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Coaching Guidelines As a coach, you are viewed by parents, players, opponents, officials and the Club as the team leader. You are the primary Club contact with players, opponents, officials and spectators. How you conduct yourself as a coach will reflect directly on yourself and the club. Coaching Ethics The Club established a set of coaching ethics and expects all coaches to adhere to them. They are: 1. Treat all players, opponents, parents, officials and spectators with respect. 2. Respect the judgment and interpretation of the rules by officials. 3. Exercise self-control at all times, setting an example for others. 4. Accept winning graciously and defeat with dignity. 5. Cooperate with peer coaches and Executive for the betterment of the Club. 6. Applaud positive performances, handle lesser performances fairly and privately. 7. Understand the rules and attempt to improve coaching techniques by availing themselves of educational opportunities. 8. Conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Club objectives and principles. 9. Foster Club loyalty. Team Organization For Rep and Tournament Teams Team organization is the key to team success. The coach should not be encumbered with administrative and time consuming non-coaching activities, such as calling players, arranging tournaments, uniforms, finances and a host of other things. He/she must be free to spend the greatest time available with the team. The coach should enlist parents to assume the roles of team manager, trainer, equipment handler, treasurer, transportation coordinator, tournament coordinator, emergency coordinator and communication officer. This will allow the coach to concentrate on player and team skill development. As coach you may appoint an assistant coach to help you. Sharing coaching tasks allows for greater flexibility, variety and permits individual or small group attention. The assistant must be qualified to the same extent as the head coach. The Club also recommends that the individual have some soccer playing or coaching experience. The Club reserves the right to veto any coach made appointment for just cause.
Emergency Action Plan (EAP) All teams are required to have in place an EAP. This plan should include vital player health information, police and ambulance emergency numbers, location of nearest hospital (regardless of where the game is played) and access to a cellular phone. This information should be readily available at all practices and games. Inclement Weather The referee and division convenor are the sole judges of when a game should be abandoned for any reason. Coaches do not have the authority to abandon games.Weather conditions are the most likely reason to cause game delays or abandonment. Occasions will arise when severe weather conditions occur immediately before or during the game. Youth referees may be unaware of the dangers or intimidated by forceful and aggressive coaches and continue play during storm warnings, thunder storms and distant lightning strikes. However, coaches should consider the safety of their players as a first priority and as such may request, of the referee, the abandonment of the game due to unsafe conditions. Particularly during thunder storms and adjacent lightning strikes the coach should move his players to the safety of nearby automobiles. Players should not be permitted to shelter in open spaces or under trees. Should the referee insist that the game proceed during adjacent storms and lightning strikes the coach should, inform the referee of his/her decision and remove his/her players to safety regardless of the outcome. It is unlikely that coaches or teams would be disciplined when acting in good faith and in the interests of player safety.
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