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Nov, 2015

Game Behavior: Coach, Parent and Referee Conduct

Game Behavior: Coach, Parent and Referee Conduct

 

1. Game Day is for the players to play the game of soccer.  Everyone else is there to watch and encourage.

2. Please introduce yourself to the referee and provide the Line Up card before the game starts.  The refs will be nervous, so help them get the game started on time.

3. Please remember that our referees are just kids (ages 11 to High School).  The coaches and parents are the adults, please act like one with the referees and your players.  We do not allow any confrontation between the Parents, Coaches and REFEREES.  Please do not question calls during the games, call offsides, call fouls, call direction of the throw ins   Let the refs make mistakes, we make plenty of them in our coaching careers. 

4. As the Coach, you are responsible for the behavior of your PLAYERS, COACHES AND PARENTS.  Please head off any problems with players and parents early in the game (and early in the season).  I saw a few games last fall where the coaches and parents were screaming at every touch of the ball. Many times coaches don't know some of the parents, sibblings, uncles, aunts and grandparents who are misbehaving.  If you see a parent who is going against our code of conduct, if you don't know them, ask the other coach if that is one of their parents.  Take action immediately, both team coaches can walk across the field and talk with the parent. Do not let parents and coaches continue with bad behavior.

5. Players behavior.  This is recreational soccer.  Players are expected to follow the rules of the game with a priority on sportsmanship.  Please coach your players in appropriate play.  Aggressive and purposeful fouls will not be tolerated and players will be issued yellow or red cards. Inappropriate Language by players, coaches and spectators will yield yellow and red cards.  Yes, parents have been escorted off the premise in the past due to inappropriate behavior and language.  Coaches, if one of your players is playing too aggressive, pull them off to the side of the field and coach them on proper play.  That being said, soccer is a contact sport and players will fall down and bump into each other.  Not all pushes and trips are fouls.  Referees will call the fouls. 

6. Coaches, please send me an email if ANY player or coach during your game gets a Yellow Card (caution) or Red Card (ejection) from the referee.  Please provide details of the incident.

7.  The Games are for the Players to play the Game.  Practices are for the Coaches to coach.  Referees will ref the game.  An overstatement on the obvious but rarely obvious after your typical youth sporting event.  Try to avoid over-coaching during the game.  Soccer is a game of decisions made by players on the field, not coaches on the sidelines.

Positive Coaching:

Overall, Twinsburg AYSO Soccer is some of the best recreational soccer played in Northeast Ohio.  We have 86 teams with about 850 players this fall.  It is the Coaches that make the difference and bring kids back season after season. Snacks and treats play a role but high fives, team names, silly team cheers and great coaching will be remembered for a long time.

 

If you would like more information on the foundation of good Positive Coaching, please visit the Positive Coaching Alliance www.positivecoach.org.  I have attached some key coaching documents for your reference.  Great info for coaching any youth sport.  The books are excellent as well.

http://www.positivecoach.org/our-story/the-pca-story-video/

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