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Parents & Spectators

• Encourage players to participate if they are interested, do not force them;

• Encourage players to always participate according to the rules and the umpiring decisions;

• Focus on the player & teams' efforts and performance rather than winning & losing;

• Never ridicule or yell at a child for making a mistake or losing a game;

• Remember that children learn best from example. Applaud/appreciate good performances and skillful plays by all participants;

• Support all efforts to remove verbal and physical abuse from the game;

• Respect officials' decisions and teach players to do likewise;

• If you disagree with an official, raise the issue through the appropriate channels rather than questioning the officials' judgement and honesty in public;

• Show appreciation of volunteer coaches, officials and administrators;

• Demonstrate appropriate social behavior by not using derogatory language, harassing players, coaches or officials or interfering with the progress and/or conduct of a game.

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Players Code of Conduct

• Play by the rules of Netball;

• Never argue with an official;

• Do not use verbal or physical abuse or behave in an unsportsmanlike manner to any player or official;

• Work equally hard for the team as well as for themselves;

• Play to enjoy the game as well as to improve their netball skills;

• Be a good sport, applaud good play by both teams;

• If any of the above are not abided by a player, then the coach has the right to refuse court time to that player.

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​(Reviewed and adopted December 2011)