Team Relationships

 Everything is built upon Trust:

Trust is developed through:

• Being Others focused... humble
• Strong Character
• Responsible and Accountable... accepts results good or bad
• Respect... for others and earns the same in return
• Disciplined... their life and actions reflect their values

3 Relationships within Neuqua Football:

Player to Player:

• Be loyal to one another based on the trust that develops.
• Understand that there are two kinds of teammates that exist on every team,
• Those that will lift you up, and
• Those that will pull you down.
• Which will you be? Which will influence you? Are your teammates better because of you?

Player to Coach:

• Listen to the coaches and do what they say. Accept responsibilities and role with no complaints.
• The coach decides who plays, no one else.
• Address problems or concerns through the position coach first, not teammates or parents.
• Coaches will encourage, correct, teach, and motivate with honesty and enthusiasm.
• Players will be judged on the basis of attitude, performance, dedication, effort, and respect.

Parent to Coach:

• Know that each coach is concerned for your son.
• Coaches are professionals doing what they have a passion for, and have been trained to do.
• Talk with your son before speaking to the coach about playing time.
• Expect fair treatment from each other on the basis of respect for the other’s role.