Parents make the difference.
Best Practices
Supporting Play
Parents play a critical role in maintaining the Indie Chicas culture. Your behavior and support contribute to the success of the players, the teams, and the club.
Show Up Early
What one does before the field helps one better perform on the field. We encourage you to help your daughter get an appropriate amount of rest and nutrition. Before practices and games, help her be prepared with the right uniforms, gear, and water. Show up early to let your daughter get in some social time with her teammates.
Let Coach Coach
Let your coach do the coaching. Let the referees do the refereeing. We ask you to offer positive support and encouragement to your daughter while she is on the field. Let her make mistakes, learn, and grow.
A Positive Ride Home
Make the car ride home a positive experience. We recommend the following affirmations:
“I love watching you play,”
“Did you have fun?”
“I believe in you,”
“I love you.”
If you are frustrated with your daughter’s performance, we ask that you wait 24 hours before you talk to her or her coach about it, and try to be positive when you do. We ask parents to remember that it’s her game, and if it stops being fun for her, she may not stay in the game long enough to reach her potential.
Respect Required
The Chicas Way is built on respect. We expect all parents, coaches, and players to do their best to express respect and cooperate with each other.
Respect the Coach
Only the coach gets to coach. The coach represents the club and makes decisions for the team. We ask parents to respect the coach’s decisions and to trust our development program. We also ask parents to refrain from sideline coaching: it confuses the players and diminishes team performance.
Respect the Players
We ask parents to respect their daughter’s autonomy while on the field. We require parents to respect the other players on the team, to respect opposing players, and to refrain from verbal criticism.
Respect the Field
We ask that you follow the spectator rules, and that you help keep the facilities clean. We require that you respect the requests of staff on the field. We require that you are sober and do not consume alcohol or smoke when attending games or practices.
Respect Others
Respect others. We will not tolerate rude, disrespectful, or aggressive behavior against the staff, players, parents, officials, opposing teams and spectators, or our guests on the field.
Complaints and Conflicts
If you have a complaint or conflict you are unable to resolve respectfully, bring your issue to the Team Liason. If you are uncomfortable discussing an issue with your team liaison, use the link below to submit your concern.
Communication
Please follow our communication policy.
For Team
For general questions about the team, scheduling, and logistics, reach out to the team using TeamSnap or contact your team manager. Please do not use personal text messaging with staff.
For Coach
If you have questions specific to your daughter, please have your daughter ask her coach directly.
If you need to communicate to the coach relating to a past game or practice, please communicate through email at least 24 hours after the event you wish to discuss.
Please do not use personal text messaging with staff.
For Complaints and Conflicts
If you have a complaint about or conflict with another parent or staff you are unable to resolve respectfully, use the link below to submit your concern. Please do not use personal text messaging with staff.
For Everything Else
For feedback, concerns to be escalated, or general club questions use the link below to submit your concerns. Please do not use personal text messaging with staff.
We can’t do it without you.
Volunteer
If you have a skill you would like to contribute, whether it be experience in soccer, lawn care, organizing, or other special skills, let us know. We would love to explore ways in which you can help make the Club stronger.