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COACH CODE OF CONDUCT FORM

Welcome to the Basketball Mid-Canterbury Coach Code of Conduct form.

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Basketball Mid-Canterbury aims to ensure all players and their supporters understand their expected behaviours while representing the province of Mid-Canterbury. Representing our region is an honour and a privilege and we ask that everyone involved understands and respects this.

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Please read the form carefully and feel free to ask questions if there's anything you are unsure of.

 

Thank you and enjoy your season.

Terms and Conditions

Coach Code of Conduct

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1. Coaches shall conduct themselves in a manner that reinforces their place as leaders and role models, and encourage positive communication between themselves and players, referees, administrators and the general public.

 

They shall:

  1. Perform their coaching duties on the basis of careful preparation.

  2. Ensure that their instruction is current, accurate and appropriate, and that it is based on practices for which they are qualified with acquired knowledge and skills.

  3. Have a primary concern for the health, safety and personal welfare of their players and, accordingly, should take an active role in the preventing of drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse.

  4. Treat all persons with dignity and respect thereby providing a model of fair play and sportsmanship.

  5. Observe the letter and intent of the rules and regulations of basketball, and of the particular game, competitions or league in which they are participating, and insist that players and teams under their direction do likewise.

  6. Remember that they have undertaken the responsibility of assisting their players to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills of basketball to achieve their potential, as well as promoting desirable personal traits in them.

 

2. Coaches shall accept refereeing decisions with good grace:

  1. On-court approaches to referees shall be by the court captain only and in accordance with the provisions of the FIBA Official Basketball Rules.

  2. Coaches are to approach referees in a courteous and reasonable manner.

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3. Coaches shall refrain from:

  1. Continually questioning decisions;

  2. Dissenting from decisions, whether by words or body language;

  3. Making gestures by waving arms, indecent body language, facial expressions, and other similar actions; and

  4. Using rude, offensive, and/or threatening language.

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4. Head coaches shall not encroach onto the playing floor during the course of a game (other than as authorised by the FIBA Official Basketball Rules) or move out of the coach’s box while the game is in progress. Given that assistant coaches must normally remain seated on the team bench, assistant coaches shall not assume actions or positions reserved for head coaches.

Thanks for filling in our Coach Code of Conduct form.

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