AYSO Job Description: Coach

Page Directory  Purpose  Specific Duties and Responsibilities  Qualifications and Desired Skills  Supervision Protocols  Time Commitment  Orientation, Training, Certification, and  Continuing Education Provided  Activity Locations

Purpose

The AYSO volunteer position of coach is intended to develop in players a positive image of themselves, their teammates, coaches, game officials, and opponents and provide a role model for players. Additionally, the coach will develop in his/her players the appropriate soccer skills as recommended in the AYSO coaching manuals.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

The coach is expected to:

Attend team organization night with the assistant coach before the season begins; Attend the age appropriate coaching course for training on how to coach or as a refresher on AYSO philosophy; Attend uniform/equipment distribution night prior to the season to receive team uniforms; Run one to two practices per week, develop the team line-ups for games, and attend regular and tournament games; Promote the AYSO philosophy; Cooperate with the regional coach administrator on all coaching matters; Support the age group coordinator; Distribute practice and game schedules to parents; Conduct a parent meeting; Teach age appropriate skills; Refrain from the use of insulting, embarrassing, foul or abusive language; Provide player evaluations to the age group coordinators at the end of the season; Carry out other team tasks as necessary; and Have FUN!

Qualifications and Desired Skills

To be considered for the position of coach, the applicant should:

Have reliable qualities; Attend training sessions before the season begins; and Be screened.

Supervision Protocols

While performing as the coach, the volunteer is:

Subject to the bylaws, regulations, policies, prodcedures, and guidelines of AYSO; Under the overall authority of and directly supervised by the regional coaching administrator, and supervised indirectly by the regional commissioner; and To maintain a recommended 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 volunteer, no volunteer should permit himself or herself to be alone with any child or group (except his or her own) during AYSO-sponsored activities.

Time Commitment

The anticipated time commitment for a coach is a full year. The estimated hours to fulfill duties by month shall be filled in by the regional coaching administrator.

Jan: Hrs Feb: Hrs Mar: Hrs Apr: Hrs May: Hrs Jun: Hrs     Jul: Hrs Aug: Hrs Sep: Hrs Oct: Hrs Nov: Hrs Dec: Hrs

Orientation, Training, Certification, and Continuing Education Provided

To prepare a volunteer for the position of coach, AYSO will offer the following educational opportunities. It is the duty of the volunteer to attend theses sessions.

Orientation with the regional coacing administrator; AYSO Safe Haven Coach Certification; Continuing edication; Training classes; Coach clinics; Referee clinics; and AYSO Safe Haven program.

Activity Locations

While performing the duties of coach, the volunteer is limited to the following locations unless otherwise expressly authorized in writing by the regional commissioner to hold activities in another location.

Assigned field locations; Assigned classroom locations; Regional meetings; The annual section meeting; Region sponsored events; and Independent work at home alone, in committees of adults, or in a properly supervised situation with children.