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