Expectations

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Top Left Program Standards Attitude and Effort There are two thing in life that you have complete control of – Chuck Wilson Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Vince Lombardi The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Vince Lombardi If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. Pat Riley We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. Jesse Owens

Expectations Division Operating Chiefs Responsibile to uphold the curriculum, development and behavior for coaches, parents and players. Point of Contact for their specific age group Attendence at all Parent Meetings Coaches Coaches will be at all practices and tournaments unless their was a scheduled. The coaches will notify their DOC and it will be determined if there needs to be a subsitute or not. Coaches will perform the Top Left practice plans for their team with the ability to alter as they see fit. Coaches will have a depth chart for their players and parents will be aware of their childs placement. Playing time may not be equal but every player will have an oppprtunity. We understand the commitment when traveling. Players

Players will not walk when they have a helmet on. Players will carry and be responsible for their own gear Players will wear their TL practice gear Players will not draw attention to themselves during games with over celebration or frustration

Parents Parents will not approach a DOC or a coach at a tournament with regards to playing time Parents will wait 24 hours before they reach out to a DOC or coach after a tournament. Parents will not be on the player sideline during games Parents will refraim from coaching the players and from yelling at the officials or the other team.

Missed Practices: If you are unable to make a practice, you must contact your director at least 24 hours before.

Depth Chart Each team has a player depth chart. Now the players have the ability to ask the coach where they fall on the depth chart. This should give them notice that they need to work harder to climb up the depth chart which can be remade everyday.

PRACTICES Set Up / Break Down: Be at practice 15 Min before practice to set up the first drill and to connect with your assistant coaches. Make sure the area is cleaned and all players have been picked up. Organization: The program will provide practice plans. These plans are not to micro manage but to free your coaching talents. We want to stay uniform with our drills so our time is more efficient. Coaches have the freedom to alter the timing of the plans and add wrinkles to drills.

Things To Think about: When coaching during drills: Keep the coaching to 1 min max so the players can get back to the drill. If one coach takes that 1 minute, than save your coaching for another time.

TOURNAMENTS Coaches will be at the facility 1 HR before every game. Coaches MUST wear all Top Left gear: Polos for games – TL T-shirts for afterwards – Shoes – Jacket – Khakis. Prepare your warm-up and stretch: Be very quick and not in a tight space. Stay upbeat and positive during the game. Everyone plays as close to equal time as you can. Exceptions may include: behavior, missed practices or continuing to make the same mistakes that are hurting the team. Talk to the players after every game. Ask the players what they think went well or went wrong.

Rising Situations: Coaches are expected to handle any situation that occurs with your team and goes against the views of the Charger Organization. This could stem from parents or players. Examples:  Foul Language  Slurs of any kind  Parents yelling at the refs or other parents  Bullying or any other type of harassment  If you cannot handle the situation please notify the directors as soon as possible

Off the Field During Tournaments: Coaches will treat the tournmaent weekends as a Buiness trip. Nothing we do off the field should put us at a lower percent for the kids. We are expected to be fresh and ready 1 HR before every game to coach at our highest ability. Email the parents after every tournament. Let them know your thoughts on what the team did well and what we need to work on. Let them know what the future practice plans look like.This does not need to be long. (blind CC parent emails and CC the directors.)