PLAYER & PARENT AGREEMENT 

Parents, before players apply for membership please read the following TOTAL FITNESS ACADEMY values, principles, rules and Code of Conduct.

1. Please remember that membership ensures only training. No player is guaranteed to be selected for a match, while on other occasions a player may travel to a match, but for whatever reason, may not actually get a game.
2. Academy Officials are not responsible for players once they leave the training/playing area.
3. We take measurement and precautions for injuries and events but Risks of personal injury or loss of life arising from a sporting activity or event (By participating in matches or training, you accept and assume the ordinary risks arising from participation in those activities and accept that we shall have no duty to you or to any third party in respect of those risks).
4. We are not qualified to express an opinion that you are medically fit to participate. You must obtain professional or specialist advice from your doctor before taking the Membership.
5. Your consent to the Academy taking photographs and/or videography of your child and for such recordings to be used by the Academy for promotional purposes (including on the website);
6. Your consent to the Academy representative providing basic first aid and lifesaving aid to your child where necessary and in circumstances where the Academy is unable to contact you or your nominated emergency contact, you agree that the Academy representative may take your child to hospital and give consent for emergency treatment.

ON TRAINING AND MATCH DAYS

Please DO:

1. Remember the players; parents and managers are there to have fun.
2. Encourage the players; feel free to appreciate an accurate pass, a well-timed tackle, a breathtaking save or a good goal.
3. Set an example – applaud good play by both teams.
4. Encourage fair play and for players to play to the rules.
5. Respect your Manager/Coach at all times.
6. Offer your assistance with putting up and taking down of goals, nets, running the line or returning equipment tidily to the storage area after use.
7. Inform your Manager/Coach if a player is allowed to travel home alone from the training/match venue.
8. Pick up a player promptly from the training/match venue if left alone.
9. Take your litter home with you.
10. Help to remove all verbal, racial and physical abuse in Football.

Please DO NOT:

1. Be abusive to anybody.
2. Criticise another player in public. This applies to both the opposition and your own side. Praise them or keep quiet.
3. Criticise a match official, they are only human and as such are prone to making mistakes.
4. Get into any arguments or confrontations with opposition supporters.
5. Drop a player off at the training/playing area if the Academy official is not present.
6. Bring animals near to the playing area.
7. Make contact with anyone regarding an incident at a match, without first seeking the approval of the TFA Committee.

ONLY IF BOTH PLAYER AND PARENTS ACCEPT THE PLAYER & PARENT AGREEMENT AND TFA’s CODE OF CONDUCT SHOULD THE PLAYER APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP OF TFA.