AYSO Extra Program Parent Orientation Meeting

Welcome! Congratula0ons and welcome to EXTRA Your player earned this opportunity!

Extra What is it? Section 10 administered program started in 2010 Region 68 fielded 4 teams in its first Extra season For Fall 2015 Region 68 is fielding 9 teams Designed to provide an alternative to the fall season for the most skilled players Structured to provide a club soccer experience at an affordable cost

Extra Program Philosophies Extra teams must comply with the six philosophies Everyone Plays 3/4 game or equal play mandate Balanced Teams Open Registra0on Open tryouts Posi0ve Coaching Good Sportsmanship Player Development Differences from club soccer Minimum playing 0me 1/2 or equal play Posi0ve coaching Good sportsmanship

Region 68 Extra Program Staff Regional Commissioner Tim Azbel Region Extra Program Coordinator Guy Lockwood Extra Coach/Player Development Bob Dawson Extra Team Manager Coordinator Gina Moyé Extra Referee Coordinator James Bjordahl Extra Referee Scheduler Kevin Churchill

Extra Program Coaches Boys BU9 Scott Weisse BU10 David French BU11 Michael Caron BU12 Aaron Trahan

Extra Program Coaches - Girls GU9 - Matt Pizza GU10 - Brian Stouch Gu11 - Jim Moyé GU12 - Nathan Cuellar GU13 - Nathanael Price

Extra Program Fees Additional fees cover Uniform upgrade, second jersey & second pair of socks Upgraded coach shirts League and League Cup entry fees Entry fees for 2 tournaments Moorpark Tune-Up Tournament plus Camarillo Cup

Extra Rosters Division Format Min. Max. U9/U10 7 v 7 9 10 U11/U12 9 v 9 11 12 U13/U14 11 v 11 14 15 No Guest Players, No Alternates Players unable to participate further with an Extra Team may only be replaced until Opening Day. For these reasons, players who want to play both AYSO & club should decline playing Extra

Extra Program Calendar Practice started Aug. 1 Game Schedule posted to website Aug. 29 Preseason tournaments Moorpark Tune-Up Aug. 22-23 Camarillo Cup Sept. 5-6 League play begins Sept. 12

Extra Program Calendar (cont.) League play ends Nov. 8 Goal is to play equal number of home and away games Most games will be on Saturday Attempt to minimize Sunday games Section Championship Nov. 15, Bakersfield Western State Games, Section 1 March 19-20 (tent.)

2015 Sec0on 10 Circuit

Parent Participation Teams participating in the Extra Program will be expected to meet the same Parent Participation requirements as a fall league team at their age level, including Referee requirements. Goal is to have 80% of families involved in the Extra program volunteering within the Region.

Support to Region It is our goal that the families par0cipa0ng in the EXTRA Program support the Region as a volunteer in some capacity o Coach (EXTRA or fall league) o Asst. Coach (EXTRA or fall league) o Team Parent (EXTRA or fall league) o Referee o Board Member (Div. Coordinator, Strawberry Cup staff) o Pain0ng, Field Monitor, Extra Cup staff, etc Note: Volunteer assignments will be posted before the start of the season

Referees Each EXTRA team must iden0fy two referees who will sign up to referee (fall league or home EXTRA) games for their team. There is an expecta0on that referees will con0nue training to keep badge level equivalent to their team s game level requirements.

Sideline E0que`e Parents Cheer for the players. Do not coach Players Do not talk to or yell at Referees. Do not talk to or say nega0ve things to opponents Cheer for opposing players. Coaches Coach Players Do not - talk to or yell at Referees. Keep it posi0ve and fun.

Camarillo Cup Labor Day weekend (Sat. & Sun. only) Sept. 5-6 No entry fee for Region 68 teams Profits support EXTRA program All families will be expected to volunteer 6-9 hours that weekend

Addi0onal League Informa0on The Sec0on 10 website has links to: EXTRA policies and guidelines Schedules Standings Field Loca0ons Calendar http://aysosection10.org/, select EXTRA tab

Questions? Guy Lockwood lockwoodbrothers@msn.com