Codes Of Conduct

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR COACHES

1. The coach must respect the rights, dignity and worth of every person and treat everyone equally within the context of the sport.

2. The Coach must place the well being and safety of each player above all other considerations, including the development of performance.

3. The Coach must develop an appropriate working relationship with each player based on mutual trust and respect.

4. The coach must not exert undue influence to obtain personal benefit or reward.

5. The Coach must encourage and guide players to accept responsibility for their own behaviour and performance.

6. The Coach must ensure that the activities they direct or advocate are appropriate for the age, maturity, experience and ability of players.

7. The Coach should, at the outset clarify with the player (and where appropriate their parents) exactly what is expected of them, and also what they are entitled to expect from their Coach.

8. The Coach must cooperate fully with other specialists in the best interests of the player.

9. The Coach must always promote the positive aspects of the sport (e.g. fair play) and never condone violations of the laws of the game, or the use of prohibited substances & techniques.

10. The Coach must consistently display high standards of behaviour and appearance.

11. The Coach must ensure that his overall priority is to make learning fun and that players are progressed to their maximum potential in both individual and team skills.

12. Coaches must not use or tolerate the use of inappropriate language.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PLAYERS

1. The Player must ensure that they have the appropriate equipment for each occasion.
a) Clean football boots for grass.
b) Training shoes for hard surfaces.
c) Shin pads and socks.
d) A filled water bottle.
2. The Player should give maximum effort and strive for his best performance during a game or training session.
3. The Player must not use inappropriate language, gamesmanship or time wasting tactics. He must set a positive example for others, particularly younger players & supporters.
4. The Player must accept success and failure, victory and defeat equally. He must treat opponents with due respect at all times, irrespective of the result of the game.
5. The Player must safeguard the physical fitness of opponents, avoid violence and rough play, and help injured opponents where possible.
6. The Player must accept the decision of the Match Officials without protest and show due respect towards all Match Officials and Team Officials of the opposition.
7. The Player must abide by the instructions of his Coach & Team Officials, provided they do not contradict the spirit of this code.
8. The Player must observe common courtesy by arriving for training and matches on time or notifying the Coach, in advance, of any reason for not doing so.
9. The Player must show respect for the facilities and equipment that they use.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PARENTS

1. The Parent must ensure that the Player has the required equipment and refreshments for each occasion.
2. The Parent must ensure that the Player arrives and is collected by the appointed times for training sessions & matches.
3. The Parent must inform the Coach, as far in advance as possible, if the Player will not be available for a training session or match.
4. The Parent must inform the Coach of any illness or ailment that may affect the performance or health of the Player.
5. The Parent should inform the Coach of any games that the Player has been asked to participate in, other than for Luton Borough.
6. The Parent must always encourage ALL players during the match regardless of the score in the game.
7. The Parent should not give instructions to the players during the match or at the half-time interval. This is the responsibility of the Coach.
8. The Parent must respect the rights of the Coach to make decisions regarding training methods, team selections, substitutions and match tactics unless they contradict the spirit of this code.
9. The Parent must be courteous and polite at all times towards opponents, coaches, managers, referees and officials.
10. The Parent should feel free to approach the Coach to discuss any aspect of the Players football development.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TEAM OFFICIALS

Obligations towards the Game

The team official should

1. Set a positive example for others, particularly young players and supporters.

2. Promote and develop his own team having regard to the interest of the Players, Supporters and reputation of the national game.

3. Share knowledge and experience when invited to do so, taking into account the interest of the body that has requested this rather than personal interests.

4. Avoid all forms of gamesmanship.

5. Show due respect to Match Officials and others involved in the game.

6. Always have regard for the best interests of the game, including where publicly expressing an opinion of the game and any particular aspect of it, including others involved in the game.

7. Not use or tolerate inappropriate language.

Obligations towards the Club/Team

The team official should

1. Make every effort to develop the sporting, technical and tactical levels of the club/team, and to obtain the best results for the team, using all permitted means.

2. Give priority to the interests of the team over individual interests.

3. Resist all illegal or unsporting influences, including banned substances and techniques.

4. Promote ethical principles.

5. Show due respect for the interests of the players, coaches and officials, their own club/team and others.

6. Keep financial records for the team that would stand up to scrutiny from the treasurer or club committee member.

7. Ensure that all funds and kit and equipment held on behalf of the club/team are given back to the club/team on leaving the club or relinquishing his/her position.

Obligations towards the Supporters

The team official should

1. Show due respect for the interests of supporters

Respect towards the Match Officials

A team official should

1. Accept the decisions of the Match Official without protest.

2. Avoid words or actions, which may mislead a Match Official.

3. Show due respect towards Match Officials.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Luton Borough Football Club is responsible for setting standards and values to apply throughout the club at every level. Football belongs to and should be enjoyed by everyone, equally. Our commitment is to confront and eliminate discrimination whether by reason of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or disability.

Equality of opportunity at Luton Borough Football Club means that in all our activities we will not discriminate or in any way treat anyone less favorably, on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, colour, religion or disability.

This Includes:

¨ The advertisement for volunteers

¨ The selection of candidates for volunteers

¨ Courses

¨ External coaching and education activities and awards.

¨ Football development activities.

¨ Selection for teams.

¨ Appointments to honorary positions.

Luton Borough Football Club will not tolerate sexual or racially based harassment or other discriminatory behaviour, whether physical or verbal, and will work to ensure that such behaviour is met with appropriate action in whatever context it occurs.

Luton Borough Football Club is committed to the development of the programme of ongoing training and awareness raising events and activities, in order to promote the eradication of discrimination within its own organization, and within football as a whole.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY

Luton Borough Football Club Is committed to a policy of equal treatment of all members and requires all members of whatever or authority, to abide and adhere to this general principal and the requirements of the codes of practice issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission and Commission for Racial Equality.

All members are expected to abide by the requirements of the race relations act 1976, Sex Discrimination Act 1986 and Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Specifically discrimination is prohibited by:

¨ Treating any individual on grounds of gender, colour, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability less favourably than others.

¨ Expecting an individual solely on the grounds stated above to comply with requirements for any reason whatsoever related to their membership, which are different from the requirements to others.

¨ Imposing on an individual, requirements that are in effect more onerous on that individual than they are on others. For example, this would include applying a condition which makes it more difficult for members of a particular race or sex to comply than others not of that race or sex.

¨ Victimisation of an individual.

¨ Harassment of an individual, by virtue of discrimination.

¨ Any other act or omission of an act, which has as its effect the disadvantaging of a member against another, or others, purely on the above grounds. Thus in all the clubs recruitment, selection, promotion and training processes, as well as disciplinary matters, it is essential that merit, experience, skills and temperament are considered as objectively as possible.

Luton Borough Football Club commits itself to the immediate investigation of any claims of discrimination on the above grounds, and where such is found to be the case, a requirement that the practice cease forthwith, restitution of damage or loss (if necessary)and to the investigation of any member accused of discrimination.

Any member found guilty of discrimination will be instructed to desist forthwith. Since discrimination in its many forms is against the Football Clubs policy, any members offending will be dealt with under the disciplinary procedure.

The football Club commits itself to the disabled person whenever possible and will treat such members, in aspects of their recruitment and membership, in exactly the same manner as other members. The difficulties of their disablement permitting assistance will be given, wherever possible to ensure that disabled members are helped in gaining access. Appropriate training will be made to such members who request it.

CLUB COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

In the event that any member feels that he or she has suffered discrimination in any way, or that the club policies, Rules of Code of Conduct have been broken, should follow the procedures below.

They should report the matter to the club secretary or another member of the committee.

The report should include:

1. Details of what when and where the occurrence took place.

2. Any witness statement and names.

3. Names of any others who have been treated in a similar way.

4. Details of any former complaints made about the incident, date, when and to whom made.

5. A preference for a solution to the incident.

The clubs management committee will sit for any hearings that are requested.

The clubs management committee will have the power to:

1. Warn as to future conduct.

2. Suspend from membership

3. Remove from membership.

any person found to have broken the club’s policies or Codes of Conduct.

LUTON BOROUGH FOOTBALL CLUB

ANTI-BULLYING POLICY

A Definition of Bullying

“A deliberate, persistent act or actions, physical or mental, intended to hurt, threaten, frighten, humiliate or intimidate an individual or group of people.

There are three main types of bullying found in football.

¨ Physical e.g. Hitting, kicking, pushing, punching, theft, unwanted physical

contact of a sexual nature.

¨ Verbal e.g. racist or homophobic remarks, threats, name calling, teasing

Taunting, sarcasm, ridiculing.

¨ Emotional e.g. isolating an individual from activities, rude gestures, offensive

Comments of a sexual nature, humiliation.

LUTON BOROUGH WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY FORM OF BULLYING.

The club will ensure that every Coach, Player and Parent will subscribe to this policy and understand the implications should any form of bullying occur.

The Club will take every complaint of Bullying seriously.

The Club will investigate immediately any incident reported.

The Club will record and monitor all complaints that will be held by the Child Protection Officer.

The Club will talk to the Bullies and Victims separately.

The Club will inform all members of the committee about the incident, and will discuss and decide on appropriate action needed to be taken.

The Club will hold a follow up meeting of any incident with committee members to report progress.

The Club will follow guidelines as set out in the Football Association Child Protection Procedures and Practices Handbook.

The Club will renew the policy annually.

June 2005

Luton Borough F.C Player/Parent/Club Agreement

Summary of Code of Conduct:

1. The Player & Parent must take responsibility to ensure that the appropriate equipment (Boots / Shin pads / Refreshments etc) are provided on each occasion.
2. The Player & Coach should arrive at least ten minutes before training and at least thirty minutes before the match.
3. The Player or Parent must inform the Coach well in advance if they are going to be late or absent from a training session or match.
4. Everyone must show respect for the facilities and equipment that they use. Parents/players will be asked to assist in setting up or clearing away equipment.
5. The Player is expected to show a positive attitude and to follow directions given by the Coach.
6. The Player, Parent & Coach must be courteous and polite at all times towards team-mates, opponents, coaches, managers, referees and officials.
7. The Player, Parent & Coach must not swear, spit or use name-calling or racist/sexist remarks or enter into any banter/behaviour that may cause offence.
8. The Player & Coach must shake hands with the opposition and thank the referee and officials, regardless of the result of the match.
9. The Player, Parent & Coach must support the team. Encouragement must be used at all times.
10. The Player, Parent & Coach must work together in a positive & constructive manner.
“To win at all costs is not the true test of achievement. There is nothing wrong with trying to win as long as you don’t put the prize above the performance. There is no disgrace in defeat as long as you play to your best ability and give total commitment”

“The Player plays, the Coach coaches, the Referee referees, the Parent parents and everyone enjoys themselves”.
This Code of Conduct defines the standards for the relationship between Players, Parents and Coaches associated with Luton Borough this season.
By signing this form, you signify your understanding & agreement of the Code of Conduct and your obligations when representing Luton Borough Football Club and agree to comply with all associated club policies.