Junior Section Blandford Rugby Football Club
Code of Conduct - Coaches

• Provide experiences, which are matched to the young players age and ability. As well as their physical and mental development.
• Ensure that all young players are coached in a safe environment and that there are adequate first aid facilities available.
• All coaches are to ensure that they do not overplay the best players within their age group. Within BRFC Junior Section it is the policy that all within an age group have the opportunity to play matches.
• Ensure that their age group has a suitable number of adults to supervise all activities undertaken
• Ensure that young players are not exposed to extremes of heat, cold or an unacceptable risk of injury. Coaches of younger players should ensure that their parents/carers are fully briefed on the measures which they should undertaken to provide their children with the appropriate clothing and the reasons why a match or coaching session might be curtailed early.
• Be a positive role model and remember what this implies.
• Keep winning and losing in perspective - encourage players to behave with dignity in all circumstances.
• Respect the decision of match officials even if they appear to be incorrect. (Remember it could be you officiating at the next match.) Ensure that all the young players they are responsible for also respecting that decision.
• Never allow a player to train or play when injured.
• Develop an awareness of nutritional needs as part of an overall education in lifestyle education.
• Recognise that it is illegal for players under the respective legal age limits to smoke or drink alcohol. The legal age limit to purchase tobacco is 18 and the legal limit to drink alcohol is also 18. Coaches should actively discourage both smoking and drinking.
• Coaches should ensure that their knowledge and coaching strategies are in line with the current RFU philosophy and are up to date.
• All coaches must be aware of and abide by the RFU recommended procedures for taking young people on residential tours both within the United Kingdom and abroad.
• All coaches are to be aware of and abide by the BRFC Health and Safety Policy and the Child Protection Policy. The policies and procedures for the Welfare of Young People in Rugby issued by the RFU must also be abided by.
• All coaches must ensure that they coach to the rules laid down in the Rugby Continuum and ensure that they keep themselves abreast of any rule changes.