Adult Participation Requirements

All adult participants, including administrators, coaches, and team managers, are required by law to have a background check (annually), SafeSport Training (every two years) and Concussion (recognition) Training (every three years). This includes traveling AND recreational league adult participants.

Manager Code of Conduct

AS A MANAGER OF A BYRON YOUR SOCCER ASSOCIATION TEAM, I WILL:

● Manage the team to the best of my ability.
● Always place the safety of players over any competitive factor or the value of winning.
● Respect officials and accept their decisions.
● Be encouraging and supportive to my players and their families.
● Communicate all necessary information to my players in a timely fashion.
● Carry out all tasks when requested by BYSA.
● Regularly check to ensure equipment and practice/game areas meet safety standards and are appropriate for the age and ability of my players.
● Follow the advice of a physician in determining when an injured child is ready to play again.
● Familiarize myself with the laws of the game as applicable to the age of my team.
● Support and comply with the rules, policies and procedure of BYSA as they apply to me.
● Report a red card to BYSA president and follow rules of tournament, league, and BYSA.
● Report player misconduct (fighting/bullying) to BYSA president.
● Wear appropriate apparel to all BYSA activities (BYSA or Byron apparel if possible).
● Read and respond to email/communication in a timely manner.

AS A MANAGER OF A BYRON YOUR SOCCER ASSOCIATION TEAM, I WILL NEVER:

● Engage in dissent directed toward an official.
● Engage in any type of unsportsmanlike conduct with any official, coach, manager, player, parent.
● Discuss issues about the team or individual players in front of any of the players, unless deemed necessary.
● Use tobacco or alcohol at any BYSA practice or game.
● Act in any manner that is detrimental to the team or the Byron Youth Soccer Association.
● Leave any child alone at the field or leave before they have been safely collected by a parent or guardian.