete Code of Conduct. Click here to read the Code before you begin sign-up.

Check if Athlete’s Medical Certification is Current: An athlete cannot attend practice or compete if their medical certification expires BEFORE the last day of the sport’s season (the Medical Expiration Date). Look on the sport’s web page to find the sport’s Medical Expiration Date. Look here to check the expiration date for your athlete’s medical certification. Blank Athlete Medical Application and Waiver forms can be found here. Email completed Athlete Medicals to medical@somdmontgomery.org.

Check if Athlete’s Communicable Disease Waiver (CDW) has been received: All athletes must submit a signed CDW before participating in any Special Olympics activity. Look here to check your athlete’s CDW status. Blank CDW forms can be found here. Email completed AOR forms to medical@somdmontgomery.org. Effective 3/10/21, all previous Covid-19 Acknowledgment of Risk Forms are no longer valid.

Sign-Up As Early as You Can: Early sign-ups help our coaches prepare for the start of each season. It also better enables our coaches and team managers to contact you about any changes affecting the sport.

SOMO Relies on Email to Communicate: All athletes who sign-up for our sports are added to the distribution list for SOMO’s newsletters. Athletes can unsubscribe at any time but are added again whenever they sign-up. Athletes will also receive email messages from the sport’s Head Coach and Team Manager.

Sign-Up for One Sport at a Time: Fully complete and submit the form before beginning the process to sign-up for another sport.