Pick Up & Drop Off Policy
Our club is committed to providing a safe environment for the participation of children and young people; part of this is ensuring that your child is not left alone before or after practices or games.
What We Will Do
Make sure parent/guardians and children know the times and locations of practices and games and when they can expect to collect their children
Request coaches arrive before the scheduled practice or game time
Ask coaches to set up a communication platform to contact parents if players are not collected on time
Instruct coaches to wait until the last child is collected until they leave training. If the coach is under the age of 18 it is expected another coach, or a parent will wait with him/her
Coaches should attempt to contact the parents/guardians to remind them they are late. If the game day stadium area is to be closed, they should wait in a well-lit area adjacent to the training or playing facility. Training should not be concluded until the pre-arrange finish time
The coach should NOT transport children to their homes without the permission of the parent or guardian
What we require our members to do
Parents or guardians MUST NOT leave their children at a training or game venues prior to the arrival of one of the coaches responsible for that squad. It is much safer to make sure they are present than to assume they will be arriving. Another parent is not the coach—unless you must leave do not assume they will be responsible for your child without checking with them first. They should not be left in the car park or left to enter the area/stadium alone. This can be unsafe. Inform the coach about any changes in arrangement for the collection of your child.
Non-compliance
If parents or guardians repeatedly leave children at training or games, where the coach has to wait for them, this may impact the child’s playing time, ie they may be asked to miss games. The Glenunga Basketball Club expects parents/guardians to act responsibly at all times.