Clothing and Equipment
When a youngster attends a Reeco's Soccer Schools Course, they will need to bring adequate clothing for the conditions as well as adequate footwear for the surface e.g.: Football boots for grass and trainers for indoor sports halls or school yards.
I have been on numerous courses in the winter months where a youngster has been freezing cold because they were only wearing a football kit. Children lose body heat much quicker than adults. To see a youngster standing underneath a hand dryer trying to keep warm is a painful sight. On a cold day it maybe nice to send them with a flask of tea or soup to warm them up if need be, not forgetting a drink as fluid intake for the activities.
Please send your youngster to my course with a rain jacket or lightweight coat, tracksuit or a jogging outfit, as well as a change of clothes in case of rain and a towel to dry their hair.
I would also like you to borrow or buy a pair of shin pads - they don't cost a lot and could save your youngster from some unwanted bruises from accidental kicks or mistimed tackles. Adequate footwear would be advantageous as on a wet grassy surface children may slip or even fall, if they are only wearing trainers.
If it is a sunny day, please give them some sun block.
Code Of Conduct
1. If a parent/guardian tells me you have not behaved well enough to attend any of the course/courses, I will agree with that decision and you will not partake in any sessions until you have earned the right to do so.
2. Co-operate with your coach and team-mates at all times.
3. Be a good sport, recognise all good play, whether by your team or by your opponent’s team.
4. Treat all players, as you yourself would like to be treated. Do not bully or make fun of anyone.
5. Try to do the best you can because respect is earned in such a way.
6. Play by the Laws of the Game.
7. Control your temper and use your energies for taking part in the sessions.
8. Play for the ‘fun of it’ not just to please your parents or coach.
9. If you are not happy on the course for any reason, please come and let me know what is wrong then I can sort it out as soon as possible.
10. There will never be any room on Reeco’s Soccer Schools Courses for badly behaved children.
Medical Requirements and Needs
Please read the following very carefully, thank you.
I will need to know in advance if any youngster has any medical conditions or is likely to need medical requirements on any Reeco's Soccer Schools courses.
E.g ; Pumps for asthma, injections for diabetes or allergies.
This is of vital importance to my coaches and myself.
