Player Information
Respect The R.O.O.T.S. of the game of soccer:
Rules: The rules of the game exist to make the game fair for all, sometimes they work in our favor, sometimes not.
Officials: Officials are not perfect (just like coaches, athletes and parents!) and sometimes make mistakes. However, there is no excuse for treating officials with disrespect when they make errors.
Opponents: Without them, we’d just be practicing! Good opponents push us to do our best.
Teammates: Encourage and support one another on and off the field. We are one team, not a group of individual players.
Self: Set high standards for yourself and work hard to achieve them.
The E.L.M. Tree of Mastery
The Tree of Mastery is an E.L.M. tree, there are three things you need to do to climb the Tree of Mastery:
E is for Effort. We want to give our best effort every time we come out on the field. Regardless of our opponents, we can always learn and improve during games. However, we can only do this is we are always giving our best effort. We always want to improve ourselves by giving our best effort!
L is for Learning. We want to continue learning and improving every week in practice and every time we play a game. If we continue to learn, we will get better and that is more important than whether or not we win a game.
M is for Mistakes. Most people think it's bad to make a mistake, but mistakes are part of the learning process. You can't learn something as complicated as soccer if you are afraid to make a mistake. We want to learn from our mistakes and not let them discourage us or keep us from working hard.