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Coach's Code of Conduct

COACH'S CODE OF CONDUCT

1. No coach must encourage a player to violate the rules of football.
2. Coaches must never advocate or condone the use of prohibited drugs or other banned performance enhancing substances.
3. Coaches must ensure that the activities, training and competition programmes they direct are appropriate for the age, maturity, experience and ability of the individual player.
4. Coaches must treat opponents with respect, both in victory and defeat, and should encourage their players to act in a similar manner.
5. Coaches should ensure that all players are aware that bullying (verbal or physical) will not be tolerated.
6. You will discourage inappropriate behaviour in training and competition.
7. Coaches inevitably gather a great deal of personal information about players in the course of a working relationship. Coach and player must reach agreement about what is to be regarded as confidential information (i.e. not divulged to a third party without the express approval of the player).
8. Confidentiality does not preclude the disclosure of information about a player to persons who can be judged to have a right to know. For example:
a. Evaluation for competitive selection purposes
b. In pursuit of disciplinary action involving players within the Club and/or Affiliated League body.
c. Legal and medical requirements for disclosure
d. Recommendations to parents/family where the health and safety of a player might be at compromised
e. In pursuit of action to protect others, particularly children, from abuse
9. Coaches must consistently display high personal standards and project a favourable image of Portlaoise AFC and the sport to players, their parents/families, other coaches, officials, spectators, the media and the public.
10. Coaches should never smoke while coaching.
11. Coaches should not drink alcohol so soon before coaching that it would affect their competence to coach, compromise the safety of the players or obviously indicate they had been drinking (e.g. smell of alcohol on breath).
12. Within the limits of their control, coaches have a responsibility to ensure, as far as possible, the safety of the players with whom they work. All reasonable steps should be taken to establish a safe working environment.
13. Coaches have a duty to protect children from harm and abuse.
14. Coaches will implement the policies of the Club Committee whenever these arise.
Executive Committee - September 2008