Coaches Commitment

Acceptance of the District IV Code of Conduct is assumed when an application for coaches or other team has been received.

The role of the coach and other team officials is one of teaching soccer skills and sportsmanship to the players. The coach and other team officials are responsible for communicating practice and game times to the players and parents. The coach and other team officials are also responsible for monitoring their own behavior and the behavior of their players and parents during practice and games. All coaches and other team officials will promote good sportsmanship, foster team camaraderie, and help participants have fun while teaching players the technical skills of soccer. Unsportsmanlike conduct by the coach or other team officials at any time will not be tolerated. Unsportsmanlike conduct includes berating or making unkind comments to a spectator, parent, player or referee that would reasonably be expected to cause substantial embarrassment to the spectator, parent, player or referee.

By submitting their application to be a coach or other team official that individual agrees to this code of conduct, and will abide by this code of conduct and acknowledges that participating in the CYSA-North District IV youth soccer program is a privilege and not a right. Additionally each Coach and other team official will ensure that his/her conduct sets a good example for team members and spectators. To meet these responsibilities, the Coach and other team officials are expected to:

• Know the official Laws of the Game of soccer and the rules of CYSA-North, and abide by them.

• Instruct player and parents in the rules and motivate each player to compete according to the rules at all times.

• Respect the game officials at all times. Refrain from questioning their decisions or challenging their authority.

• Ensure that CYSA-North rules are followed by all players and spectators.

• Ensure that spectators of his or her team exhibit sportsmanship and maturity at all times, and assist league and game officials in maintaining control of spectators during games.

• Respect the coaches and players of the opposing team before, during, and after the game.

• Take appropriate steps to minimize scoring in runaway games.

• Teach each player, especially through personal example, to be humble and generous in victory and proud and courteous in defeat.

• To avoid conducting themselves in a manner which could be interrupted insulting, degrading, or humiliating.

• Teach and practice good sportsmanship and fair play by personally demonstrating commitment to these virtues.

• Promote the concept that soccer is merely a game, and that players and coaches on other teams are opponents, not enemies.

• Regardless for their reason in attending any CYSA-North or CYSA-North District IV sanctioned match, this code of conduct is enforce and must be abided.

Remember that soccer is a game, and treat players and coaches on other teams as opponents, not enemies