Be your child’s best fan and support him/her unconditionally
Parents/carers must not coach from the touchline during matches or training. Leave this to the manager/coach or you may cause confusion and erode your child’s confidence.
When you take your child home after a match or training session, please be supportive and always focus on the positive aspects of his or her game
Parents/carers should develop a responsibility in your child to pack his or her own kit, clean his or her boots and take a drinks bottle (full of water or squash only) to practice and games
Parents/carers should respect the facilities at our opponents’ grounds
Parents/carers should 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
All issues should be directed through the coaches and never brought up directly with any children
Parents/carers should encourage your child to speak with the coach. If your child is having difficulties in training or games, or can’t attend training etc. encourage him/her to speak directly to the coaches. This “responsibility taking” is a big part of becoming a mature person. By handling off the field tasks, your child is claiming ownership of all aspects of the game
Parents/carers should help your child to focus on the performance and not the result. Remember – winning is not as important as the performance
Parents/carers should support all the players in your child’s squad. Do not criticise anyone. Remember – children don’t mean to make mistakes
Parents/carers should not criticise the opponents, their parents or their officials
Parents/carers should never audibly dispute a referee’s decision. They will make mistakes occasionally. 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. In extreme circumstances we could even be expelled from the League, be forced to play all our games away or play without any spectators present
Parents/carers must not enter the field of play
* In order for us to protect our children we have adopted a ban on photos of our children on social media while playing or training with Kilworth Celtic and we would ask each parent to respect this
