Code Of Conduct

For Parents/Guardians

Encouragement

  • Encourage your child to learn the rules and participate within them.
  • Support your child’s involvement and help them to enjoy their sport.
  • Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results. 

Positive Environments

  • Share any concerns or complaints about any aspect of the centre through the approved channels.
  • Never punish or belittle a child for poor performance or making mistakes.
  • Never force your child to take part in sport.
  • Set a good example by recognising good sportsmanship and applauding the good performance of all.

General Requirements

  • Always ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the activity and has plenty to drink.
  • Keep the centre informed if your child is ill or unable to attend sessions.
  • Always collect your child promptly at the end of the session.
  • Endeavour to establish good communications with the centre, coaches, and officials for the benefit of all.

Behaviour

  • Discourage challenging/arguing with officials.
  • Publicly accept officials judgements.
  • Use correct & proper language at all times.

Code Of Conduct

For Participants

Encouragement

  • All members must participate within the rules and respect coaches, judges and their decisions.
  • All members must respect opponents and fellow centre members. 
  • Members should treat all equipment with respect.

Positive Environments

  • Members must pay fees for training and events promptly.
  • Members must not smoke, consume alcohol or take drugs while representing Swansea Gymnastics Centre at competitions or other events.
  • Members must not use bad language.

Attendance

  • Members should keep to agreed timings for training and competitions or inform their coach if they are going to be late. 
  • Keep the centre informed if your child is ill or unable to attend sessions. 
  • Members should remain with coaches at the end of a session until collected by their parent or guardian.

Health & Safety

  • Members must wear suitable attire for training and events as agreed with the coach. Keep all long hair tied back & remove all body jewellery.  
  • Members must inform the head coach of any injuries or illness they may have before the warm-up begins.
  • Members should not eat or chew gum during a session.

The essence of good ethical conduct and practice is summarised below. All centre coaches officials and volunteers must:

Code Of Conduct

For Club Coaches, Officials & Volunteers

Encouragement

  • Consider the wellbeing and safety of participants before the development of performance.
  • Promote the positive aspects of the sport (e.g. fair play)
  • Encourage participants to value their performances not just results.
  • Develop an appropriate working relationships with participants based on mutual trust and respect.
  • Never have participants stay overnight at your home.
  • Obtain prior agreement from the parent/guardian of participants before transporting them anywhere (training/competitions)

Positive Environments

  • Hold the appropriate valid qualifications and insurance cover.
  • Ensure all activities are appropriate to the age, ability and experience of those taking part and ensure all participants are suitably prepared physically and mentally when learning new skills.
  • Display consistently high standards of behaviour and appearance, dressing suitably and not using inappropriate language at any time whilst involved with centre activities.

Attendance

  • Never exert undue influence over participants to obtain personal benefit or reward.
  • Make sure that confidential information is not divulged unless with the express approval of the individual concerned.
  • Follow all guidelines laid down by British Gymnastics & Swansea Gymnastic Centre.

Health & Safety