Coaches Code of Conduct
“At the London Blitz we believe passionately in enriching the lives of young adults and supporting the local community. We want to teach them essential life skills and give the community strong role models ”
London Blitz American Football Club expects all coaches to conform to ethical standards in a number of areas. These areas are clearly laid out in this document and it is imperative that all coaches have read and understood this code before working with any group of performers.
Additional standards as set by the British American Football Coaching Association (BAFCA) can be located at www.bafca.co.uk or see your head coach or team manager for a hard copy. The London Blitz American Football Club has a duty to its members to provide guidelines within which coaches work. Thus ensuring that all those involved within the game are acting in the best interests of the players at all times.
It is important that the expected standards of ethical behaviour in coaching practice are widely publicised and maintained. It is essential that people within the sport and members of the public who are using the services of coaches are informed of the code of ethics and are protected
through its application.
Introduction
American Football is a popular sport for young people. It is important therefore
that all who take part are exposed to positive experiences and protected from
negative ones.
The role of the coach within the sport is a very important one. The coach is any
person who is responsible for the development of an individual or group of
individuals within a specific sport. As well as the sporting development the coach
is also tasked with the all round development of the player, or group of players,
within the sporting context.
The coach is the mentor, the confidante and the teacher, and therefore must
demonstrate exemplary behaviour at all times. The coach also has to maintain
this level of behaviour when dealing with parents, assistant coaches, managers
and other personnel involved in the sport.
Sports publications detailing and providing guidance relating to good conduct
include sport coach UK’s ‘Code of Ethic and Conduct for Sport Coaches’,
‘Working with Children’, ‘The Coach in Action’ and ‘Protecting Children’.
Coaches who accept and work to the guidelines within this document are
accepting their responsibility to the players they coach and their families, and to
other colleagues within the sport.
Procedures are in place to deal with any situation, which could arise, where a
coach’s application of the ‘Code of Conduct for Coaches’ may be called into
question. Should such a situation occur it shall be considered in an objective and
confidential manner.
The below sections set out the overriding principles that coaches are expected
to adhere to, so as to ensure that taking part in football is a positive and
worthwhile experience for all
