Coaches Code of Conduct

Each ELBC coach and their assistant coaches agree to the following:

  • Place the emotional and physical well being of all players ahead of a personal desire to win and maintain a positive, helpful and supportive attitude.
  • Use appropriate language in appropriate tones when interacting with players, league officials, game officials, parents and spectators.
  • Including all players in team activities without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, body type, national origin, ancestry, disability, ability, or any other legally protected classification.
  • Treating all players, league officials, game officials, parents and spectators with dignity and respect.
  • Playing all players according to the equal participation rules established by the league for regular season games and should such rules exist in tournament play.
  • Encouraging all players, regardless of skill level, to be included as a member of the team and to remain involved in sports.
  • Protecting players from sexual molestation, assault and physical or emotional abuse.
  • Demonstrating concern for an injured player, notifying parents and cooperating with medical authorities.
  • Protecting the players' well being by removing them from activity when injured and not returning them to activity if they are compromised by injury.
  • Establishing practice plans that are interesting, varied, productive and aimed at improving all players' skills and individual abilities.
  • Devoting appropriate time to the individual improvement of each player.
  • Conducting practices of reasonable length and intensity appropriate for the age and conditioning of the players.
  • Abiding by and supporting the rules of the game as well as the spirit of the rules.
  • Providing an environment conducive to fair and equitable competition.
  • Becoming knowledgeable, understanding and supportive of all applicable game rules, league rules, regulations and policies.
  • Teaching and requiring compliance of these rules among players.
  • Fulfilling the expected role of a youth coach to adopt a "children first" philosophy.
  • Allowing and encouraging the players to listen, learn and play hard within the rules.
  • Placing the emphasis on fun and participation.