Code of Conduct
Independent District
Players Code of Behaviour
- Play for enjoyment
- Strive for personal excellence
- Work hard for your team as well as yourself
- Treat all team mates and opponents as you enjoy being treated yourself
- Play by the spirit and letter of the rules
- Cooperate with team and game officials
- Stay in the designated team area and support other team members during times when you are not competing
- Check-in and check-out with team management/officials upon arrival/departure each day
- Practice self-control on and off the field
- Wear the official team uniform at all times, as directed by team management/officials
- Appreciate honest effort, skilled performance and improvement
- Work equally hard for yourself and your team
- Be reliable in regards to meeting time commitments and training sessions
- Never argue with an official. If you disagree approach your captain, coach or manager
- Do not deliberately distract or provoke other players, officials and spectators
- Respect the rights, dignity and worth of all participants regardless of their gender, ability, clutural background or religion
Parent and Sepctator Code of Behaviour
- Cooperate with your school to achieve the best outcomes for your child
- Individuals are not to enter areas that have been cordoned/fenced off as out of bounds
- Act in a way consistent with the fact that students participate in sport for their enjoyment, not yours
- Support team and event officials in maintaining a safe and respectful learning environment for all students
- Maintain positive relationships with team officials regarding your child’s learning, wellbeing and behaviour
- Encourage participation
- Provide a model of good sportsmanship for your child
- Be courteous and constructive in your communication with players, team officials, game officials and administrators
- Encouraage honest effort, skilled performance and team loyalty
- Focus on efforst and performance rather than winning or losing
- Use postive reinforcement for positive effort rather than raising your voice at a student for making a mistake
- Show appreciation of volunteer coaches, officials and administrators. Without them ther would be no competition
- Do not interfere with the conduct of any events
- Adhere to the expectations of venues being smoke and alcohol free environments
- Do not encroach on playing areas or within 2 metres of sport field boundaries. This includes the concourse areas of pools
- Dogs and other animals are not to be brought to sport venues
A Breach of the Code
A breach of this code of behaviour by parents/spectators may result in them being banned from the venue. A breach of this code by a student may result in the player being banned from the event and/or the venue. Parents and the student’s school will be notified. Any additional expense incurred will be the responsibility of the parents