Coaches Code of Conduct

• Do not tolerate acts of aggression.
• Provide feedback to players and other participants in a manner sensitive to their needs. Avoid overly negative feedback.
• Recognise players’ rights to consult with other coaches and advisers. Cooperate fully with other specialists (for example, sports scientists, doctors and physiotherapists).
• Treat all players fairly within the context of their sporting activities, regardless of gender, race, place of origin, athletic potential, colour, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, socio-economic status and other conditions.
• Encourage and facilitate players’ independence and responsibility for their own behaviour, performance, decisions and actions.
• Involve the players in decisions that affect them.
• Encourage players to respect one another and to expect respect for their worth as individuals regardless of their level of play.
• Ensure that the tasks and/or training set are suitable for age, experience, ability, and physical and psychological conditions of the players.
• Ensure any physical contact with players is appropriate to the situation and necessary for the player’s skill development.
• Be acutely aware of the power that you as a coach develop with your players in the coaching relationship and avoid any sexual intimacy with players that could develop as a result.
• Avoid situations with your players that could be construed as compromising.