Parent Meeting 2011-2012

1. HERITAGE Parent Meeting 2011-2012 • Introduce Coaches • Coach Long –Head Varsity Coach • Coach Smart – Varsity Assistant • Coach Dipippa- Head JV Coach • Coach Averys- Assistant JV Coach

2. VHSL Mission Statement • “Virginia’s public high schools, through their alliance as the Virginia High School League, serve their youth by establishing and maintaining standards for student activities and competitions that promote education, personal growth, sportsmanship, leadership and citizenship.”

3. Coaches Responsibilities • Arrange organized daily practices • Dress appropriately • Conduct ourselves appropriately • Talk with officials • Scout Varsity teams • Supervise appropriate student-athlete behavior • Determine playing time!

4. Student-athlete Responsibilities • Attend school daily and on time • Focus on academics • Practice daily • Work Hard to improve daily! • Make commitment to get better daily

5. Player Practice Responsibilities • Perform at a high level in practice • PLAYING TIME IS EARNED! • Be positive with teammates and yourself. • Practice daily: Expectation • Play hard, play smart, have fun! • If there is practice the player is expected to be there!

6. Player Dress Code • On game days the players are expected to “Dress up” ( NO JEANS! ) • Dressing up allows the players to look respectable when they enter another teams school. • It is a way for our school and community to know it is a game day for our players. • We ask the girls to dress up because it gives them a sense of presence and confidence. • Coat must be worn to get on bus

7. Dress Code cont. •  Dressing up does not include the following • ·Jeans • ·Flip flops/ Sandals • ·Short skirts • ·Revealing shirts  • The dress code should follow the dress code of Heritage High School and if the player has a question about the dress up policy they should see a coach. • Inappropriate attire can result in game suspensions

8. Player hygiene • Players must shower daily after practice and games (wear sandals). • Bring a towel and use it. Don’t share! • No horseplay in the locker room, violators will be dismissed from team. • Watch your cuts/blisters! If they become red and swollen get them checked out! • Lock-up all belongings in locker.

9. Player Travel • Ride bus • JV : away game school night leave after 1st or 2nd quarter depending on distance • Home game stay for entire game and sit behind our bench WITH DRESS CLOTHES or WARMUPS ON. • Varsity will arrive for JV game • Schedule your academics accordingly – don’t procrastinate • Some games both levels will ride together, if not picked up by a parent, they will ride back together. Some games girls will be there from 5-10pm.

10. Parent Responsibility • Please ensure good nutrition and hydration. • Be supportive of your daughter • Be realistic about your expectations • Coaches will meet over your concerns other than playing time • If meeting turns to playing time – meeting is over!

11. 11 Parent Commandments • Make sure that your child knows that win or lose, scared or heroic, you love her, appreciate her efforts, and are not disappointed in her. • Try your best to be completely honest about your child’s athletic capability, her competitive attitude, her sportsmanship—and her actual skill level. • Be helpful, but don’t coach her on the way to the court, or on the way back, or at breakfast.

12. Commandments cont… • Teach her to enjoy the thrill of competition. Don’t say “ Winning doesn’t count,” because it does. • Try not to relive your athletic life through your child in a way that creates pressure. Don’t pressure her because of your pride. • Don’t compete with the coach because ultimately we determine playing time and she can feel confused and lose confidence.

13. Commandments cont… • Don’t compare the skill, courage, or attitudes of your child with those of other members of the team …or at least not in her hearing. • You should also get to know the coach so that you can be sure that his/her philosophy, attitudes, ethics, and knowledge are such that you are happy to expose your child to him/her. • Always remember that children tend to exaggerate, both when praised and when criticized. Temper your reactions when they bring home tales of woe or heroics.

14. Commandments cont… • Make a point of understanding courage and the fact that it is relative. Some of us climb mountains but fear a flight; some of us fight but turn to jelly if a bee buzzes nearby. A child must know: Courage is not absence of fear, but rather doing something in spite of fear. 11. Don’t have us (the coaches) thinking about you while we are coaching your child.

15. Two great questions to ask your kids. • Did you play hard/do your best? • Did you do what the coach asked you to do?

16. What are we looking for in a player? • Great physical conditioning. • Tough minded defensive attitude with sound man to man principles. • Un-selfish team player focused on the team goals, not individual goals. • We ask players to fill-up the stat sheet, get deflections, assists, rebounds, charges taken, and points.

17. How can parents help? • Sign up to volunteer for concessions/tickets of another sport/game other than your childs. • Team mom(s)/dad(s) for each program. • Phone tree for help/Volunteers • Organize team progressive dinner • Bus food after away games rotation. • Possible location for pre-game meals • Help organize possible group trip to college game.

18. “There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.” "Its amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit."  - John Wooden