Code of Conduct
CODE OF CONDUCT
ATHLETES
- Play for the learning and development sport offers.
- Play with passion but play by the rules.
- Never argue with officials’ decisions. Let your captain or coach ask any necessary questions at appropriate times.
- Recognise positive contributions made by teammates’ and opposition.
- Treat all players’ as you would like to be treated.
- Cooperate with your coach, teammates’ and opponents, for without them you don’t have a game.
- Contribute to your own, and the teams progress, by being a self responsible, self reflective and self driven athlete.
- Live the high performance lifestyle: quality nutrition, conditioning, sleep, recovery, and attitude.
COACHES
- Players need a coach that they can respect. Be generous with your praise when it is deserved and set a good example in all areas such as attire, language, expectations, punctuality and expertise.
- Ensure that all players are given the opportunities to perform and grow.
- Develop team respect for the judgment of officials.
- Follow the advice of a doctor in determining when an injured player is fit to play again.
- Insist on fair and disciplined play, do not tolerate foul play, fighting or bad language. Be prepared to take the offending player play out of the competition environment.
SPECTATORS
- Support is an essential part of development of athletes
- Applaud good play by your own team and the opposition.
- Show respect for your team’s opponents. Without them there would be no games.
- Never ridicule or scold a child for making a mistake during a game.
- Condemn the use of violence in all forms.
- Respect the referee’s decision.
- Encourage players to play according to the rules.
- Any inappropriate behaviour reflects badly on yourself, the team and MANUKURA.
WHĀNAU
- Embrace the MANUKURA way.
- Encourage and support the high performance lifestyle.
- Teach your child that honest effort is as important as victory so that the result of each game is accepted without undue disappointment and a focus on learning is always evident.
- Turn defeat into victory and victory into further learning by helping your child develop confidence in accurate and regular self-reflection.
- Remember that athletes learn best by example. Comments from the side line need to be unbiased and positive.
- Do not question the officials’ judgment. The official is always right.
