Graded Coaches & Managers

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Football gear and kit bag

Every team will be issued with a kit bag containing:

  • Sufficient playing shirts for your team
  • Cones
  • 2 x Ground Marshall fluoro vests
  • Training bibs
  • 10 training balls in a mesh bag

Gear can be picked up from the Clubhouse once team sorting has been done and team lists have been finalised. Responsibility to return all gear lies with you and the complete set of items must be returned the week after the season has finished.

End of year trophies will not be issued until all gear has been returned.

It is recommended that Coaches and Mangers do not hand out BJFC playing shirts to individual players to keep/wash after the game. Shirt washing should be rotated each week amongst the team parents, with one player’s parents to wash all the shirts in one batch. Please ensure that they arrive with the shirts in time for the next game. It may be helpful to align the shirt washing duties with the Player of the Week / Encouragement Award.

Washing instructions

  • Always wash in cold water!
  • Do not use a clothes dryer – let them dry naturally.
  • Don’t mix white shirts with coloured clothing.
  • Try and remove stains as soon as possible after the game.

Damaged shirts/balls and lost balls/cones/bibs can be replaced by visiting the Uniform Shop in the Clubhouse.

Coaching courses & qualifications

We work closely with Football South Coast to offer our Coaches and Managers various in house training Courses at Judy Masters Oval prior to and during each Season.

Training days and times

Generally training times are dictated by the availability of the coach but parents are free to discuss changing times so that the majority of players are accommodated.

You will be invited to complete a training time request form so that the training schedule can be prepared.

Insufficient players for a game, forfeits and changing times/location

If your team is unable to field a full squad, there are several options available to you:

  • borrow players from another BJFC team in the same age group and a lower division or from a younger age group
  • change the day or time to a mutually acceptable one. This request needs to be made by the Club Secretary on your behalf and ratified by Football South Coast.
  • forfeit the match. Again, you will need to contact the Club Secretary so you can arrange this well before the game.

Checking your game time

It is each Team, Coach, Manager and Player / Parent responsibility to check the draw in Dribl.

Football South Coast can and does change the draw – sometimes quite late in the week and if rain is about on the morning of the fixture. Any changes to a fixture will generally be made by Football South Coast by 5.00pm on the Thursday prior to the match weekend.

Please ensure that your team arrives at least 30 mins before the game to allow for a warm-up and also to discuss playing positions.

To check whether the game has been cancelled due to wet weather, you can check the various Council websites:

Do not assume that just because it has rained that the game has been cancelled, Dribl is the ultimate source of truth.

Coach/Manager – Code of Conduct

Although the Club appreciates you volunteering as a coach/manager, the role comes with significant responsibility.

Every coach and manager is expected to maintain the highest standards of behaviour at all times.

Remember, you are representing the Club and you are also a role model for the children.

Children look to you for guidance and to test where the behavioural boundaries are.

  • If you continually question or backchat referees… they’ll back chat referees.
  • If you exhibit an overly aggressive or physical attitude toward the other team… that will rub off on the players and you can expect an increase in cautions, yellow cards and send-offs.

As a more mature and experienced person, you need to provide a calming influence and lead by example, especially when things don’t go your team’s way. BJFC is a leader in exhibiting fairness and good sportsmanship – to other players, game day marshals, opposition officials, all spectators and referees.

Any Balgownie Juniors coach/manager brought before the Football South Coast Disciplinary Judiciary for any offence contrary to the Football South Coast Constitution and or the FSC Code of Conduct will also be accountable for his /her actions to the Balgownie Junior Football Club.

Any offence that the Football South Coast Judiciary finds to be proven for which a penalty is imposed will be enforced by Balgownie Junior Football Club. If any further conduct is deemed inappropriate, that coach/manager will be asked to relinquish his/her duties and a new coach/manager will be appointed by the club. The said coach/manager will also not be permitted to hold a coaching/managing position for the following year.

All coaches and managers are expected to adhere to the various Codes of Conduct which is available on our website.

For serious incidents involving a coach/manager that don’t reach the FSC judiciary but are investigated by the BJFC Executive Committee and are found proven, various sanctions can be issued.

Any subsequent proven incidents will also result in the coach/manager being asked to relinquish his/her duties and a new coach/manager will be appointed by the club. The said coach/manager may also be restricted from holding a coaching/managing position for the following year.

All coaches and managers of teams must remain within a distance of five (5) metres on either side of the halfway line on the same side of the field or in the marked technical area during the course of a game. Should the playing field/ground be so marked with a technical area/s in accordance with FIFA regulations, then these are to be utilised in lieu of the preceding ruling. Coaches and Managers must be assigned to the Team in Dribl.

Dribl - Filling in team sheets

The Dribl App provides the team sheets for each fixture and they need to be filled in 20 mins before the game by either the Coach or Manager.

A maximum of sixteen (16) players can be put on the team sheet by each team for U12 – U18.

Each player’s name and FFA registration number is available in Dribl and must correspond with the number of their playing strip, including all substitutes.

A player listed on the team sheet, unless marked as Away is deemed to have participated in the match.

Should a team use a player registered in another team from their club, i.e. borrow, then the team sheet in Dribl must indicate the age and division in which the player is officially registered, as per ID card, in the borrowed column.

The coach’s and manager’s name and registration number must be linked to their Team in Dribl. In the case of an acting coach or manager then please contact the Registrar or Secretary to ensure the acting Coach or Manager is assigned to the Team in Dribl.

At the conclusion of the match and after the referee has completed the team sheet in Dribl, each coach or manager is to ensure that the details are correct and should complete the match in Dribl.  If there is a dispute then the coach/manager is able to report the problem in Dribl or to the match day supervisor in the Clubhouse. If the problem cannot be resolved then the coach or manager must submit a written report to the Club and or Football South Coast.

The Manager’s role

The role of manager is an important one.

  • You relay information from the Club to your team’s parents and players
  • Team administrator in Dribl allowing and team sheet management and opposition team identification
  • Confirm match details each week
  • Assist the coach on game day
  • Fill in team sheet in Dribl
  • Organise the weekly Best & Fairest award
  • Organise social activities
  • Do your best to create a harmonious team atmosphere.
  • Notify the Club immediately if you are unable to field a team due to illness or players away on holidays. Parents should advise the manager if their child will be unable to play.
  • Organise volunteers (Canteen roster and Ground Marshall duties).

Each team is required to provide 2-3 volunteers to assist in the canteen when rostered to do so.

Each home team is required to provide 2 ground marshalls for their game. Two fluoro Ground Marshall vests will be provided in the team bag or can be obtained from the Clubhouse. The Ground Marshall shall be over the age of 18 and shall not be a Coach or Manager of a game in progress.