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Encourage your child to follow team Encourage your child to follow team rules regarding drinking, smoking, rules regarding drinking, smoking, campus discipline, etc. More is campus discipline, etc. More is expected from an athlete, and not expected from an athlete, and not everyone is strong enough to everyone is strong enough to sacrifice for team membership.sacrifice for team membership.

Insist on good, consistent effort in Insist on good, consistent effort in the classroom. It is no coincidence the classroom. It is no coincidence that teachers are more inclined to that teachers are more inclined to “help those who help themselves.”“help those who help themselves.”

Take every opportunity to be an Take every opportunity to be an enthusiastic, but “classy” Tiger fan. enthusiastic, but “classy” Tiger fan. Remember, the opposing team, Remember, the opposing team, coaches and fans are either our coaches and fans are either our guests, or have invited us as their guests, or have invited us as their guests.guests.

Support your child’s teammates and Support your child’s teammates and coaches. Criticism overheard by coaches. Criticism overheard by students, athletes and community students, athletes and community members only undermines the TEAM members only undermines the TEAM SPIRIT concept.SPIRIT concept.

Be positive with your child. Assure Be positive with your child. Assure him of the value of simply being a him of the value of simply being a part of the team.part of the team.

If your child is not a star, or starter, If your child is not a star, or starter, reinforce that everyone’s role is reinforce that everyone’s role is valuable to the team.valuable to the team.

Please help reinforce the TEAM Please help reinforce the TEAM concept by avoiding envy and concept by avoiding envy and jealousy of others’ accomplishments. jealousy of others’ accomplishments. Remember the old adage, “if you Remember the old adage, “if you can’t say something nice, say can’t say something nice, say nothing at all.”nothing at all.”

Please respect the profession of Please respect the profession of coaching. Your child’s coaches are coaching. Your child’s coaches are degreed professionals, licensed by degreed professionals, licensed by the state and must continually the state and must continually pursue professional growth and pursue professional growth and education. IF YOUR CHILD LOSES education. IF YOUR CHILD LOSES CONFIDENCE IN HIS COACHES, CONFIDENCE IN HIS COACHES, SUCCESS IS UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW.SUCCESS IS UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW.

Encourage your child to take Encourage your child to take responsibility for his, and the team’s, responsibility for his, and the team’s, actions. We all share in victories and actions. We all share in victories and defeats. No excuses.defeats. No excuses.

Strive to stress the importance of Strive to stress the importance of TEAM. No one’s child will win or lose TEAM. No one’s child will win or lose by himself. If parents, coaches and by himself. If parents, coaches and players believe in and support each players believe in and support each other, all things are possible.other, all things are possible.