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NEW TO AYSO? WELCOME!!
If you are new to AYSO, visit our welcome page to see the AYSO Parent Orientation Video to help you learn mo re about AYSO and what parents and players can expect from becoming part of the AYSO family.

Extra program logo
AYSO Extra is a competitive soccer league designed to provide a more challenging level of play for those players in divisions U10-U14, who possess the appropriate interest, skills and abilities. Openings are still available in some Extra divisions, and tryouts will be held next Tues & Thurs. Check the AYSO Region 42 Extra Program homepage for details. Teams in the Extra league will be announced on or about June 3rd.

ONLINE TRAINING NOW AVAILABLE FOR VOLUNTEERS
AYSO National has launched a Online Certification & Training website for all registered volunteers. Currently, 6 courses are available:
     -Safe Haven for Referees
     -Safe Haven for Coaches
     -Basic Management
     -Treasurer 1
     -U-8 Coach
     -U-10 Coach
Additional courses are currently under development. The AYSO online training and certification courses will be developed over the next couple of years. Keep an eye out there to see if the course you are interested in is available.

In order to take any of the courses on the AYSO Training website, you must be registered with e•AYSO and have your AYSO ID number. Additional details are available at the AYSO Training website.


WHERE'S MY COACH?
The first day of games for the 2010 AYSO season is Saturday, September 11th. Some teams have been distributed to coaches, but some divisions are still working to find enough coaches for all the players we have. Because some coaches may be out of town on vacation or otherwise unavailable, some players may not have heard from their coaches yet. Please allow a couple more weeks to receive the call from your player's coach.

If your player is in U5 or U6, you may not hear from your coach until much closer to the start of the season since those divisions do not have practice/training sessions during the week and do not practice before the season starts.


UPCOMING REFEREE & COACHING CLINICS
AYSO offers free training and certification for referees and coaches to help ensure that games are fun, fair, safe, and a positive experience for every player. If you are planning to coach, assistant coach, or referee this upcoming season, or anytime in the future (certification does not expire), Region 42 is offering the courses you need.
click on any of the courses below for additional information.

COACHING CLINICS
A coach can be the most influential person in a child’s life. In AYSO, Positive Coaching is a fundamental philosophy because of the crucial role that a coach has. AYSO provides training and materials so that even a soccer novice can coach effectively by starting in the younger age divisions.
U6, U7/U8 & U10 COACHING CLINICS
Saturday, July 31st

ADVANCED COACHING CLINIC
Friday, August 6th - Sunday August 8th

REFEREE CLINICS
Referees are as critical to soccer as players and coaches. In AYSO, the game can’t be played if there aren’t enough referees. AYSO’s referee training is considered some of the best in the U.S. Previous soccer knowledge is NOT required. The AYSO referee training will give you all you need to know to have a terrific experience on the field, and to help ensure the game is fun, fair and safe for every player, coach and fan.
U8 REFEREE
Saturday, August 21

REGIONAL REFEREE
Friday, August 13th - Saturday, August 14th
or
Friday, August 27th - Saturday, August 28th

Additional information about AYSO Coaches and Referees
can be found at the AYSO National Website.


AYSO CAMPS
ARE COMING TO NEWBURY PARK
AYSO REGION 42 is proud to welcome AYSO CAMPS / UK INTERNATIONAL as the 2010 summer camp provider! Select which session you would like to register for:
    August 2-6, 2010 at Dos Vientos Park
Prices:
    $85, 4-5 year olds; 2 sessions, 9:00AM-10:30AM or 10:30AM-12:00PM
    $125 6-16 year olds 9AM-12PM
    $155, 8-16 year olds 9AM-3PM

  • SILENT SATURDAYS MAKE BETTER PLAYERS

    Why Sideline Screaming Can Stifle Your Child's Game  -   by mike woitalla
    Imagine you're undertaking a fairly difficult task: assembling a piece of furniture with hieroglyphic instructions, filling out IRS Form 4562 on April 14, or standing on the highest rungs of a ladder painting the crown moulding in your living room with 14-foot ceilings. Think it would help if someone yelled at you during the process? Of course not.


THANK YOU LETTERS FROM OUR TROOPS
30th Naval Construction Regiment Thank you to all the teams that contributed items for Care Packages sent to the troops overseas. We have begun to receive "Thank You!" e-mails and letters from the troops that received the care packages, and they are all very thankful for the items that were sent.

Please take a look at the e-mails and photos that we have received so far so you can see the impact you've had!

NO SOCCER PARKING IN
NEIGHBORHOODS AT PEPPERTREE
risk of losing our permits to play at peppertree
As a condition of our permits to use Peppertree Playfields, we must be respectful of the homeowners and cannot allow soccer parking on the residential streets in the neighborhood adjacent to the park. Because of a situation a couple of weeks ago involving our No Parking signs in the neighborhood, we have not been able to put up our signs. We hope to have them there again in the next week or two.

With or without the signs in place though, if people continue to park in the neighborhood, we are in jeopardy of losing our permits to play soccer at Peppertree Playfields! We realize that parking is a challenge at Peppertree, but we must ask that everyone please be good soccer neighbors and do not park in the neighborhood.

REGION 42 ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
In the past years, Region 42 has witnessed incidents where coaches and/or spectators questioned the calls of referees, requiring referees to stop matches in order to deal with the situation. We even had an incident where a youth referee was verbally abused. These incidents have prompted us to remind everyone that Region 42 has a long standing, zero tolerance policy prohibiting such behavior.

Please take a few moments to review the Region 42 Zero Tolerance policy.


AYSO Region 42 annually renews the permits needed to use our fields for our events.  This includes all events - games, practices, picture day, etc. - and all fields - Peppertree, Dos Vientos, and other areas used for practices. There are two conditions of these permits that we need your help with:

no dogs at events:

While neighbors around our fields may walk their dogs around the park's paths, no dogs may be near the fields themselves. This is not only part of our permit conditions, but is also for the safety of our players. A few seasons ago one of our players, as he ran to retrieve a ball, was bitten by a normally docile dog with no history of aggression. To help ensure the safety of our players, referees may stop play until the dog has left the field area. So please, no dogs at the fields.

no parking on residential streets:

At Peppertree Fields, please be sure you and any of your guests at games do not park on the nearby residential streets. This is not only part of being a Good Neighbor, but is a condition of our field permits as well.




QUICK LINKS
Extra Program
Registration for Fall
Region 42 on Facebook
Peppertee Parking Issues
Letters from the troops




REMINDER: NO PETS OF ANY KIND PERMITTED AT ANY AYSO EVENT
While neighbors around our fields may walk their pets around the park's paths, no pets of any kind may be near the fields themselves. This includes but is not limited to: dogs, cats, gerbils, hamsters, dragons, lizards, and birds. This is not only part of our permit conditions, but is also for the safety of our players. A few seasons ago one of our players, as he ran to retrieve a ball, was bitten by a normally docile dog with no history of aggression. To help ensure the safety of our players, referees may stop play until the dog has left the field area. So please, no pets at the fields.


ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST REGISTER AT E•AYSO
All volunteers, please go to the e•AYSO website and complete your registration for the upcoming season. Even if you volunteered in the past you must complete, print, and sign a new registration form each and every year.

Please get your form submitted ASAP. You will not be registered as a volunteer until our CVPA (Child and Volunteer Protection Advocate) enters your Pre-Registration form into the National AYSO database. At that time, new volunteers will be issued an AYSO ID number. If you are not registered, you are not eligible to participate in AYSO activities.

AYSO is run by volunteers; coaches, assistant coaches, teams parents, referees, region board members, and more...they're all volunteers! If you are filling one of these roles you MUST register as a volunteer using e•AYSO: AYSO's online registration tool.