§127-4-3. Code for Interscholastic Athletics. 3.1. The school administrator shall:
3.1.a. Encourage and promote friendly relationships and good sportsmanship throughout the school by requiring courtesy and proper decorum at all times, by acquainting students and others in the community with ideals of good sportsmanship and by so publicizing these concepts and attitudes that all members of the school and community will understand their meaning. 3.1.b. Insist upon implicit compliance with all rules and regulations of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, hereinafter referred to in this rule as the WVSSAC.
3.1.c. Secure WV registered officials for all contests.
3.1.d. Insist upon adequate safety provisions for all activities, for both participants and spectators.
3.1.e. Approve only those activities and schedules which are educationally and physically sound for the student.
3.1.f. Encourage all to judge the success of the athletic program on the basis of the education goals and the attitude of the participants and spectators, rather than on the basis of the number of games won or lost. 3.1.g. Insist that the students exemplify the highest standards of good sportsmanship as a means of inculcating desirable spectator attitudes. 3.1.h. Provide adequate hygienic, sanitary, and attractive facilities for the dressing and housing of visiting teams and officials.
3.1.i. Review with staff the Sportsmanship Rule.
3.2. The coach shall:
3.2.a. Demonstrate high ideals, good habits, and desirable attitudes in personal behavior and demand the same standards of the students. 3.2.b. Recognize that the purpose of competition is to promote the physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being of the students and that the most important values of competition are derived from playing the game fairly.
3.2.c. Be a modest winner and a gracious loser.
3.2.d. Maintain self-control at all times, accepting adverse decisions without public display of emotion or of dissatisfaction with the officials.
3.2.e. Cooperate with the school principal in the planning, scheduling and conduct of sports activities.
3.2.f. Employ accepted educational methods in coaching, giving all students an opportunity to use and develop initiative, leadership, and judgment. 3.2.g. Pay close attention to the physical condition and well-being of the students refusing to jeopardize the health of an individual for the sake of improving the team’s chances to win.
3.2.h. Teach students that it is better to lose fairly than win unfairly.
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