Parents/Guardians should always:
- Respect all participants.
- Be your child's best fan and support him or her unconditionally. Never ridicule, criticise or unduly scold a child for making a mistake. They do not play intending to make mistakes.
- Take the emphasis away from winning.
- Set an example by always behaving well. Applaud good play by all players and teams.
- When you take your child home after a match or training session, please be supportive and always focus on the positive aspects of his/her game.
- Do not criticise your child’s coach to your child or other parents. If you are not happy with the coach you should raise the issue with the coach or a club committee member.
- Support all the players in your child's squad and not criticise any players.
- Do not criticise the opponents, their parents or their officials. Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical altercations at matches.
- Never audibly dispute a referee’s decision. Accept decisions made by referees. They are trying to do their best. They will make occasionally make mistakes. We all do. If you abuse or shout at the referee you are breaking the rules of the game and risk generating a fine for the club.
- Parents/Guardians must not coach from the side line during matches or training. Leave this to the coach or you may cause confusion and erode your child’s confidence.
- Parents/Guardians must not enter the field of play.
- Drinking alcohol is banned on junior game days.
I understand that I must follow this Code of Conduct and that if I don’t I may be:
- Required to apologise to the person or people I have offended.
- Spoken to by the coach or club.
- Suspended from all club activities.
- Asked to leave the club.
- Required to attend a disciplinary hearing and may have sanctions imposed on me by the local association and/or Football SA