These safety rules apply whenever SAYSO players get together to practice or play.

Safety Rules
    
* Always wear proper equipment (e.g., shin guards, sliding pants, goalkeeper gloves).
* Don't climb on or hang from the goals.
* Don't hang in the nets.
* Don't move goals without adult assistance.
* Don't kick the ball towards unsuspecting people.
* Don't climb over the field fence.
* Don't climb under the field gates.
* Don't stand and try to balance on balls.
* Don't walk with your feet in cones.
* Don't head or kick the green medicine balls.
* Don't open the equipment box without adult supervision.
* Don't throw a stake or corner flag like a javelin.
* Don't swing (i.e. centrifuge) your bag in a circle.
* Don't practice or play soccer with solid food in your mouth. After you have eaten an orange slice, remove the orange peel from your mouth before running onto the field.
* At practice, don't kick at players on the ground in order to dislodge the ball under or behind them.
* At practice, be kind to our team's goalkeepers.
* Stay behind the Juggs soccer all shooting machine when it is in use.
* Don't act in a manner than endangers you or others.

* During a game or scrimmage, if you are injured or feeling sick, sit down on the field.     
* Tell a coach if you see anything unsafe (gopher holes, broken glass, protruding sprinkler heads, etc.).
* Never leave the practice field or game site without notifying a coach.
* If you kick a ball over the fence, let a coach know.
* Don't sit on balls.
* Don't chew gum at practices or games.
* If you accidentally do something that hurts another player, say "I'm sorry."