AYSO COACHING REQUIREMENTS
FALL 2009 / SPRING 2010 
How to Sign Up

Fill out the Chappaqua AYSO Coaching Request Form.  This will help us assign your request to the appropriate division coordinator(s).

     Fill out eAYSO Volunteer form – fill out on line at www.eAYSO.org, sign and send two copies to David Perlmutter – AYSO CVPA, 4 West Red Oak Lane, Suite 105, White Plains, NY 10604.  All volunteers must be registered in the eAYSO database.

Coaching Requirements

     Safe Haven - AYSO Safe Haven and some of the age appropriate courses are  offered in the area during the summer.  Safe Haven teaches the basics of working with children under the guidelines of the Child and Volunteer Protection Act.  Volunteers must complete Safe Haven to be covered by AYSO’s supplemental insurance.  The courses can be taken on-line, but only as a last resort, as AYSO’s National Coaching Commission strongly prefers that the Safe Haven class be taken from a certified instructor rather than online.

    AYSO Age Appropriate Certification – offered in the area during the summer.  These classes teach coaching basics, including lots of fun practice games to play with your team.  AYSO requires that an age appropriate coaching class be completed every 2 years, as your child ages through the program.  SuperCamp in August, is a great opportunity to improve your coaching skills, with courses taught by AYSO’s national coaching staff.  If you can’t make SuperCamp, there will be other training opportunities in September.  Anyone taking the on line age appropriate certification course must also take the field component of the course to achieve certification.

    NYSCA – The Town of New Castle requires all coaches and assistant coaches to take the National Youth Sports Coaching Alliance certification classes.   For uncertified coaches, this requires taking to online courses, the Introduction to Coaching Youth Sports course and the Coaching Youth Soccer Course.  For coaches NYSCA certified in another sport, only the soccer specific discussion is required.  These courses are found by following the appropriate link at this web address: www.nays.org/nyscaonlineclinics_secure/  .  There is a nominal fee that you’ll have to pay online to take the course. 

    Background Check –  In the spring of 2005, the Town of New Castle instituted a mandatory background check for all coaches and assistant coaches.  The background check consent form is available on line at www.chappaquaayso.org on the forms page.   Send the form to the New Castle Department of Parks and Recreation, 200 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY 10514.  If you already filled out the form for another sport then you do not have to do it again for soccer.   Background checks must be repeated every four years. 

    We’ll provide information via e mail and the www.chappaquaayso.org website on when and where classes are             offered.  

    For additional information on coaching or assistance in signing up for courses, contact our Regional Coach Coordinator Scott Krase at skrase@ohpny.com

    Thanks for volunteering to coach.  We appreciate the time that you dedicate to fulfilling these requirements and to coaching.  If there is anything we can do to help, let us know.

    Here are some great online coaching resources:

           Chappaqua AYSO Handbook for Coaches (2005-06 edition – please send recommended updates to
           Scott Krase at skrase@ohpny.com )

         www.aysohelp.org
         www.bytesizecoaching.com Username: chapayso  Password: horace72
         www.eteamz.com
         www.nays.org  
         www.joesoccer.com

If you’ve found other sites that you like, please let us know!