Rules & Regulations
1. Attendance: It is of utmost importance for players to be at all practices, meetings, games, etc. No progress or improvement will be made without good attendance. The following are considered excused absences: absence from school, a family matter (funeral, emergency,etc), injury (though player must be in attendance if physically possible), and meeting with a teacher (test, extra help, etc.). Missing practices/games for out of season sports teams or vacations are not excused absences. If you are absent from school, you are responsible for contacting your coach prior to practice or it could be considered an unexcused absence. If at all possible, all absences must be pre-approved with the player’s coach. If alerting the coach is not possible, the player is expected to contact the coach as soon as possible.
*Unexcused absences and lateness occur when a player misses practice or is late without prior approval or when a player fails to notify their coach upon arrival to practice or game as to why she was late or absent. Conditioning to make up time missed, partial/full game suspensions and dismissal from the team are options the coaching staff has to deal with each individual case.
PENALTIES Unexcused lateness
• Unexcused late to practice: 1 suicide for every minute late
• Unexcused late to game: 1 suicide for every minute late and cannot start the game
• After third offense of any type of lateness, possible suspension from team
PENALTIES UNEXCUSED ABSENCE
• First offense: 3 suicides and 1/4 game suspension
• Second offense: 6 suicides and whole game suspension
• Third offense: Possible suspension from the team
2. Players should show respect at all times to not only their teammates and coaches, but to other individuals inside and outside of the team environment.
3. Smoking, drinking, use of smokeless tobacco and the use of any drugs not prescribed by a doctor can result in immediate dismissal from the team.
4. Any conduct that proves detrimental to the player’s or team’s image can result in immediate dismissal from the team.
5. Basketball-wise, only two things are expected of all players:
- Players must listen and attempt to do what their coach directs at all times.
- Players must at all times give their best effort in all team matters
While human mistakes are expected, the effort to follow and attempt the coaches’ instructions is vital to our teams’ success. Failure to attempt to follow the instructions of a coach will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will be dealt with per the discretion of the coach.
Parent Code of Conduct
Parents should encourage Youth-athletes to embrace the values of good sportsmanship, and should model good sportsmanship by demonstrating fairness, respect and self control. For a child to participate in athletics with the Phoenix Villians Basketball Team the child’s parents must obey this Code of Conduct. Parents must be responsible for their words and actions while attending athletic events, home or away, and obey this Code of Conduct. Parents must not engage in or encourage their child or anyone else to engage in:
1. Unsportsmanlike conduct with any coach, parent, participant, official, or other attendee;
2. Any behavior that would endanger the health, safety, or well being of any coach, parent, participant, official, or other attendee;
3. The use of profanity;
4. Treating any coach, parent, participant, official, or other attendee with disrespect based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or ability;
5. Verbal or physical threats or abuse of any coach, parent, participant, official, or other attendee;
6. Initiating a fight or scuffle with any coach, parent, participant, official, or other attendee;
7. Coaching any player from the sidelines or stands during practice or competition, as this may be distracting to the individual and the team, and may directly conflict with the coach’s strategy;
8. Approaching a coach to discuss the coach’s strategy or the playing time of a player immediately before, during or after a game is not appropriate. Parents must address any concerns with the coach’s approach directly with the coach, in respectful manner at an appropriate time (never on the same day as a game). However this does not mean the coaches strategy or player playing time decision will change.The Villians/Pmyc, commissioners and or Board of Director, does not, and will not engage in conversations relating to the change of a coaches strategy or player playing time.
Parents who violate this Code of Conduct while attending a Phoenix Villians athletic event, home or away, will be subject to disciplinary action by authorized tournament security or school officials, including but not limited to the following in any order or combination:
Verbal or written warning;
Suspension or immediate ejection from a sports event; and/or
Season suspension or multiple season suspension