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Children in Lucan United Football Club are entitled to:
? Be safe
?Be treated with dignity, sensitivity and respect
?Participate in soccer on an equal basis, appropriate to their ability and stage of development.
?Be happy, have fun and enjoy soccer
?Make a complaint in an appropriate way and have it dealt with through a proper and effective complaints procedure
?Be afforded appropriate confidentiality
?Be listened to and to be believed
Children should also be encouraged to realise that they also have responsibilities to treat other children, fellow players,
coaches and volunteers with the same degree of fairness and respect.
In this regard children in Lucan United Fc should undertake to:
• play fairly, do their best and have fun
• be on their best behaviour at all times
• abide by all club rules
• make high standards of Fair Play the standard others want to follow
• respect opponents, they are not the enemy, they are partners in a sporting event
• give opponents a hand if they are injured, put the ball out of play so they can get attention
• accept apologies from opponents when they are offered
• respect fellow team members and support them both when they do well and when things go wrong
• be modest in victory and be gracious in defeat
Children in Lucan United Fc should not:
• cheat
• use abusive language, or argue with, the referee, officials, team mates or opponents
• use violence, use physical contact only when it is allowed within the rules
• bully
• tell lies about adults or other children
• spread rumours
• keep secrets about any person who may have caused them harm
• behave in any manner that may bring the name of Lucan into disrepute
In Lucan we want children in to have fun and develop skills in a safe and Fair Play environment where standards of behaviour
are just as important as winning.
• Promoting the development of skills as opposed to winning at all costs
• Emphasising and praising effort
• Being realistic with our expectations
• Being aware of children?s feelings
• Teaching players to respect different cultures
• Teaching players that standards of behaviour are just as important as winning
