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Code of Conduct—Coach

Highland Basketball Club supports and requires the following good practice by coaches when in contact with children and vulnerable adults.

· Do not tolerate acts of aggression.

· Provide feedback to players and other participants in a manner sensitive to their needs. Avoid overly negative feedback.

· Recognise players’ rights to consult with other coaches and advisers. Cooperate fully with other specialists (for example, sports scientists, doctors and physiotherapists).

· Treat all players fairly within the context of their sporting activities, regardless of gender, race, place of origin, athletic potential, colour, sexual orientation, religion, political beliefs, socio-economic status and other conditions.

· Encourage and facilitate players’ independence and responsibility for their own behaviour, performance, decisions and actions.

· Involve the players in decisions that affect them.

· Encourage players to respect one another and to expect respect for their worth as individuals regardless of their level of play.

· Ensure that the tasks and/or training set are suitable for age, experience, ability, and physical and psychological conditions of the players.

· Ensure any physical contact with players is appropriate to the situation and necessary for the player’s skill development.

· Be acutely aware of the power that you as a coach develop with your players in the coaching relationship and avoid any sexual intimacy with players that could develop as a result.

· Avoid situations with your players that could be construed as compromising.

· Actively discourage the use of performance enhancing drugs, and the use of alcohol, tobacco and illegal substances.

· Do not exploit any coaching relationship to further personal, political or business interests at the expense of the best interest of your players.

· Accept and respect the role of officials in ensuring that competitions are conducted fairly and according to established rules.

· Know and abide by rules, regulations and standards, and encourage players to do likewise. Accept both the letter and the spirit of the rules.

· Be honest and ensure that qualifications are not misrepresented.

In addition, basketballscotland’s Code of Conduct applies in all basketballscotland events and competitions.

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