Upcoming 2009 season Information:

1) Mandatory Coach meetings (need to attend one of the following; team rosters, equipment will be handed out and fall season notes will be discussed):

• Aug. 16 (Sunday) - Time 6pm – 9pm (We have changed the date from Aug. 15, Saturday, to the Aug. 16, Sunday)
• Aug. 18 (Tuesday) - Time 6pm – 9pm
• Aug. 22 (Saturday) - Time 6pm – 9pm

 

2) Coaches, if you have not already turned in your volunteer application forms, please bring two completed copies to one of the above coach meetings

  (please do not mail them; AYSO personel will need to check these in person). For further details, see volunteer page.

 

3) Coaches:

• If you have taken the Safe Haven coach training more then five years ago, please take a refresher online at the eyso website (you'll need to login with your ID).
• OR you are welcome to take one of our local Safe Haven courses, see training page)

 

4) Coaches:

• Can contact their players starting Aug. 16th.
• Can start their first practice starting Aug. 17th.
• First fall game will be on Aug. 29th (no game on Sept. 5).

 

5) Coaches, see the latest Coach Training Handout which covers:

• Soccer Injuries
• Injury Incidence
• Training warm up to reduce injury risk and improve physical performance
• Warm-up Plan (including Body Posture and Movement Mechanics)

SAFE HAVEN: All coaches are required to attend a "Safe Haven" class.

Please see the Safe Haven page for upcoming Safe Haven clinics.

1. Who needs to attend "safe haven"?
All coaches who plan to participate in any AYSO season must take the "Safe Haven" training before they can be assigned a team. Safe Haven is a short (2 hr) overview of child safety and protection issues and AYSO philosophy intended to provide a safe coaching/playing environment. It is also now an insurance requirement under AYSO national policies. Coaches not attending a Safe haven class will not be covered by AYSO's insurance policy. You only have to take this one time, as long as you complete the course.

2. Who is REQUIRED to attend a meeting, just certain divisions?
All division coaches will be required to attend a safe haven class, although not necessarily the one in which their division clinic is offered. Additionally older division coaches (e.g., U14 and up) who may have already completed the beginning and/or intermediate and/or advanced clinics will still need to attend a safe haven class, but will not need to repeat the coaching clinic portion.

E-Mail List

The best way to keep up to date with information regarding coaching in Davis AYSO is to subscribe to the AYSO-Coaches email listserver. To subscribe to the List, visit the AYSO-coaches listserver web page.

Newpaper Reporting Guidelines

For U8 games and above, the Davis Enterprise will run scores in Thursday's Youth Sports roundup. For Fall AYSO, they don't want narrative (Bob took a long high pass from Bill, and bicycle-kicked the ball past the outstretched arms of the goalkeeper). They want very short key items. Please use the following template and email it to sports@davisenterprise.net.

They will recognize team names if both teams submit a game report and they will merge the info. You don't need to coordinate with another team on this. The Enterprise prints results by division and gender. It would look like this:

First, preface your email subject as the following example:

Youth Sports: AYSO: Boys: U12: Titans vs Cyclones

This way, the editor can spot whether both teams submitted a result. You are
welcome to appoint a parent to coordinate enterprise reporting with another
parent for the other team so that only one email covers the game.

Identify each stat with the initial of the team in parenthesis.

Example, if you are the U14B Titans:

U14 Boys
Cyclones 3, Titans 2
Goals: (T) Alvarez , Johnson
Assists (T) Smith
Outstanding defense (T): Barrow, Sabatier, Hawkins

Do not submit U6 scores. They won't be accepted. Try to work all kids in over the course of of few weeks if possible. Surely Jimmy played good defense at some point. You don't need to report game results. It's just an option. Don't add anything else. It takes too much time for the sports editor to weed out "shocking", and "tremendous comeback", from the scores. The purpose is to let a kid see their name in the paper and be proud of participating in recreational soccer.

Regarding blow-outs - it would be better sportsmanship to not report the score that week, but if you do, being a minimalist is the best sportsmanship.

Note how the example mentioned 6 kids. Don't try to mention every single player for every game, but try to cover all players within 3 games.

City/School Policy on Use of School Fields...

Finding an appropriate place for your team to hold a practice can be a difficult thing sometimes. There are often too many teams, from too many different sports, competing for the small number of fields that are available in Davis. Please note that it is important that everyone share what is available. We must all get along together!

Note, however, that any organized school group has priority over the use of school fields. If you are asked to vacate a school field by an official or school coach, you must do so. The following items are excerpted from the official document supplied to AYSO and all sports groups by the city Parks and Community Services department - "School/City Policies Related to Use of School Fields for Practices and Games":

• School teams have priority for use of school fields for practices or games.

• A school field used for a school’s team sport may not be reserved for community groups before 5:00 p.m. during the school team’s season, unless the school team has an away game.

• If a field is not reserved by the School District, community groups may use school fields for practice on a first-come, first serve basis. Community groups are expected to vacate the field if requested to do so by a School District official or School District coach.

• If a community group does not vacate a School District field when asked to do so by a School District coach or School District official, the community group is subject to discipline. The discipline may include, but is not limited to, prohibiting the community group coach and/or team from using both school district and city field(s) for a specified period of time, such as the rest of the school year and the next school year; and/or cancellation of school or city field reservations for games and/or practices.

• Schools may declare fields out of play for upcoming special events or for maintenance or repair by notifying the community group two weeks in advance, or in the case of poor weather conditions, without notice if the school posts that field use is a prohibited at the field(s).

• Fire lanes must not be blocked by parked cars at any time.

• Cars and other motorized vehicles are not allowed on campuses, except in official parking lots. Official parking lots are only those areas where parking places have painted stripes designating parking spaces. Exceptions to this policy may be made in rare situations where compelling reasons are provided. Exceptions must be approved in writing.

• All fields and premises will be left in the best condition possible after use.
  

2008 New Advance Coaches

2007 Golden Gate Camp Participants

    Davis AYSO would like to recognize the following Davis volunteers for taking time away from their busy lives in order to advance their soccer knowledge for the benefit of our region. The following individuals attended the annual AYSO Golden Gate Camp at Saint Mary's College in Moraga on July 13-15. Golden Gate Camp, http://www.section2.org/goldenga.htm, is AYSO's Section 2's instructional retreat for referees and coaches. Training is provided in Intermediate and Advance Coaching courses, and Intermediate, Advance and National Referee courses. In addition, both Coach and Referee Instructor courses, and Referee Assessor training are also offered. Courses can run from ½ a day to a full 2 days beginning on Friday afternoon and ending on Sunday. This annual camp is open to all Davis AYSO volunteers with approval of the Regional Commissioner. We recognize that the better we can train our volunteers the better soccer program we can offer the kids of the community. Davis AYSO reimburses the registration fee for the camp, and travel expenses. If you are interested in attending next year's camp (July 2008), contact your Referee Administrator (refereeadmin@davisayso.net) or Coach Administrator (coachadmin@davisayso.net).

 

    Davis AYSO thanks the following individuals for their participation at the camp in 2007.

Advance Referee Course:

Bruce Hartsough, Neil Hershberger, JP Marie, Jim McFarland, Jeff Pelz, Rene Tsang

National Referee Course:

Steve Culberson, Mike Goodison, Trevor Hershberger, Jan Hopmans, Artie Lawyer

Referee Assessor Course:

Allan Crow

Intermediate Coach Course:

Stan Dean

Advance Coach Course:

John Renger, Matt Ream (Matt took the Advanced last year and just returned from the National Coaching Course, six days of intense training at Chapman College in Southern California).

Coach Instructor Course:

Carlos Morales

Special Recognition goes to our local Davis AYSO volunteers who attended the Camp as Instructors:

Jock Hamilton, Lead Instructor, Advance Coach Course; Tom Engel, Assistant Instructor, Advance Coach Course; Ron Unger, Assistant Instructor, Intermediate Coach Course