KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE GLEN WAVERLEY ROVERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB
- Appoint a Committee of Management each year.
- To field at least one team in each age group - Under 8 to Under 18
- To improve standards by:
- Appointing a Football Manager
- Ensuring all Coaches are qualified to Level 1
- Ensuring each team has a Coach, Team Manager, Runner & Trainer
- Ensuring the runner is an appropriate person to fulfill the important communication role between coach & player
- Establishing a computer-based player, parent/guardian, coach and officials database
- Ensuring all teams have a minimum
- One ball between two at training and all balls of correct size, texture and colour
- Ten witches hats
- Large magnetic coaches board
- First aid kit
- Warm up jackets / gowns for interchange players
- Drink bottles
- To improve player knowledge and to develop skill levels by enabling all teams to train at least once per week
- To ensure the financial viability of the Club by:
- Establishing a Sponsorship Sub-Committee
- Setting membership subscriptions on a yearly basis
- Ensuring the Canteen runs at a reasonable profit
- Maintaining and preferably growing membership levels
- Ensuring timely payment of subscriptions
- Organising sponsorships, fund raising and social activities
- To foster the game, parental involvement and community involvement by:
- Establishing an active Social and other Sub-Committees
- Fostering relationships with our Auskick centre, Little Athletics, Schools and Basketball Clubs
- Encouraging parental/guardian, family involvement and participation
- Promoting the club and its core values to the local community
- Circulating weekly team newsletters
- Using the Club's website as a means of communication and to convey a positive image of the club to the wider community
- Conducting weekly coaches, players and supporter functions
- To foster youth development and general community awareness by:
- Educating players on dealing with both winning and losing
- Maintaining player discipline and club rules
- Involvement in broader community social issues and values
- Promoting the use and awareness of the Code of Conduct for all players, officials, parents/guardians and supporters.
- To maintain a safe workplace environment by:
- Establishing a Maintenance Sub-Committee and a Grounds Sub-Committee
- Ensuring adequate ground lighting
- Ensuring all players are covered by a Sport Injury Scheme and encourage Private Health Insurance cover, and communicating the importance of protection against the high costs of serious injury to parents/guardians and players
- Marking boundary lines a minimum of four (4) metres from any fence, drain or any other obstacle or source of danger
- Appointing qualified training staff
- Having a qualified person in First Aid in attendance at all games
- Introducing emergency procedures for injured players.