Fair play is a program introduced into minor hockey to enhance and promote SAFETY
and RESPECT with all participants involved.
Fair play has five basic principles:
- Respect the rules.
- Respect the opponents.
- Respect the officials and their decisions.
- Have everyone participate.
- Maintain self-control at all times.
Fair Play DOES NOT CHANGE ANY RULES OF THE GAME.
Fair Play ENCOURAGES ALL PLAYERS ON ALL TEAMS TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE
but within the rules.
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Fair Play is introduced to promote SAFETY and RESPECT, and a positive
environment in minor hockey for participants involved. The
four main participant groups are: the players, the coaches, the officials,
and the parents. How these four main groups interact at any game determines how
positive, or how negative the event becomes.
There are an increasing number of concerns becoming more evident in minor hockey today.
These concerns go against the principles of Fair Play, what minor hockey represents,
and the objectives of recreational minor hockey organizations.
Some concerns in minor hockey are: the lack of respect for opponents, verbal abuse
of officials, inappropriate spectator behaviour in the stands, violence on the ice,
the win-at-all costs attitude, the increased pressure on young players to win, and the
lack of FUN for many.
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