Info for U18s.
If you take part in football you have the right to have fun and stay safe.
Your coaches are there to help you learn safely and enjoy football. This means respecting you as a person and as a player and:
- being a good role model - leading by example
- not speaking to you in a way that makes yo feel uncomfortable
- not bullying you to make you do things
- treating you as an individual
- thinking about you and your team-mates and not just about winning or scoring goals
- making sure the pitch/playing area and equipment are safe for you to use
- having the right qualifications to coach
- making football fun!
Remember it's your right to enjoy your football - don't let anyone else spoil it.
If you are worried about the way a coach, team manager, referee or anyone involved in football is behaving towards you, there are peolple you can talk to - Who to tell?
If your coach needs to have physical contact to correct a technique or your positioning, they need to explain this to you and check you are ok with this. If you are not comfortable with pysical contact, you have the right to say no.
