COACHES CODE OF CONDUCT

Coaches shall be appointed each season by the Executive Committee of the Club. They are bound by the Club Rules & Regulations, Coaches Code of Conduct & the  Club Child Protection Policy.

As a Coach you should:

1. Agree a team playing policy with the Club at the start of each season.

2. Always have a contact number with you at a match / training event for all your Players.

3. Stay in attendance at a match / training event (preferably with another adult) until the last Player has safely left for home.

4. Inform the web administrator of the precise address where a match or training event is taking place and what time it starts and finishes. As much notice as is practicable should be given.

All Coaches shall endorse, adopt & abide by the Club Child Protection Policy. They should:

5. Ensure the well being and safety of every Player above all other considerations.

6. Respect the rights, dignity, worth and opinions of all Players as well as Officials, Parents or Guardians and the opposition.

7. Develop an appropriate working relationship with each Player based on mutual trust and respect.

8. At the outset clarify with each Player (and where appropriate their Parents or Guardians) exactly what is expected of them and also what they are entitled to expect from you.

9. Encourage and guide Players to accept responsibility for their own behaviour and performance.

10. Ensure that the activities you direct or advocate are appropriate for the age, maturity, experience & ability of the Player.

11. Always display high standards of behaviour, appearance, punctuality and instruction.

12. Be a positive role model for Players, Parents or Guardians & Spectators alike.

13. By your own example encourage Players, Parents or Guardians and Spectators to at all times accept match Officials decisions without comment and without showing any form of dissent.

14. Always promote the positive aspects of football and never condone: violations of the laws or spirit of the game; any form of violent or dangerous play; any form of gamesmanship or time wasting.

15. Make every effort to promote harmonious relations with opposition Players, Management and Spectators.

16. Help the Players to recognise good performance and not just good results.

17. Always work in an open environment (e.g. wherever possible avoid private or unobserved situations with individual Players)

18. Co-operate fully with other people in the best interests of the Player, Club Officials and other Coaches.

19. Advise the Secretary within 24 hours of any sending off or caution incurred by any of your Players.

20. Respond promptly to all requests and instructions from the Executive Committee.

You should never:

21. Use inappropriate, foul or abusive language or tolerate such language from Players, Parents, Guardians or Spectators.

22. Discriminate against any Player, Parent, Guardian or Spectator (including from opposition Teams) by reason of gender, sexual orientation, racial origin, nationality, religious beliefs, ability, disability or economic status.

23. Permit the harassment or bullying of a Player by a Coach, other adult or fellow Player.

24. Show unacceptable favouritism to any individual Player.

25. Punish or belittle a Player for losing a match or making mistakes.

26. Smoke, drink or use banned substances whilst actively working with Players.

Coaches who fail to abide by this code of conduct & also the Club’s Child Protection policy shall be suspended from their position forthwith and instructed to appear before the Executive Committee who shall have the ultimate sanction to remove that party from their post and permanently exclude them from the Club.

By registering as a Coach with Paisley Saints Girls FC I agree to abide by these principles. I support the Club in its undertakings and encourage the Club to take any necessary disciplinary actions, where warranted, of any Coaches, Players, Parents and or Spectators for repeated or serious breaches of the Club Constitution, Rules & Regulations and the Codes of Conduct.