Your role as a coach in Y.E.S.!
Under the guidance of the YES!, we hope to see that no child or youth in Singapore will be deprived of the enjoyment that comes from playing sport and the opportunity for them to grow and develop.
But in order to make this happen, we need your help to make this vision a reality. Here's how you can make a difference :
1. Place the Youth's Interest Before Yours.
Ensure that the youth has a fun and positive sporting experience, remembering that the game is for him or her, and not the adults.
- Encourage and not compel the youth to participate, do not force them. Place the emotional and physical well-being of the youth ahead of your personal desire to win or produce results.
- Allow the youth to establish their own goals and play the game, and not impose personal objectives and/or standards.
- Ensure the safety of the youth while playing sport by :
- Adopting appropriate risk management strategies to ensure that the training and/or competition environment is safe.
- Ensuring that training and competition equipment and facilities meet safety standards and are appropriate to the age and ability of all youth.
- Equipping yourself with First Aid, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certifications.
- Being acutely aware of any physical disability or ailment that may affect the safety of the youth or others.
- Support all efforts to remove verbal, emotional, psychological and physical abuse from all sporting activities, and refrain from inflicting such abuse.
- Be generous with praises when it is deserved.
- Do not criticize youth publicly.
- Be reasonable in your demands on the youth's time, energy and enthusiasm.
2. Be a Role Model.
One way through which our youths learn is by example. Therefore, lead by example through demonstrating positive behaviors that reflect the values of Excellence, Respect, Teamwork, Fair Play and Sportsmanship, and teach the youth to do likewise. This would mean:
- Exercise self-awareness and reflect on how your values and actions can influence your youth positively or negatively.
- Encourage positive support and respect for all youths (including your youth's team and the opponent's team), coaches, officials, administrators, volunteers and spectators at every sport event.
- Adopt a professional attitude and maintain the highest standards of personal conduct, demonstrated through your use of language, mannerisms, dress, punctuality, preparation and presentation.
- Be professional and accept responsibilities for your actions.
- Refrain from criticism of other coaches and youth.
Do not disclose any confidential information relating to youth without their written prior consent. Remember that there is a need for certain information to be kept confidential.
3. Have FUN, Winning isn't Everything.
Remember that youth participate in sport for pleasure and affiliation too. Winning is only part of the fun.
- Care more about the youth and his/her development. Create a culture where success is not defined by the outcome of competition (winning), but by the skills, knowledge, and physical growth experienced through participation.
- Give all youths opportunities to learn, develop and grow in the sport. Avoid overplaying the talented youth. The ‘just average' youth also deserves equal time and attention.
- Respect the rights, dignity, and worth of every youth regardless of race, colour, gender, cultural background, religion or ability, and teach the youth to do likewise.
- Be sensitive to the feelings of the youth when providing feedback on their training progress and performance during competition. Criticisms, if any, should not be directed at the youth, instead on the youth's performance.
- Familiarize oneself with the rules, techniques and strategies of the sport. Encourage all youth to be team players.
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