Parents' Code of Ethics

Parents’ Responsibilities

1. Understand and endorse the purpose of our department and specific activity.

2. Support the coaches by applauding behavior in your child and teammates that demonstrates characteristics of integrity, empathy, sacrifice, and responsibility.

3. Acknowledge and appreciate players’ growth towards maturity and their effort toward establishing stronger relationships with teammates, coaches, and themselves.

4. Affirm your child and their teammates when good character, healthy sportsmanship, and other-centered behaviors are displayed. Do not affirm only their athletic performance or a victory.

5. Serve as role models for our players, talking politely, and acting courteously toward coaches, officials, other parents, visiting team parents, and spectators at practices, games, and meetings.

6. Model good sportsmanship. Acknowledge and applaud the efforts of team members and opponents. Accept defeat graciously by congratulating the members of the opposing team on a game well played. Support the team regardless of how much or how little your child plays or what the win-loss record is.

7. Encourage your child and teammates with positive statements, even when they make mistakes. At every practice they are growing physically and emotionally. At every practice they are learning moral and ethical lessons. At every practice they are developing character.

8. Refrain from boasting about your child’s accomplishments.

9. When problems or questions arise, please have your child present the problem to their head or assistant coach. We want student-athletes to develop self-advocacy.

Because I am a parent with the power and platform to make a positive difference in the life of every player, I commit to this code of conduct. When failing to live up to these standards, I will allow for accountability and take responsibility for my actions.