Rugby Player Etiquette Contract?

boredatwork82

I have loads of ideas for this myself, but I am looking for a kind of contract or guidelines for players on what is expected of them, and how to carry themselves etc.

Does anyone have one already typed up or know of one. There is a few online, but they tend to be directed towards the parents. No real good ones.

Kind of a Ten Commandments, focusing on discipline, spirit of the game, respect for players (incl opposotion ), officials etc. Clean gear, punctuality, commitment, communication etc.


I will probably end up writing one myself, but just been lazy to start out with.

CatFromHue

What level are the players?

boredatwork82

Under 16s. Old enough to start been responsible for themselves. So just trying to embed some good habits into them.

justsomebloke

boredatwork82 wrote: »

There is a few online, but they tend to be directed towards the parents.

Mainly as kids under 18 can't enter into a legally binding contract (execpt for some special circumstances) so any contract would have to be targeted at the parents.

Downtime

You could probably work off the IRB playing charter @ http://www.irblaws.com/EN/charters/

boredatwork82

I am aware its not legally binding and all that jazz. Just trying to gt them to buy into their team and rugby positively, make a commitment and try and embed it in their mind. Have been coaching kids for years, the more you respect and treat them like adults, the more they enjoy their rugby. It becomes their team and not a coachs or their parents. They thrive with the responsibilty and ownership. Buy in, commit, get more players out, and go on to play for connacht, and hopefully Ireland.
I will probably offer the written up document to senior coachs who have already expressed their interest in something like it. I remember years a go a great coach of ours made everyone sign a ball at the start of the season as a commitment. We went on to win an All Ireland and he still has that ball.
It is very easy for the ethos of rugby to be lost with all the media and emphasis on winning, I think its important that the rugby ethos is still heralded and paraded to kids.

padser

justsomebloke wrote: »

boredatwork82 wrote: »

There is a few online, but they tend to be directed towards the parents.

Mainly as kids under 18 can't enter into a legally binding contract (execpt for some special circumstances) so any contract would have to be targeted at the parents.

Normally wouldn't get dragged into this as its OT and take it to legal discussion if you want more details but it's completely wrong to suggest under 18's can't enter into legally binding contracts (if they couldn't they wouldn't be able to work, buy things, have a bank account with laser card etc).

BigHeel

How about

do not bring your club, into disrepute

play fairly, do your best and have fun

shake hands with opponents before and after matches

respect officials (coaches, referees) and accept their decisions with grace

respect fellow team members; give them support both when they do well and when things go wrong

respect opponents, they are not enemies, they are partners in a sporting event

give opponents a hand if they are injured

accept apologies from opponents when they are offered

be modest in victory and be gracious in defeat

show appropriate loyalty to the sport of rugby and all its participants

keep high standards of fair play

PLAYERS SHOULD NOT;

- Cheat
- Bully
- Use violence or physical contact excpet when it is allowed within the rules
- Use banned substances to improve performance
- Tell lies about adults or other children; spread rumours
- Keep secrets about any person who may have caused them harm

Players should not:
Appeal to referees for decisions
Question a referees decision

My brother's club have a penalty system for their players that disobey this. It's clearly on a team by team basis, but things like 5 laps round the pitch for a single player after a game aren't unheard of.

Discipline and respect are two of the values of the game that really really can't be allowed be lost with professionalism.