U6-U8 Coaches Meeting – 2016

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The American Youth Soccer
Organization (AYSO)
Section 10 / Area Q
Region 599:
U6/U8 Divisions
Division Coordinators:
U6 – Jennifer Shaevitz
BU8 – Zack Self
GU8 – Monica Carinio
AYSO 599 Board
Overview
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AYSO Vision, Mission, 6 Philosophies
Coach/Volunteer Requirements
Training Opportunities
Fields, Schedule, Game Day
Team Management
Referees / Rule Changes
Player Safety
HEAL SLO
Cal Poly
Coaches Bag
AYSO Region 599
Vision Statement
To provide world class youth soccer programs that
enrich children’s lives
Mission Statement
To develop and deliver quality youth soccer
programs, which promote a fun, family
environment based on the AYSO Philosophies…
AYSO Philosophies:
Open Registration
Balanced Teams
Everyone Plays
Positive Coaching
Good Sportsmanship
Player Development
AYSO Team
KIDS
COACHES
Coach/Volunteer
Requirements:
Volunteer Application – Req’d to get Roster
Safe Haven
•www.aysotraining.org
•CVPA – Todd Cooper / June McIvor
Concussion Awareness Training
• Safety Director – Laurie Grauel
Age Appropriate Coach Training
•Can be completed online
•RCA – Maggie Browning
Training Opportunities
• Online Certification—Required
• Mustang Coach Mentoring Clinic: 9/7,
5:00-6:30, Bishop’s Peak Elem.
• AYSO Coach Manual
• Coach Mentors – Contact DC if
interested
• Coach Awareness
U6 Fields
Field Location
•Hawthorne—4 fields
•No Dogs
•Pick up trash
Field Setup – Will be set up by U5
Field Takedown – By Last Game on Each Field
•Take down & put away:
– Goals
– Corner flags
– Sponsor banner
•Lock Shed!
•Clean up all trash
Fields: Hawthorne
Home Team: Broad Street
U6 Schedule
Game Schedule – Coming in Early Sep
U8 Fields
Field Location - Damon Garcia
•No Dogs
•Pick up trash
Field C1, C2, C3, C4
•8 am teams set up field
•Goals & corner flags from trailer; set up
•Last teams on field – takedown, to trailer
•C1, C2 & C3: 1 pm game; C4: 11 am game
Fields: Damon Garcia
Home Team: Downtown / Broad Street
U8 Schedule
Game Schedule – Coming in Early Sep
Parking @ Damon Garcia
U6 Session
Game Schedule
• Session Start times: 11:30, 12:30 & 1:30*
AYSO National Coaching Program
• 30 min technical session
• 25 min game
Game:
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4 5-minute periods
5 min half time
3 v 3; no goalkeepers
Kick off determined by coach coin flip
1 or both coaches “officiate” – let them play!
Subs – no one plays full game until all play 3/4
Play of Game
Player Uniform Requirements
•Matching Uniforms (shirts/shorts/socks)
•Shoes & Shin Guards
•No Jewelry Allowed
•No Casts or Hard Splints/Braces
Soccer Ball (U6/U8 - Size 3)
•Game Ball Provided by Home Team
Substitutions
•Everyone Plays (3/4 before 4/4)
•Running Clock (U6=10 min Halves)
•Running Clock (U8=20 min Halves)
Referees—U8
•One Referee per match
•Each Team Provides 1 Ref Every Other Week
•Youth/New Referees Augment
Training Opportunities (No Cost)
•Basic Referee Online Course (BROC)
• www.aysotraining.org
•Full Basic Referee Certification:
• 9/8 @ 6pm – San Luis Business Center
•On-Field U8 Certification Training
• Sep 8 & 21 @ Damon Garcia – C4 (NML)
• Optional but highly recommended!
Rule Changes
RRA – Duane Hall
U8 Practice Fields
Permits (M-F, 3-7pm) – Keep them with you
•Bishop’s Peak (except CP clinic Mondays)
•Sinsheimer
•Los Ranchos (starting Oct 1)
•Pacheco
•Teach
•Hawthorne
•CL Smith* (M,W,F)
City Fields: Practice Okay—no permit
Damon Garcia / SLOHS / Taylor: NO PRACTICE
Give practice place and days to Division Coord.
Permits at ayso599.org; print & keep with you
EXPECT TO SHARE THE FIELD! PICK UP TRASH!
Team Management
• Contacting Players
• Parent Meeting
– Set the Tone!
– Distribute Paperwork
– Concussion forms
– Solicit Volunteers
• Team Parent
• Assistant Coach
– Snack Schedule
– Referee Responsibility (U8)
Team Management
(cont)
• Practice Schedule
– U8 only - Once a week (Coach’s choice)
– 45-60 minutes
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Shutterfly is No More 
Banners
Player Medical Release Forms
Year-end celebration / Recognition
Player Safety
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Goal Safety
Concussion Awareness
Insurance—Forms on ayso599.org
Incident Reports—Form on ayso599.org
Safety Director – Laurie Grauel
Partnership with
Heal SLO
Healthy Eating Active Living SLO
Cool water is best!
Healthy snacks – fruit is great option!
Partnership with
Cal Poly Soccer
Women’s Head Coach: Alex Crozier
Men’s Head Coach: Steve Sampson
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Coach Clinic Sep 7 @ Bishop’s Peak
AYSO at Cal Poly Women October 9
Mustang Player Clinics U10-14 only – Sorry!
Schedule Cards
Coach Bag :
Roster & Forms
Picture Packet
Cal Poly Scheds
Coach Bag
Uniforms
Balls (x3)
First Aid Kit
Cones
Ball pump
Coach Cap @ Roster Check on 1st Game Day
All yours to keep
THANK YOU FOR COACHING!
More Information:
Website: www.ayso599.org
Email: [email protected]
ayso.org
eayso.org
aysotraining.org
Thank you to our Premium Sponsors
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The Shanbrom Family
Woodstock’s Pizza
Central Coach Friday Night Lights Flag Football
Coastal Pediatric Dentistry, Dr. James Forester
San Luis Business Center
Kiwanis Club of San Luis Obispo
Ryan Harris, Harris Personal Injury Lawyers
Sunrun
J. Gibbs Realty, Inc.
John A. Freeman Orthodontics