Enjoy The Game

Developed by RePURPOSED COACHING, a team of local retired high school coaches that not only share their experience with today’s current coaches but also encourage good sportsmanship in youth leagues across the city by training and implementing the Enjoy the Game principles.

Coaches Will Make Tough Decisions
Players Will Not Be Perfect
Officials Must Deal With Controversy
All Adult Comments Should Be Positive & Encouraging

Coaches Will Make Tough Decisions

In every game coaches will have to make tough decisions that they hope will help their team succeed.

Not every player, parent or fan will agree with the decisions of their coach.

If you disagree with the coach, you really only have two proper actions

Verbal attacks, physical confrontations and gossipy, pity parties are not acceptable behaviors under any circumstances.

Players Will Not Be Perfect

Success does not happen without failure … especially in youth sports. In fact, failure frequently results in teachable moments leading to improvement.

Coaches, teammates and fans need to encourage players who are having a tough day to stay positive and be focused on expecting good things to begin to happen.

The last thing you want to do is make a player feel worse than they already do about their performance by yelling at or criticizing them. Remember, no one plays badly or makes mistakes on purpose.

If you’re the player having a tough day … don’t get down on yourself. It’s fine to be dissatisfied with your performance, but make it a “Healthy Dissatisfaction”. Keep your emotions in check during the game and then plan to work hard in practice to correct those areas that you are not happy with.

Officials Must Deal With Controversy

A competitive sporting event is by nature controversial long before officials actually get involved.

Officials work hard to administer the rules of the game fairly and accurately, as they see them, in an unbiased manner. Like it or not, officials have the final say and authority in the games they officiate

When an official makes a call you need to respect it and move on.

Getting caught up in the officiating of a game will only cause you to lose focus on your role as a coach, player or spectator possibly leading to a negative outcome.

Expressed anger and threats toward an official you may disagree with will do nothing but negatively impact the enjoyment of the event for everyone.

All Adult Comments Should Be Positive & Encouraging

Enjoy the Game’s position is that adults attending youth sporting events will dictate the atmosphere … either positively or negatively.

Young impressionable eyes are watching your every move and they may conclude that rude/disrespectful actions toward authority are acceptable behaviors.

Remember that those you are yelling at are real people. You wouldn’t want to be the target of verbal abuse, nor would you want your son or daughter to receive such treatment.

Be a good role model by demonstrating self-control and restraint … recognize that this is only a game and the kids that are playing it are there to learn the life lessons sports teaches … to Work Hard, Have Fun . . . Enjoy the Game.

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Coaches Will Make Tough Decisions

In every game coaches will have to make tough decisions that they hope will help their team succeed.

Not every player, parent or fan will agree with the decisions of their coach.

If you disagree with the coach, you really only have two proper actions

Verbal attacks, physical confrontations and gossipy, pity parties are not acceptable behaviors under any circumstances.

Players Will Not Be Perfect

Success does not happen without failure … especially in youth sports. In fact, failure frequently results in teachable moments leading to improvement.

Coaches, teammates and fans need to encourage players who are having a tough day to stay positive and be focused on expecting good things to begin to happen.

The last thing you want to do is make a player feel worse than they already do about their performance by yelling at or criticizing them. Remember, no one plays badly or makes mistakes on purpose.

Officials Must Deal With Controversy

A competitive sporting event is by nature controversial long before officials actually get involved.

Officials work hard to administer the rules of the game fairly and accurately, as they see them, in an unbiased manner. Like it or not, officials have the final say and authority in the games they officiate

When an official makes a call you need to respect it and move on.

Getting caught up in the officiating of a game will only cause you to lose focus on your role as a coach, player or spectator possibly leading to a negative outcome.

Expressed anger and threats toward an official you may disagree with will do nothing but negatively impact the enjoyment of the event for everyone.

All Adult Comments Should Be Positive & Encouraging

Enjoy the Game’s position is that adults attending youth sporting events will dictate the atmosphere … either positively or negatively.

Young impressionable eyes are watching your every move and they may conclude that rude/disrespectful actions toward authority are acceptable behaviors.

Remember that those you are yelling at are real people. You wouldn’t want to be the target of verbal abuse, nor would you want your son or daughter to receive such treatment.

Be a good role model by demonstrating self-control and restraint … recognize that this is only a game and the kids that are playing it are there to learn the life lessons sports teaches … to Work Hard, Have Fun . . . Enjoy the Game.