• 2 Registered Adults:  Always have at least 2 registered adults at every practice or game (examples are coach, assistant coach, or team parent).  One should be the same gender as the group and present at all times.  For the protection of both the children and the volunteer, no volunteer should permit themselves to be alone with any child or group of children (except his or her own) during any AYSO-sponsored activities.
  
  
• AYSO Incident Report Form:  Report any illness or injuries requiring medical treatment, possible concussions, misconduct, AYSO property damage or loss, threats or lawsuits at any AYSO-sponsored event (practices or games).  An Incident Report Form is included in the coach folder and can be found on our website:  www.ayso870.org/safety/incident-report-form
  
  
• Kids Zone:  All AYSO-sponsored events are considered Kids Zones.  Support Kids Zones by reviewing the Coach, Player and Parent Codes of Conduct with your team members and families to help provide for a safe, fair, fun, and family-friendly environment or Safe Haven.
  
  
• Training and Certification:
  Online training and coaching manuals are for even age divisions.  In Region 870, we use odd age divisions (the only exception is 06U).  All age divisions require Safe Haven and CDC Concussion Training.

Soccer Division Information

How To Become Certified: 

1. If you haven’t yet, go to Sports Connect and register as a volunteer Head Coach or Assistant Coach. It will have you complete a background check through Sterling Volunteers (which is free, and WAY easier than it sounds) and will receive the email once your volunteer registration is completed. If you do not get this email please send a note to [email protected], and check your spam or junk email.
2. Log into Sports Connect, access may take up to 24 hours from completion of your volunteer registration.
3. Click on Volunteer, on the left hand side.
4. Click on gray AYSOU button below your name on the My Roles & Certificates page. This will take you to Training and Certification:

ETrainU:
5. Click on Training Library on left hand side and complete the Coaching Division Training.
6. Click on View Courses for Coaching in the Course Categories

• 6U Coach - Online
• 8U Coach - Online
• 10U Coaching - Online + In-Person Field Session
• 12U Coach (Online Part 1 + In-Person Course Part 2
• Intermediate Coach 14U Online Part 1 + In-Person Part 2
• AYSO - Advanced 16U - 19U Coach (Part 1 + Part 2)

7. Click on Enroll for the Divison + In-Person Companion Course (2 Part Bundle)
8. Once you are enrolled you can Start and take the courses and the Exam - if you stop and come back, you will find this course in your My Training folder in ETrainU where you can View what you have and have not completed for this course.

To Sign up for and complete the OnField Companion Course:

1. Log into Sports Connect.
2. Click on Volunteer, on the left hand side.
3. Click on gray AYSOU button below your name on the My Roles & Certificates page This will take you to ETrainU
4. Click on My Training and View for the (10U/12U/14U/16U-19U) Coach - Online + In-Person Companion Course (2 Part Bundle)
5. Click on Start for the (10U/12U/14U/16U-19U) Coach -In-Person Companion Course.
6. Click View Slides then Start then Click here to make your booking.
7. On the Training Event page scroll to desired training dates that are available. There may be multiple classes being offered, but you only need to enroll in one class.


To complete the Safe Haven and CDC Concussion trainings, you can follow these steps:

1. Log into your Training Library as in Steps 1-5 of the Coaching Course instructions.
2. Click on View Courses for Safe Haven in the Course Categories.
3. Click on Enroll for the AYSO’s Safe Haven – Online and CDC Concussion Awareness – Online trainings respectively.
4. Once your are enrolled, you may Start and take the courses and complete the exams.  Note:  if you stop and come back, you will find this course in your My Training folder in ETrainU where you can View what you have and have not completed for this course.


To Complete the Safe Sport training, you can follow these steps:

Note:  Safe Sport training is required for all adult volunteers, but NOT required for youth volunteers
1. Log into your Volunteer area as in Steps 1-3 of the Coaching Course instructions.
2. Click on SafeSport box.
3. Click on Renew and Update.
4. A screen will pop up where you will click on the “click HERE” link or copy and paste the URL into your browser to begin training. You may need to create a new account on the site in order to gain access.
5. Once you have completed the training you need to download and save your certificate so that you can upload it to your AYSO volunteer page.
6. To upload, complete Steps 1-4 again to produce the pop up, and click Upload.

1. Upon completion of the above courses, please send an email to our Coach Administrator so they can verify your training and let you know if there are any additional training opportunities available.

* To maintain the recommended adult to child supervision ratio of 1:8 or less; that is one adult for every eight or fewer children and two adults (one of whom may be the coach and one of whom should be of the same gender as the group) present at all times.  For the protection of both the children and the volunteer, no volunteer should permit himself or herself to be alone with any child or group of children (except his or her own) during AYSO-sponsored activities.