So You Want to be a Coach
No Experience Necessary! Honest!
All AYSO Coaches must be registered as AYSO volunteer coaches (eAYSO.org) each year, Safe Haven Certified and trained for the division you are coaching. No experience necessary!
Saturday September 11 AYSO Opening Day Ceremonies (no parade)
Assemble at Sylvan Park at 8:30 am, please park at Leonia Pool on Moore Avenue!
September 18th - No games (there may be games for U12 and above on Sunday the 19th
September 19th - REFEREE TRAINING! All parents, neighbors, relatives, siblings and players 11 and over are strongly encouraged to attend! See website front page for details.
September 25 - Picture Day (schedule tbd)
Advanced Coach Roster# 201004542 3/TWestchesterNY
Hongell, Andrewahongell@optonline.net 9142487014
10/8 7-10pm,
10/9 9-6pm
10/10 9-5pm
at a Lower Hudson Valley, NY location TBD.
Prerequisites are U12 Coach, Intermediate Coach and Safe Haven Coach courses.
You must attend all three sessions
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT me at 1089CoachAdmin@nj.rr.com ASAP!
Intermediate Coach Roster# 201004540 3/TWestchesterNY 10/09/10
Hongell, Andrewahongell@optonline.net 9142487014
10/9, 9-6 PM
10/10, 9-5 pm
at a NY Lower Hudson Valley location TBD.
Prerequisites are U12 Coach and Safe Haven Coach courses.
You must attend both sessions.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED CONTACT me at 1089CoachAdmin@nj.rr.com ASAP!
Coaches Toolbox 2010
Team/Parent Meeting
Team and Parent communication is important! The more you can accomplish pre-season the better.
It is not enough just to hand out uniforms! You must conduct a parent/team meeting. You will find you will be answering fewer questions and dealing with fewer issues in the long run.
Click
HERE for suggested meeting topics.
It is strongly suggested that you:
1) Relay this information personally at a team meeting
2) Create your own information handout and distribute it in hard copy
3) Follow up with an email with attachments.
Coupons & Premiums
Modell's Coupon 15% discount coupon with uniform good until 9/16
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's coupons for soccer equipment good for all season with uniforms
ETD Free Ball Coupon
available on internet, Go to link: www.UniroyalSoccer.com
AYSO Leagie Code is needed for download, available with uniform or coach email
Safety Information and Forms
Concussion
Childhood Sports Related Concussion Visits To Emergency Rooms Tripled In Ten Years
Azarenka Collapses At US Open With Mild Concussion
Center for Disease Control,
Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports: Click HERE
for Coaches:
Fact Sheet Click HERE
Clipboard Click HERE
for Parents
Fact Sheet Click HERE
for older athletes
Fact Sheet Click HERE
Insurance
Information, SAI Claim Forms & Brochures
Click HERE
Incident Report forms
Click HERE
Incident Report Forms should be completed by any coach, referee or Regional staff
member witnessing any serious incident involving, but not limited to:
• Injuries
• Threats of bodily harm
• Fighting whether or not a serious injury occurs
• Property damage
• Hospitalization of a participant
• Law enforcement summoned
• Service or notification of a pending lawsuit
Participation Release Form
Click HERE
AYSO Lineup Card
Click HERE
AYSO Lineup Card Instructions
Click HERE
Regular Schedule 2010
Saturday - Sylvan Park
(Times will be delayed by approximately one hour Opening Day September 11th.)
U10 Boys -- 8:30-9:15, setup fields and warm up; 9:15 kickoff, end at 10:30
Please Note! one U10 Boys game will be played on Sunday Afternoon 1PM setup, 1:30 start
U10 Girls - 10:30-11, warm up; 11 kickoff, end at 12:15 pm ( breakdown of U10 goals)
U8 Girls -- 12:15-12:45 pm, setup goals/warm up; 12:45 kickoff,end by 1:45
U8 Boys -- 1:45-2:15 warm up; 2:15-3:30, game-breakdown of field
Please Note! One U8 Boys team will be played at Lindbergh Field* each week.
U12 games will be scheduled for Saturday afternoons/evenings, Sunday afternoons.
U14 tbd
KK/Pre-kk Boys Saturday
Lindbergh Elementary Field *
KK Boys #1 - 8:30 AM Setup & arrival; 9 AM start - 10:15
KK Boys #2 - 10:30 arrival; 10:45 start - noon
Pre-KK Boys - !0:30 setup & arrival; 11 AM start - 12:15 PM
* Lindbergh Field, Lindbergh Elementary School, Roff Avenue off E. Palisades Blvd, between 3rd St. & Glen Ave.; Palisades Park
KK/Pre-kk Girls Saturday
Sylvan Field
Pre-kk Girls - 10 AM setup and arrival; 10:30 AM start - 11:45
KK Girls - 11:45 arrival; Noon start - 1:15
Breakdown equipment and store
!POSITIVE COACHING!
EVERYONE PLAYS.GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP.BALANCED TEAMS.OPEN REGISTRATION.EVERY PLAYER'S DEVELOPMENT
Teaching the Game to Kids Coaching with Constructive Criticism
(click here)
Training Tips, Games & Drills
Coaching Kids Mythbusters
Links
(see "Reading List" and "Training Tips, Games & Drills" as well)
Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS@MSU)
*Research in Youth Sports: Critical Issues Status
By Ryan Hedstrom & Daniel Gould
Give Us Back Our Game!
Rick Wolff The Sports Edge WFAN Sundays 8-9AM; 66AM & Online - Youth sports issues
FIFA US Soccer Premier League uefa.com - Europe's football
Women's Professional Soccer WPS Sky Blue FC
United States Adult Soccer Association USASA
MLS - Major League Soccer Red Bulls
ESPN360 - watch replays of soccer match from all over the globe
Reading List
Just Let the Kids Play; Bob Bigelow, Tom Moroney and Linda Bell
Catch Them Being Good; Tony DiCicco & Colleen Hacker, Ph.D. with Charles Salzberg
Sacred Hoops - Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior; Phil Jackson & Hugh Delehanty
Coaching Kids for Dummies; Rick Wolff, Chairman, The Center for Sports Parenting
Coaching Soccer For Dummies; National Alliance for Youth Sports, Greg Bach
Game On - The All-American Race to Make Champions of our Children; Tom Farrey
Soccer Practice Games; Joe Luxbacher The Creative Dribbler; Peter Schreiner
The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Soccer Drills; Tom Fleck, Ron Quinn
Dutch Soccer Drills Volume 1: Individual Skills; Richard Kentwell
MLS Camps Self-Help Coaching Booklets - 5-6, 7-8, 9-11, 12-15
The Positive Coaches Bookshelf
A veritable Who's Who of coaching and youth sports from our AYSO partners, The Positive Coaching Alliance.
AYSO Training and Certification Matrix
Be an AYSO Leader! Coach, Referee, Instruction, Management on local, sectional & national levels
Safe Haven Certification - coach & referee, U8 & U10 coaches training, Basic Management
Must have your AYSO ID# to complete course. Courses are 20 - 45 minutes long and must pass test to complete.
Great as refresher courses.
How to Cross-Certify from USSF license to AYSO Coach
Mark Diller
Coach Administrator
Coach Instructor
Region 3/J/1089
1089CoachAdmin@nj.rr.com
AIM - MarkyD852
Umit Kenis
Coach Instructor
umitkenis@yahoo.com
John Thomas
Coach Instructor
johnmt@att.net