Seattle Youth Soccer Association. SPRING Soccer First Year and New. Coaches Meeting

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1 Seattle Youth Soccer Association SPRING Soccer 2017 First Year and New Coaches Meeting

2 SYSA Spring Soccer 2017 Welcome and Introductions Who Is SYSA? Spring Soccer Information Game Day Operations Registration Scheduling Questions and Answers

3 SYSA Spring Soccer Team SYSA Volunteer Board Members Steve Kuhn, President (Woodland Club) Dave Funke, VP Operations (Mt Baker Club) Corey McNamee, VP Rec Development (Ballard) SYSA Staff Members Paige Blomso, Registrar Jessica Beckton, Assistant Registrar Anne Bare, Assistant Registrar Phoebe Russell, Field & Game Scheduler Ken Sloan, Spring Soccer Coordinator Andy Westmark, Volunteer Recruiter

4 Seattle Youth Soccer Association Established in neighborhood clubs, Seattle United Nonprofit, 501c3, as well as its clubs Board of Commissioners; 7 elected board officers; small staff; volunteer driven U6-9 fall play organized by clubs SYSA organizes fall Citywide League at U10 U19, and Spring Soccer at U6-19 Fall City Tournament, U10 Jamborees Training; oversight; liaison to WYS, SSRA, field providers

5 Spring Soccer It s Different Than Fall Soccer!! No practices or fields, only Sunday games; limited by field availability Small-sided games at older ages Creative use of field space More touches on the ball Let the game be the teacher De-emphasize winning and losing Age restrictions do still apply

6 Starting and Ending on Time: The 5 Minute Rule All games start on the hour, run 50 minutes, 5-minute half time All games must end 5 minutes before the hour Please respect the teams that come after you by ending on time Help us make this system work; suggestions online

7 Refereeing Spring Soccer Games No designated, trained referees We suggest you and the other team's coach, one half each Also a parent, or a sibling who is a referee Know the basic spring rules for your age group (e.g., the offside rule begins at U10) We will use some games for referee training in conjunction with Seattle Soccer Referees Assoc.

8 U8 and U9 Rules No heading No offside Goalkeepers at both U8 and U9 Build Out Line (BOL) rules: -- Instructional purpose: build out play from the back -- Use mid field line as the BOL -- Defenders behind BOL when keeper has the ball -- No goal kicks; no punting -- Keepers pass, roll or throw ball out -- Play resumes once ball is out

9 Roster Sizes and Field Players Age Group Recommended Roster Size Maximum Roster Size Field Players Inc. Goal Keeper U (no goalie) U (no goalie) U U U U11 U

10 Field Setup Lower Woodland #2 for U6s and U7s Garfield HS for U8s Most U10 and older game fields are set up across the width of the field Goal setup crews Some U9 games indoor at Arena Sports Magnuson

11 Field Setup U6 and U7 fields at Lower Woodland #2: Setup crews will put out goals and cones U8 fields at Garfield HS: Setup crews will put out goals and cones Field numbering chart on web site Older ages, please check the web site for field configurations

12 U8 Fields at Garfield HS 25 th Ave East NE 1 E 2 SE 3 NW 4 W 5 SW 6 Garfield HS Building

13 U6 and U7 Fields at Lower Woodland #2 South U6 Parking Lot U U6 North

14 Goal Setup and Safety Please do not move goals Never let players hang on or play on the goals Goal safety requires all goals must be secured during play Contact us with any problems (contact info at end of presentation)

15 2017 Game Field Locations Arena Sports Magnuson; synthetic; U9 Lower Woodland 2; synthetic; U6, U7 BF Day Elementary; grass; U9, U10 McGilvra Elementary; synthetic; U10 East Queen Anne (Little Howe); grass; U9 Rainier Beach Comm. Ctr; grass; U11+ Eckstein Find directions to Middle all fields at sysa.org School; synthetic; U11+ Salmon Bay School; synthetic; U10 Franklin High School; synthetic; U11+ Shoreline Center A/B; synthetic; U11+ Garfield High School; synthetic; U8 Van Asselt Elem.; synthetic; U9, U10 Hillwood Park; grass; U9, U10 Whitman Middle Sch.; synthetic; U11+ Interbay Stadium; synthetic; U11+

16 Thanks to Our Field Providers Seattle Parks Shoreline Parks Seattle Public Schools Shoreline Public Schools Arena Sports Magnuson

17 Paige Blomsø, SYSA Registrar Jessica Beckton and Anne Bare, Assistant SYSA Registrars David Funke, SYSA VP Operations

18 Fall Team Registration Spring team does not affect fall team Registrars in each club make all decisions about fall team makeup Must avoid team building like a select team

19 Registration Rules All players must be registered All coaches must be RMA cleared Medical Release/Waiver form required Welcome new players to your team!!

20 Registration Procedures Clean up rosters now. For U6-U8 issues, contact Jessica at For U9 and U10 issues, contact Anne at For U11 and older issues, contact Paige at Please include team name, age, and gender in the subject line. It helps us process s much faster!

21 Adding Players Registrar can add any current SYSA player to your team with first name, last name, and birth date (a current SYSA player is one who played for an SYSA club or team in Fall 2016). Please keep your rosters current, especially when adding players to your team after the season begins. Players who did not play SYSA in the fall 2016: These players must be added by the registrar once a birth certificate is presented. All rosters will be complete by Monday, March 27, 2017.

22 Viewing Your Roster in Affinity Follow these instructions to view your roster in the Affinity registration software. There instructions are also on the Spring Soccer web page. 1. Click this link: and log in to your member account page using the user login button on the left-side menu. 2. On your member account page, hover over your profile box and click view details to access your information (this box will be outlined in red once you click). 3. Scroll down, and open the Teams tab. 4. For the Fall 2016/17 team, on the right side, click the Team Info button to open the team page. 5. Select the Team Roster tab to open the official roster and review.

23 Coach and Volunteer RMA All coaches and team volunteers: -must have current RMA clearance -must be listed on the team roster in Affinity Anyone listed on the team roster in Affinity has RMA clearance (since you can not add volunteers to the roster until the application is submitted and clearance received). All new team coaches and volunteers must complete their RMA application at this link (see the SYSA Spring Soccer Coaches web page):

24 Arena Sport Magnuson Fields Some U9 games on two indoor synthetic fields Free Arena Sports membership for all players Registration and waiver forms online before first game No molded cleats on indoor fields Details to come on SYSA web site, in

25 Phoebe Russell, SYSA Field & Game Scheduler

26 Scheduling Constraints Over 585 teams Coaches of multiple teams Church Individual requests Field/goal combinations

27 Rescheduling Adding games Moving games Teams added late Doubleheaders Correcting errors

28 Questions & Answers Please always include team name, age, gender, and ID number in any subject line TYPE OF QUESTION CONTACT CONACT INFORMATION U6-8 TEAM REGISTRATION Jessica Beckton U11+ TEAM REGISTRATION Paige Blomso U9-10 TEAM REGISTRATION Anne Bare GAME SCHEDULES Phoebe Russell GAME DAY PROBLEMS Fields, goals, locks, etc Ken Sloan COACH, PLAYER TRAINING Corey McNamee GENERAL Ed D Alessandro execdir@sysa.org