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Parent Code of Conduct

Volunteer Information

Team Mom's/Dad's Information

Weather Policy

Spring Training

Picture Day Information

What to expect on the field 

Parent Code of Conduct

1. I will be responsible for my behavior as well as for the behavior of those who attend the game/practices as my guest.

2. I hereby pledge to provide positive support, care, and encouragement for my child participating in youth sports by following this Parent’s Code of Ethics Pledge.

3. I will encourage good sportsmanship by demonstrating positive support for all players, coaches, and officials at every game, practice or other youth sports events.

4. I will place the emotional and physical well-being of my child ahead of a personal desire to win.

5. I will be in control of my emotions.

6. I will remain in the spectator area during games/practices.

7. I will insist that my child play in a safe and healthy environment.

8. I will support coaches and officials working with my child, in order to encourage a positive and enjoyable experience for all.

9. I will not advise the coach on how to do their job. 

10. I will demand a sports environment for my child that is free of drugs, tobacco, and alcohol and will refrain from their use at all youth sports events.

11. I will not drink alcohol at a game/practice or come to one having drunk too much. 

12. I will remember that the game is for our youth – NOT ADULTS – and that participation in youth sports is a privilege, not a right.

13. I will show respect for all participants at all times.

14. I will do my very best to make youth sports fun for my child.

15. I will not instruct my child to harm any other participants.

16. I will not coach my child during the game/practice.

17. I will ask my child to treat other players, coaches, fans, and officials with respect regardless of race, sex, creed or ability.

18. I will not make insulting comments to players, parents, officials, or coaches of either team. 

19. I promise to help my child enjoy the youth sports experience by doing whatever I can, such as being a respectable fan, assisting with coaching, or providing transportation.

20. I will require that my child’s coach be trained in the responsibilities of being a youth sport coach and that the coach upholds the Coaches Code of Ethics.

21. I will thank coaches, officials, and other volunteers who have conducted the event. 

Volunteer Information & Opportunities

The Volusia Titans Football & Cheer Program is developed and organized to provide an age appropriate sports environment.  Each sport supports youth development, enhancing emotional, physical, social and cognitive development, while providing a fun experience with positive role models that serve as coaches, assistant coaches and team parents.  The program's objective, policies, and procedures are a direct result of community input from youth, parents, coaches, and league administrators, all of whom are volunteers.

In order to keep our costs as low as possible, and to provide registration fees as low as possible, we rely heavily on you, our parent volunteers also. It is very important that as volunteer schedules are developed and released that the activities assigned to parents are followed accordingly. Without this commitment, the organization would be unable to operate effectively. If you have any special skills or prefer to be assigned in a particular volunteer role, please contact the team Volunteer Coordinator.

Team Mom's/Dad's

If you are interested in taking your volunteering to the next level, below is a brief description of some of the responsibilities of a Team Mom/Dad: 

1. Assisting coaches as needed - The coaches will lean on you very often to help keep the administrative side of the team running smoothly. Many times this includes making forms, passing out forms or flyers, assisting when there is a schedule change, or just answering questions. 

2. Collecting money and/or forms as needed - Your assistance will be required for t-shirt, hat, visor and decal orders, pictures, and any fundraising events. Parents will be asked to return the money and order forms to you or the Director. Any forms or money collected by you will be turned into the Football/Cheer Directors.

3. Distribution of materials to parents/guardians - You will be required to assist your coaches or Board Members in distributing materials to your player/cheerleader and/or parents/guardians. This may include, but is not limited to, fundraising items, equipment, pictures, and t-shirts.

4. Making game day snack schedules - Once the game schedules are released, you will need to coordinate a schedule to give to your parents for game days, both home and away, for snacks. If you have a large team, you can ask two different parents to provide the snacks so that there is not such a large expense on one parent. Just be sure to remind them to not provide sodas or high sugar items. Gatorades and fruit are always the best. Remember the kids will be very hot and will need as much hydration as they can get during that short break.

5. Assist coaches during games - Many times you will be needed to help the coaches during the games, both home and away. This includes setting up snacks during half-time and distributing the snacks when needed. For Cheer, we will visit the other cheerleaders during half-time, so it is critical that when they return snack time is brief, so the girls can continue to cheer for the next quarter.  Your assistance to ensure no parents/guardian, other adults or children are on the field without a visible Titans Team shirt is appreciated.  

6. Goody Bags/Items -For Cheer - Assuring that goody bags/items are made for opposing cheerleaders before game day.  Make sure that the Head Coach or Head Cheerleader has them available to them before visiting the opposing team at each game. 

7. Communication between Football and Cheer – Touching base with the Team Mom/Dad of the corresponding team that you are assigned with that weekend. 

8. To assist the association with ensuring proper behavior - We ask that you assist the Board in helping be a “watch dog”.  Meaning, the board needs to be immediately notified of any and all player abuse, whether by a coach, parent/guardian or any other person.  You will need to assist to ensure there is no inappropriate language or actions used on the playing or practice fields. Ensure all members involved with the Titans required to understand and sign policy paperwork have done so.  Everyone involved knows what is and is not acceptable within Titan events. You will also need to inform parents of the no smoking policy, if they are not abiding by it. There is absolutely no smoking on Titan grounds, they must leave school grounds, i.e. get on the curb or cross the street. If you are unable to handle any situations or conflicts that arise, please immediately notify a Board Member. The Board Members are always available to assist, but are very busy and may not know that there has been a situation or conflict. Please be sure to keep them notified of any and all situations or conflicts, whether resolved or unresolved. 

Weather Policy

• As a general rule, football and cheer practices and games are held in various types of inclement weather conditions, including rain, heat and high winds.  Practicing and playing football in inclement or hot and windy weather is typical here in Florida.  Cancellations due to bad weather are the exception, not the rule.

• Football or cheer practice or games may be postponed or canceled due to very heavy rain or excessively hot conditions, or for any rain or wind event that puts a child or coach at risk. 

• A football or cheer practice or game will be postponed or canceled if lightening is seen or if persistent vigorous thunder is heard in the immediate area of the field. If lightening is seen or thunder is heard miles away in the distance, the on field officer, president, commissioners and or head coaches will monitor the situation and make the decision to postpone or cancel the event if the storm gets within a distance deemed unsafe for the children or coaches. 

• If a practice or game is postponed or canceled, all Titan participants (children and adults) should leave the field area and seek acceptable shelter. 

• It is a parent or guardians' responsibility to monitor inclement weather conditions during practices and/or games, and they should be available to pick up their child in the event of a practice or game cancellation. Please ensure your latest contact information is on file in the event a coach or officer needs to contact you.   

Spring Training Information

The Volusia Titans will usually organize some form of spring training, whether it be a competitive full contact football program, flag, specialized skills camp or other. These programs are typically organized with a high level of competitiveness and rigorous training similar to what you would find during the fall seasons. What separates spring from fall is the time spent on development. Coaches will try to spend a significant portion of the spring programs teaching developmental drills to improve skills. Spring training is usually set up based on conversation and agreement between coaches and staff to support what is needed for the fall programs. Although spring activities are considered 'off-season', they are organized to include many of the same exercises, training and demands of the fall seasons. 

If your children are interested in starting with the Titans but you may have concerns with their performance due to size, athletic ability, maturity, etc., spring training may be the best way for your children to start in the program.  

Picture Day Information

The Titans will announce Picture Day after the season starts.

What to expect on the field

When you arrive to the Titan field for the first time, the experience can be one of intimidation and possibly a little confusion. There are many things taking place as a practice ramps up; trucks driving around the field, coaches bunched up talking to one another, kids running all over the place throwing balls around, family members running around and setting up chairs, etc. Yet, there is a reason for all of the seemingly disorganized chaos at a football field.

Trucks are used to haul equipment, water, and other things around the field or between fields depending on where we meet. Coaches, as part of an unwritten rule, hang out with other coaches to learn from them. Non-playing family members such as siblings often make friends fast with other siblings and often play games off-field. There are also high-school players that frequently show up to volunteer. And there are the parents who are usually setting up to watch their kids play.

With everything happening on the field it can become hard to notice, but this is a typical practice day schedule:

• 5 minutes Before Scheduled Start time: All players lineup for warm-ups

• Start Time: 10 to 30 minutes of exercise followed by laps

• 30 to 60 minutes In: Usually positional skills training or more exercise based on what the head coach deems as most important for that day.

• 60 to 120 Minutes In: Usually this time is reserved for scrimmages; sometimes with their own team mates and sometimes with other age groups.

• End of practice: All teams usually meet together and surround the coaching staff where talking and teaching points are reviewed, and the kids are given a chance to ask coaches questions. This has become a strong bonding ritual promoting the Titans' *One Heart - One Soul - One Team!* motto.

Once you become acclimated to your new surroundings, you'll find the Titan family full of wonderful people all willing to help each other out.