Coaches
Sportsmanship
Teaching appropriate sportsmanship behavior in a competitive environment is one of the most important things a coach can do.
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Set Expectations!
Pre-season:
It is a good practice to have a team meeting or send a detailed email to your team in order to set out the team expectations - here are a few things you might want to go over:
- Do you want a manager to help you?
- Set practice time/location
- Equipment - bring ball to practices, wear shin guards
- Communication - stress the importance of informing you beforehand if they're unavailable for an event. Check out TeamSnap app to help with team communication.
- Timeliness - arrive 15 min or more before games
- Snacks - ask parent to organize a snack schedule if desired
- Winter/indoor - gauge interest
First practice:
Set out your expectations to the players. Things you might want to talk about:
- Equipment - bring your ball, wear your shin guards, bring a water bottle, both jerseys to all games!
- Fields - leave them the way we found them, pick up everything - your equipment, your trash, etc.
- Behavior - you're here to learn and have fun, listen and follow instructions
- Competitiveness - we are here to compete, this is a contact sport, we want you to work hard and try to win but being aware of your surroundings and the consequences of your actions is an important piece of being a good competitor.
- Sportsmanship - it's part of the game
Questions? Contact us!
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Contact
| Regent Soccer Club | |
| PO Box 5413 | |
| Madison, WI 53705 | |
