1.      Be your child’s best fan and support her unconditionally.

2.      When you take your child home after a game or training session, please be supportive and always focus on the positive aspects of her game.

3.      Develop a responsibility in your child to pack her own kit, clean her shoes and take a drinks bottle (full of water or sports-drink only) to practice and games.

4.      Do 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.

5.      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 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.

6.      Help your child to focus on the performance and not the result. Remember - winning is not as important as the performance.

7.      Support all the players in the team. Do not criticise anyone. Remember – children don’t mean to make mistakes.

8.      Do not criticise the opponents, their parents or their officials.

9.      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.

10.    Parents must not coach from the sidelines during matches or training. Leave this to the manager/coach or you may cause confusion and erode your child’s confidence.

11.    Parents must not enter the field of play.

12.    Parents should avoid any taunting of opponents or disagreement with the referees, in order to teach sportsmanship to our kids.

13.    All communications to our child or teammates should be general and positive ("Good pass", "Nice kick", "Way to go"). Please avoid giving coaching instructions or criticizing your child.