Guidelines
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Guidelines
THE COMMITMENT
You’ve made a long-term commitment to your team, your coaches, your family & yourself. That means you should attend every practice, game and tournament, even when you’d rather be doing something else. You’re an important part of your team & without you they won’t be complete. Any member with 3 unexcused absences may be asked to leave the team. Coaches may set their own attendance requirements for special occasions. Of course, if you’re sick or out of town & you pre-notify your coach, you’ll be excused. PLEASE pre-notify us of these absences with a phone call or written note. We repeat: if you’re not going to be able to attend an event, please notify your coach as early as possible so that they may adjust.
COMMUNICATION
Obviously, it is not easy to communicate with all families. We write lots of notes & provide monthly calendars. It is the parents’ responsibility to read the information provided. We rely on parents to help with phone call chains. For this organization to be effective, everyone must do his or her part. If you ever have a question or concern, please do not hesitate to contact the director. Working together, we can solve most anything. But we must communicate effectively.
ATTITUDE
You are expected to do more than learn & perform; that’s only part of your job. Positive attitudes help you and others around you feel better. You can make a difference. (Work daily to be the best person you can be!) Don’t be part of the problem, be part of the solution!
SELF-DISCIPLINE
Self-discipline is an essential element in achieving high self-esteem and teamwork. When a player misbehaves, that player is given a choice: They may correct their behavior or take a time out. If the player chooses to correct his or her behavior, they may continue to participate. If the player does not correct there behavior, he or she will have a time out. At the end of the time out, the player’s coach will ask the player if he or she understands why they had a time out. Then the coach will ask the player if the player wants to tell there parents or if the player would like the coach to tell his or her parents for them. After the member rejoins their squad from the time out, if the member continues to misbehave, the player will sit out or be excused for the rest of the practice. If this happens, the player and coach will talk to the player’s parents together after practice. (Members who continue to cause disruption may be asked to leave the club.)
Undesirable Conduct
1. Being late or absent from training ses¬sions or games.
2. Forgetting your equipment.
3. Talking while instructions are being given.
4. Inactive behavior during activities.
5. Abusive language.
PAYMENTS
Session fees are due at the beginning of each month. No cash will be received. Payments should be made with check or electronic withdrawl. On checks please write your players name & what the check is for on the memo line for proper records. Please make all checks payable to I.S.C.. We work diligently to maintain accurate records. If you feel an error has been made in your billing, please contact the club treasurer not your coach so we can work it out. Occasionally, the players may need to pay competition or special activity fees. You’ll be notified of this. Additional & optional expenses may include pictures, adult sweatshirts/t-shirts, stickers, etc.
UNIFORMS
Whenever you wear your uniform, you represent the Outlaws Soccer Club. Therefore, uniforms are only to be worn to pre-scheduled Outlaws Soccer Club events. DO NOT WEAR ANY PART of your uniform (top, shorts, socks, shoes) anywhere else that includes practice. Uniforms should be kept clean & neat at all times. Polish shoes frequently. Keep gear looking neat. After events if you plan to enjoy the festivities, PLEASE change out of your uniform. Outlaws Soccer Club T-shirts (not game shirts) may be worn to school.
You must return all equipment in excellent condition if you are departing your team. No player shall be released until equipment returned.
CLUB EXCELLENCE
• Players will be allowed to participate up on other teams with director’s knowledge and consent.
• Parent coaches are welcome with a signed Outlaws Soccer Club release form and directors consent.
• Players are expected to train at home Outlaws Soccer Club coaches are not a baby-sitting service. Tools will be given at practice to be used. Precious time at practice will be used for skills and tactics. Running /and fitness is expected to be preformed on your own.
• Each Outlaws Soccer Club member will be required to attend an Outlaws Soccer Club summer camp each year.
PRACTICES
• Members are expected to attend practice weekly. The director or Coaches may schedule additional practices. If you have a special practice (other than regular practice), The director or your team coach will pre-inform players with a note specifying arrangements.
• You ARE NOT charged by the practice.
• Parents are welcome to attend each practice.
• Wear training uniform to practice & bring any extra gear that may be needed in your bag.
• Do not wear or bring jewelry that will have to be held & forgotten. Be responsible for your own belongings.
• NEVER chew gum at practices, games or events.
• Come prepared to learn. Make sure you have a good attitude.
• Outlaws are privileged to use the practice facilities; please treat the facilities as if they were your own homes. Please confine yourself to the practice area (don’t wander from the group). That adult must supervise younger siblings who accompany parents delivering & picking up members at all times.
PICK UP POLICY
After practices, games & events, all players should stay with their coaches until their parents come & pick them up. After practices, the players should not wait outside; parents please come inside to pick up your child & his or her weekly notes. When we go places (i.e. tournaments, events, etc.), player’s parents check the players in and out with your team coach. Notify us if someone other than the parent will be transporting a member.
BIRTHDAYS
If you would like to bring treats for your team on your birthday, let your coach know. You may pass them out at the end of practice.
PARENTS
Each team parent has three primary purposes:
1. To enhance communication among all team members and families.
2. To promote interaction and foster relationships among Outlaws club families.
3. To make the managers and director’s jobs easier.
Any time parents help in any way, they are acting as supporters of the Outlaws Soccer Club. Some parents may help out weekly; others may only be able to help at a special event. Occasionally, we will post notices that help is needed in a certain area. Please volunteer! Or, if you see an unmet need & would like to help, you can talk to the director. On a regular basis, we need help with phone call chains within teams. We also need parents to set-up before and straighten-up after weekly practices, games and tournaments. For special events, such as awards assemblies and parties, we may need help labeling items and collecting goods. Community service possibilities are endless. Activities might include organizing seasonal social events for Outlaws soccer club families.
If you have an idea — and lots of energy to make it happen — let us know!
It is the parent’s inherent responsibility to uphold the highest standards of behavior at all times on and off the field. The concerned, have proper channels to address issues. Those channels must be fallowed and respected! Patients, respect, openness and understanding are a must.
Self Discipline:
Sharing self-discipline with your son or daughter is important. The Outlaws coach is not going home with them. So they need to understand the worth of self-discipline and self-practice.
• Self-discipline is the mental toughness and stick to-it-ness that we see in successful Players.
• It’s the ability to stay with something deemed to be important rather than giving up, quitting and dropping out.
• It is the realization that real effort hard work, and personal sacrifice are necessary ingredients for success in soccer and life.
• Self-discipline is honoring commitment.
• It involves making decisions about doing the right thing!
• Your behavior as an Outlaws parent plays a vital role in teaching all players and other parents to recognize and respond to moral issues.
• Parents with courage and self-discipline do the right thing in spite of personal convenience or peer pressure.
Impact of Parents / Coach
I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I am the decisive element of the playing & training field
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a coach, I possess tremendous power to make a player’s life miserable or joyous.
I can be the tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crises will be escalated or de-escalated and a player humanized or dehumanized.
An Adoption of Haim Ginott
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