Be assured that getting these AYSO certifications is easy. It's not traffic school. The instrutors are entertaining, most of the training takes place out on the field, you run around, get a nice little work-out, and leave fired up, ready to pass the things you've learned on to your new team.
In general, getting your basic certifications is easy, fun, and just a good thing for everyone to do. Its good for the players, the Region and AYSO!!
But certifications are also required in certain situations. Here's the really important part: If you are coaching U-10 or above, and your team wins our regional playoff's, you must have your AYSO certifications in order to continue to coach that team at the Area and Sectional tournaments. This is true for All-Stars as well.
For example, let's say you're a coach, and you work hard and get a great set of kids and end up having a great season. In October time frame, we have play-offs. And let's say you work even harder, and ta-da! Your team ends up in first or second place! Congratulations, your team just won the right to move on and represent Region 1282 in the Area R play-off tournment! This tournament is tons of fun for the kids, and in the past, teams from our region have faired very well, allowing them to move on to the Sectional tournament.
....except, you didn't bother to attendend one of the AYSO certification training courses offered back in July or August.
Guess what? Either your team stops right there and forfeits their spot in the tournament, or you find another coach in our region who does have the certification, and you get to sit on the side lines and watch as he or she coaches your team.
Now for the good news. You can get your U-6, your U-8, and your U-10, or your U-12 done and taken care of in a single Saturday.
UDPATED: La Costa held our trainig session on July 11th and it was a big success. If you missed it, there are still opportunities to take the training though another local AYSO region.
San Marcos is offering the combined u-6, u-8, u10, and u-12 on July 18th and August 1st. To sign up, go to http://www.eayso.com/. You should already be registered as a eAYSO volunteer, so log in. Otherwise, sign up as a volunteer now. once signed in, press the blue "volunteers" button. Press the "sign up for a course" button. Put "San Marcos" in the city field, and select "Search." This will bring up a list of all their courses. Sign up for U-6. Rinse and repeat for U-8 and U-10. Yes, the website makes you repeat the steps for each one. But please sign up for all three. If you're going to attend the U-12, you can just sign up for the one.
Here's the scheduling details they provide off their web site:
- 7/18/2009 9:00 AM -3:00 PM - Coach Clinic #1 Walnut Grove - South
- 8/1/2009 9:00 AM -3:00 PM - Coach Clinic #2 Walnut Grove - North
NOTE: You also have the option of taking the training in any other Section. (Santee, Orange Country, South Bay...etc. ) ; although not all regions offer the 1 day combined certifications. You can find these courses on the http://www.eayso.com/ web site by searching on section "11."
Intermediate and Advanced certifications: U-14 and above.
The next levels of training after Basic are Intermediate and Advanced. These courses are taken seperately, and are two days long. but just like the Basic courses, they are fun, informative and valuable. I've yet to talk to any coach who went through these courses and regretted it. There's a ton of information provided, and should be taken by anyone who wants to get the most out of coaching.
U-14 coaches must have their Intermediate to play teams outside of our region. U-16 and above are required to have their advanced. See your DC or the training coordinator for more info.
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