Be Prompt!!! Being 15 minutes early, shows your coach you want to play. If you know in advance you must miss practice check with your respective coach before hand. I feel you responsibilities fall in this order; home, family, church, studies, then basketball. If other activities conflict with practice, be sure in your own mind that they are more important. When entering the gym be ready to play, no horseplay! Practice plans are organized to use every valuable minute. Concentrate on BASKETBALL!! Report all injuries. No matter how minor they may seem to be. Never criticize your teammates. That job is reserved for the coach. Ineligibility is DISLOYALTY; to yourself, the team, your coach and your school. Hit those books! Dress appropriately in the winter months. Remember, a bad cold can keep you on the bench as well as five foul. At all games home and away we sit together as a team. If you have any personal problems you would like to discuss, the coach’s office door is always open. The basic ingredient of the successful player; even more important than size, speed, strength, toughness, ect, is the love for the game of basketball. If a player truly loves the game, he will pay the necessary price in effort, sacrifice, and sweat to make himself an effective player. If you can’t give 100% at practice, you will have time to rest on the bench on game night. One player may be bigger, faster, more agile, a better shooter; but no player should be another’s superior in team spirit, fight, determination, ambition, and character. Note: New Castle Club Team Basketball and 4 Seasons Basketball School “Code of Conduct” was used as a guide in writing the Riverside Middle School “Code of Conduct” rules and regulations for their student athletes. |
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