BALDIVIS DISTRICTS FC Values Visions Development Community Junior and Senior Football Transparency Communication Responsibility Accountability
Club Values The Club Values can be described in five words - Community, Honour, Inclusion, Passion, Success (CHIPS) 1. Community - be mindful of the wider community. 2. Honour - honour your shirt, your team, your club and yourself. 3. Inclusion - be inclusive to all people regardless of gender, race, religion or ability. 4. Passion - be passionate for the game and for the club. 5. Success - embrace all the clubs successes both team and individual. Club Vision The Vision is for the club to become the biggest club in the local Rockingham area, reaching National Premier League status, as well as being a recognized leader in development. 1. National Premier League (NPL) Football West, the State Governing Body, recently put forward the idea of a second A-League team to complete in our National competition. Although it is unlikely that a club down this way would be selected, it will mean that the current NPL set-up will be expanded to include more clubs. Currently there are no NPL clubs within the local area. Cockburn and Armadale are the two closest to Baldivis. Rockingham City and Mandurah both enjoy NPL status but only at Junior level. Full NPL Clubs Armadale Balcatta Bayswater City Cockburn City ECU Joondalup Floreat Athena Inglewood United Junior NPL Clubs Ellenbrook Fremantle City Joondalup City Mandurah City Melville City Quinns FC Rockingham City
Perth Glory Juniors Perth Sorrento Stirling Lions Subiaco AFC South West Phoenix The vision for the club is to see it become a member of the Full NPL set-up, first setting sights at Junior level and then moving into Senior competition, competing regularly at all levels with the likes of Perth, Inglewood and Athena. Clubs who have enjoyed top flight State football for a number of decades. 2. Development Baldivis Districts FC should also be a recognized as a leader in development. Not only developing players to reach their full potential, but also coaches and referees. a. Juniors - starting from under 6, a program will be put in place specifically aimed at giving kids every opportunity to become better players. Although it is not necessary for the club to dictate how coaches should be setting out training programs, giving coaches and players "Achievement Targets" will benefit both. These Targets will be set into five separate skill sets ranging from blue for beginners, through to gold for more advanced skills. All sets would be colour coded - blue, red, black, green, gold - and kids would receive an Achievement Certificate for each colour they successfully complete. b. Coaches - the club is to encourage junior players in the older age groups, to become assistant coaches. The idea, for example, would be for an Under 12s player to become an assistant to an Under 6s Coach. This would encourage the juniors to have a better understanding for the game, and a deeper respect for the volunteers. All coaches, as well as assistants, should be given the chance to gain their coaching badges. Where possible the club will pay for any costs attached. c. Referees - similar to the coaching vision, Junior players would be given the opportunity to become game facilitators for our Under 6s and Under 7s. This will give them experience in officiating and, if after a season or two they decide its something they'd like to pursue, then the club would assist them in achieving their Referee License. Community As a not-for-profit, community based organization the club has a responsibility to remain a community based entity. There are three main areas the club will focus on to adhere to its community values. a. Facilities - it is my belief that other local not-for-profit organizations should be able to, where ever possible, be granted access to our facilities we lease or own at no cost. Like minded clubs should never have to pay valuable dollars to other not-for-profit organizations.
b. Fundraising - the club would participate in at least one external fundraising program. This could be organized by the club with proceeds going to the nominated charity or as participants in things such as school quiz nights. Getting the clubs name into the community is paramount to our overall success. c. Disadvantaged the club for one weekend a year will devote time to support disadvantaged people within the community. This would generally be soccer orientated and could involve such events as a tournament for the homeless, a NAIDOC weekend or a weekend specifically geared toward children with disabilities. Junior Football Juniors are the clubs future. The junior coaches will have monthly meetings so any grievances, ideas or suggestions can be heard. Juniors Football will be broken into two separate areas - Mini-Roos and Juniors Mini-Roos (Under 6 - Under 11) As stated in the development section, coaches will be encouraged to teach their teams basic technical skills and assist the kids on achieving their certifcates. Achievement Certificates as follows: 1. Blue Award 2. Red Award 3. Black Award a. Ten accurate passes with inside of preferred foot - 10 metres b. Display correct throw-in technique c. Twenty toe taps d. Controlling the ball five times with inside of preferred foot a. Ten accurate passes with inside of preferred foot - 20 metres b. Five accurate passes with inside of non-preferred foot - 10 metres c. Five accurate headers both from a standing start and while jumping d. Juggling the ball six times allowing for a bounce between each kick a. Ten 20 metre chips using the instep of preferred foot b. Five accurate passes with non-preferred foot - 20 metres c. Five chest controls
d. Juggling the ball six times with no bounce 4. Green Award 5. Gold Award a. Dribbling through seven markers with accurate shot - five times b. Five 20 metre chips using the instep of non-preferred foot c. Shielding the ball for ten seconds d. Juggling the ball six times without using the same part of the body twice a. Demonstration once all skills from each award Yellow through to Green b. Display five times correct standing tackle technique c. Juggling the ball twelve times with no bounce d. Game facilitator for one day at an Under 6 or Under 7 Hub Juniors (Under 12 and up) Finding the balance between a club that wants to be the best and a club that caters for community demands can be a difficult one. On the one hand the club needs to strive forward making itself attractive to the best kids around while on the other hand it needs to not simply turn its back on its loyal members. The clubs view is to allow kids who have played at the club the previous season the chance to be registered first. Each year the kids would be looked at and placed in teams depending on ability. The club will have a strict quality over quantity policy so a cap of two would be set on the number of teams per age group (approximately 30 kids). Senior Football Senior football, both mens and womens, will be broken into two separate categories - "First Team" consisting of a first and reserve team squad, and "Social" which accommodates players playing in either Metro/Social or Masters/Over 45s competition. First Team The club should strive toward representation within both mens and womens State League competition. These squads would be made up predominantly of local players with the reserve teams, whenever possible, containing players under the age of 23. The fees set by the club will be set to include all aspects of running the team including ground hire, registration costs, referee fees, membership, fines etc. Players from these teams should from time to time take or assist in junior training sessions as a
means of developing passion and honour for the club within the juniors. The First Teams are the clubs competitive squads and as such will focus largely on results. Social There would be no restrictions placed on these teams in regard to personnel aside from those imposed by the governing bodies. The Committee would have no say in who plays, coaches or is associated with these squads assuming those people have not previously been removed by the club or banned by the governing body. Fees would be less than that of First Team fees as referees, ground cost, fines and floodlighting costs would be the responsibility of the team. This is because a number of players at this level have family, work and/or study commitments and paying large sums of money for what might be a handful of games deters potential numbers. A basic membership fee as well as Football West registration fee would be all that is required. The club would cover the cost of registering the team in competition. Social football is exactly that - Social. It relies heavily on cameradarie and goodwill. Although everyone plays to win, it is more about the enjoyment than the end product. Transparency, Communication, Responsibility and Accountability The club will not only have all its minutes published on its website and/or emailed to its members, but should also send its minutes out to the Councils Recreation department as well as Football West and Football Federation Australia. Having all governing bodies seeing where we are going, what we are doing, and how we intend to reach our goals, will keep the club in good stead going into the future. Lines of communication will be laid out and easily accessible. Each Committee member would receive his or her own dedicated email address. Too often emails get lost in translation due to too many hands. The club will utilize its newsletters and website to keep everyone informed as to who does what and who to contact. Everyone member of the club will be responsible for his or hers actions. Whether this is on the pitch, around the ground or as a committee member, each member needs to be respectful of others and has a responsibility to show the club in a positive light. Committee members will in addition be responsible for understanding any decisions at meetings or directions taken and any rules or regulations binding the club. All correspondence will be done in writing. Phone calls are a necessary aspect or any organization but should be followed up with written statements to allow full accountability.