2. Expectations
Team Guidelines
Sportsmanship
Tonight’s
Agenda
Requirements
Equipment
Pre-Season
Upcoming
Communication
3. **if you have not done so, please go to the website and
complete the New Player Registration Form
Be familiar and follow team policies (see handbook)
Player
Expectations
Stay active year-round
Help “Sell” the program
Find and excel in your role on the team
See also Player Expectations on our website
4. Be a role model to your children
Encourage your child to advocate for themselves
Help “Sell” the program
Get involved
Parent
Expectations
Booster Club rep (see Sue Fathallah, Linda Charlton)
Filming games & Taking photos
Help with team meals
Host a meal
Contribute to a meal
Pick Up/Drop Off meals for away games
See also Parents & Fan Expectations on our website
5. Handbook—Points of Emphasis
Code of Conduct Violations
Team
Guidelines
Yellow & Red Card Penalties
Academic Importance
Player Responsibilities
Dual-Sport Athletes/Club Players
Dealing with Injuries
6. We at Linn-Mar want to represent our school and
community in a positive manner, please give the
athletes participating your positive encouragement
and support. Booing, taunting, or intimidating the
officials or opponents is unfriendly and unacceptable.
Sportsmanship
The Linn-Mar School Board and state athletic unions
have a spectator conduct policy that allows the
ejection of individuals who disrupt school district
activities.
As the years go by, the score of the games become
relatively unimportant, but your conduct remains
forever ingrained in the minds of those who were
most affected.
How will you be remembered?
7. 1.
2.
LM Code of Conduct
3.
Required
Forms
Current Medical Physical (1 year)
Medical Release Card
4.
Concussion Form
5.
Baseline Concussion Test
**All must be current and on file prior to participating in
any practices or games
8. These basic items are needed by all players 9-12 and
will be available online through our team web store.
They will serve as both practice and game
equipment.
If you have these items from last year, you do not have to
re-purchase, despite the new logo.
Required
Apparel
You may provide your own shorts and socks if you choose
not to purchase from the team store. Please do your best
to make sure they are solid color items.
9. Shinguards
Should feature a stamp or tag that
identifies it as approved.
FG (Firm Ground) Soccer Cleats
Equipment
Molded
No spike/cleat on the toe
SG (Soft Ground) Soccer Cleats
Replaceable
Only allowed on grass fields
Only good in wet conditions
Long-Sleeves/Compression Shorts
If worn under jerseys/shorts, should
be the same dominant color
10. Items for both players and parents/fans will be available
on team web store
Optional
Items
2014 Team T-shirt
Team Warmups
Sweats & Fleeces
Player Bags
Hats
Polos
Jackets
A preview of these items can be found on the
Seasonal Webstore page on our website
Although our team gear is Nike, individually purchased
items can be of any brand.
11. Webstore
Open on 1/27
Close on 2/9
*Credit Card purchase
Orders &
Payments
Meals
Jimmy Johns, away games
$7 per x 6 games = $42
*Cash or Check to HS Cashier
Please have all forms and payments made
no later than March 10, 2014
12. First Practices (twice daily during Spring Break)
March 17-21
Makeup Fitness Workouts (if gone during Spring
Break)
Upcoming
March 24-28, am before school
First Games
Varsity, April 5, Muscatine Invitational
Jr. Varsity, April 9, vs Jefferson
Fresh-Soph, April 10, @ Jefferson
LM Challenger Cup, April 10
13. SAQ Training (Speed, Agility, Quickness)
Tuesdays, Thursdays: 3:45-5:15
Remaining
Pre-Season
Activities
Open Gyms (see Calendar page on website)
LMHS Main Gym, 6 v 6; Soccer Tennis in Aux Gym
Indoor Soccer
SportZone
UNI, March 1
First offense: 8 game suspension/ ½ the season, Second offense: Full-season game-suspension Deserved yellow and red card violations, due to the lack of continuity by referees, a carded player may receive no additional reprimands or may receive a suspension up to 5 games. All student-athletes are expected to keep a “C” or better in all classes. If grades drop below the cut-off, the student-athlete will be asked to improve their grades by getting help during practice and game times, until the grade has reached the “C” level. That player is disallowed to play in any games until the grade has been improved. You are each responsible to check the bulletin board daily You are responsible for apparel checked out to youPlease keep in mind when you use social media, that you are still a representative of our soccer program and Linn-Mar as a whole. While it may not be your intention to speak on behalf of all involved, it can be interpreted that way. A good rule of thumb is not to type anything that you wouldn’t say to someone’s face. Please notify the caching staff if you are involved in other activities whether you think they will conflict with Linn-Mar Soccer or not. All significant injuries must be checked and cleared by the trainer, Jill Hendricks, before an athlete can return to participation.