• Be reasonable in your demands on your players’ time, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Place the safety and welfare of the participants above all else.
• Be aware of and support the sport’s injury management plans and return to play guidelines.

Coaching excellence

• Help each person (athlete, official, etc) to reach their potential. Respect the talent, developmental stage and goals of each person and encourage them with positive and constructive feedback.
• All players need equal court time.
• Encourage and support opportunities for people to learn appropriate behaviours and skills.
• Support opportunities for participation in all aspects of the sport.
• Treat each participant as an individual.
• Never ridicule or yell at the players for making mistakes or losing a competition.
• Obtain appropriate qualifications and keep up to date with the latest coaching practices and the principles of growth and development of participants.

Honour the sport

• Act within the rules and spirit of your sport. Teach your players that rules of the sport are mutual agreements which no one should evade or break.
• Promote fair play over winning at any cost.
• Respect the decisions of officials, umpires, coaches and administrators.
• Show respect and courtesy to all involved with the sport.
• Remember that we participate for fun and enjoyment and that winning is only part of their motivation. 

Integrity

• Act with integrity and objectivity and accept responsibility for your decisions and actions.
• Ensure your decisions and actions contribute to a harassment-free environment.
• Wherever practical, avoid unaccompanied and unobserved one-on-one activity (when in a supervisory capacity or where a power imbalance exists) with people under the age of 18.
• Ensure that any physical contact with another person is appropriate to the situation and necessary for the person's skill development.
• Follow the advice of a physician when determining when an injured player is ready to recommence play.

Respect

• Respect the rights and worth of every person, regardless of their age, race, gender, ability, cultural background, sexuality, or religion.
• Do not tolerate abusive, bullying, or threatening behaviour.
• Develop team respect for the ability of opponents as well as for the judgement of officials and opposing coaches.

Respect

• Each member is responsible in helping to provide a safe environment for participation. Aggressive, threatening, or other inappropriate behaviour by members, their families, their friends, and other sporting personnel while attending a game or event will not be tolerated.
• These behaviours specifically include:
• Using bad language.
• Harassing or ridiculing players, coaches, officials, umpires, or other spectators.
• Making racist, religious, sexist, or other inappropriate comments to players, coaches, officials, or other spectators.
• Any threatening behaviour or physical altercation between spectators and players, coaches, officials, umpires, or other spectators.
• Putting undue pressure on children, berating them, or putting down their performance.
• Partaking in alcohol or drugs at a game or training.
• Applaud good performances and efforts from each team. Congratulate all participants upon their performance, regardless of the game’s outcome.

Honour the sport

• Respect the official’s decisions. If there is a disagreement, follow the appropriate procedure in order to question the decision and teach the players to do likewise.
• Never ridicule a player or umpire for making a mistake during a competition. Positive comments are motivational.
• Condemn the use of violence in any form, be it by spectators, coaches, officials, umpires, or players.
• Show respect for your team’s opponents. Without them there would be no game.
• Encourage players to follow the rules and the official’s and umpire’s decisions.
• Recognize the value and importance of volunteer coaches and officials and umpires. They give their time and resources to provide recreational activities for the children and deserve your support.

• Treat all players, umpires, coaches, spectators and/or other officials with respect
• Facilitate the game of netball fairly, consistently and objectively according to the current Rules of Netball and WDNA Policies and Procedures.
• Place the safety and welfare of the players above all else, including:

          Ensuring the court and its surrounds are compliant with the rules.

          Taking appropriate action to manage dangerous play.

• Be a positive role model through behaviour and personal appearance projecting a favourable image of Netball and umpiring at all times.
• Refrain from conduct which could be regarded as sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and/or victimisation.
• Be courteous, respectful and open to discussion and interaction with other Netball participants, where appropriate