Age-Specific Training:
AYSO has announced important steps to ensure that every AYSO child has the best possible soccer learning experience. Coaches and assistant coaches in every division in every AYSO Region are required to have AYSO’s age appropriate training and AYSO Safe Haven certification when they take the field. The policy was approved and adopted by the National Board of Directors at their July 2009 meeting and is supported by the National Coaching Advisory Commission.
Online courses are available on AYSOU:
- Go to AYSO U from the Sports Connect “Volunteer” section, click on “Training Library” and view the courses under the “Coaching” category.
- Enroll in your age-specific coaching class (eg: 6U Coach – Online)
Note: for our U7 division you’ll want to take the “8U” class. That will cover you for next year as well.
These are some older Coach Manuals designed for coaches who have attended the age-appropriate coach certification course. That said, even if you have not attended the age-appropriate coach certification course, you are welcome and encouraged to download and read these manuals.
National Coach Manual(all ages)
The Coach and Referee courses offered and the requirements to attend them are listed below. Please please pass this information on to your registered volunteers accordingly.
Before attending a course, each volunteer must be a registered AYSO volunteer for the current year, must access AYSOU.org and must have completed AYSO’s online Safe Haven and the CDC Concussion courses which are located in the AYSOU.org“Online Courses” section.
Volunteers planning to attend should register as soon as possible for their training course(s) which are already setup in the AYSOU In-Person Courses section. This will help us in planning and ordering course materials needed in time for each course. Due to system limitations, volunteers who have not registered as a volunteer or have not logged into AYSOU at least one time cannot register for a course and cannot receive credit for any course attended until they do so. How to register for one of our In-Person courses in AYSOU is described in detail in the Post Script at the end of this email in case any volunteers need this information.
Please advise all your volunteers planning to attend that they must arrive at least 15 minutes early to check-in and be seated in the classroom before the start of their chosen course(s) and pass its test at the end of the course in order to earn course credit. No exceptions!
It’s recommended that experienced coaches who have already attended their appropriate coaching course(s) should also attend the corresponding Referee course appropriate for the age group they are coaching. Reason: Most coaches don’t know and have not read all the current Laws of the Game as they apply to the age group that they are coaching until they do take and pass the corresponding referee course and test. And after completing a ref course, they can better teach the game to their players.
Thank you for all you do for your coaches and referees for the benefit of your AYSO youth soccer players and their parents!
How to register for an In-Person course in AYSOU: Registered Volunteers need to login to AYSOU.org (https://aysou.org/Home.aspx) using their same userid and password as they use to log into their home AYSO Region in Sports Connect (formerly Blue Sombrero):
1. On the “Home” red menu bar line, select “In-Person Courses”, and then Open for Coach Instructor Led Courses” or “Referee Instructor Led Courses.
2. Next, select “OPEN” for the appropriate 6U, 8U, 10U, 12U Coach or “Regional Referee Online Companion Course”. Then select its “Sessions” button.
3. Locate the entry for our “Area 3/T Super Camp…” Sept 10th courses.
4. Select its blue course title which will display the course date, time, other details that attendees need to know, what they get and actions required of them.
5. Next, select the Register button to the right side of the course title line to register for the course. When done, Registered will be displayed in place of Register and they you are finished.