Volunteers Needed
We are Currently Looking for these Several Key Positions to Help Make this season an Awesome Year for Our Kids
Volunteer Registration Instructions
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Division Coordinators (All Ages) - Are you super organized? Good with people? Division Coordinators work prior to the sesason start to help us find coaches for our teams, contacting parents via phone and email. Then when the season starts, they help their coaches with questions and getting information out to them quickly. If you think you'd be a good fit as a Coordinator, WE NEED YOU!
U4/U5 Academy Assistants - Are you super organized? Are you good with people? Do you enjoy working with 3 and 4 year olds or perhaps have a 3/4 year old starting out in soccer? Our U4/U5 Academy Director needs a couple of assistants, one for each academy. You'll assist with the administrative side of managing the programs and you'll help out on Saturday mornings with the sessions making sure parents know where they need to go and making sure to give lots of high fives to the excited 3 and 4 year olds and more! Positions may eventually take over as Academy Directors. Interested?
U4/U5 Master Coaches - Are you an upbeat person with an outgoing personality that doesn't mind being in front of a large group of people? Do you know how to relate to 3 and 4 year olds, comfortable being silly to get them involved? Are you an Advanced level Coach, or willing to be come one? Our U4/U5 program needs additional Master Coaches! You'll help run the Saturday morning sessions (typically 3 session each Saturday) with our U4 & U5 Academy players, leading the team coaches for U5 and leading the parents for U4 in fun soccer activities gear to the youngest of our soccer players. MUST BE COMFORTABLE IN FRONT OF A LARGE GROUP! Are you interested in this truly rewarding volunteer position?
Field Mgmt Coordinators - Are you a people person? Able to keep up in a fast paced environment? Our Field Staff helps run the information tent at each of the three parks we run during our soccer seasons. You'll help check in coaches, referees and answer questions from parents and players. You'll show team tent duty volunteers what to do to help you out and you'll be the face many of the parents and players will remember. Think you'd make a good fit as a Field Mgmt Coordinator? WE NEED YOU!
Referee Staff - Every team needs three referees in order to fulfill their referee requirements to participate in season end tournaments. We also need Staff Referees who are able and willing to increase their training/referee level and help fill in games that require staff referees and fill in when team referees aren't available to cover games. WE NEED YOU! Check the referees page for referee class dates or for Staff
Coaching Staff - You don't need to have played soccer before to be a Coach for AYSO! You just need a positive attitude and a love for enriching children's lives! We provide the training, support and assistance you need. WE NEED YOU!
& SO MUCH MORE
Where do I Fit In?
We always need volunteers at the team level, division level and at the regional level. Take a look at these positions, select the one that suits you and volunteer! We have the training and support you need to have a great time enjoying soccer with your child. Some of the positions involve getting out in the fresh air, and they are marked "Active." Other equally important tasks can be done from the comfort of home; they are marked "Administrative." Each position also includes an estimate of the time commitment and trainig required. If you'd like to help out, but you don't see a position that's right for you, contact the Commissioner, and they'll help you find a way to contribute.
Assistant Coach
If you don't have time to be a head coach, then become an assistant coach! We need assistant coaches. Skill and tactical coaching is more effective if players can be divided into smaller groups. Coaches may not be available at some practices or games. If there is no assistant coach, there will be no practices and no games when the coach is away. No experience or soccer skills are required – just be willing to come and have fun with the kids.
Training
AYSO Child/Volunteer Protection training (online) course, and a coach course (see coach clinics).
Time Commitment
Attend practices and assist coach as needed. Practice time depends on age group, from 35 minutes to 3 hours per week during the season.
Coach
We have 100s of teams play every fall and spring in Region 37 AYSO. That means we need a lot of coaches. As a coach you will motivate, congratulate, teach, encourage, drill, console, strategize, lead, and mentor a small group of children or young adults. Even if you have no soccer experience, AYSO will help teach you the principles of the game and how to coach kids to have fun and learn soccer. You'll learn about the game and you'll likely love it so much you'll become a coach next year.
The rewards come in the form of watching the kids have fun at a game or practice, and watching their individual skills and teamwork improve. There is also a great sense of accomplishment when you reach the end of a season and look back and see how far the team has come.
And for those who have "serious" jobs, there is no better way to regain your perspective than to watch a bunch of 7-year-olds at practice.
Training
Coaches need to complete the AYSO Child/Volunteer Protection training (online) course, and the appropriate coach course (see coach clinics). Coaches are AYSO certified.
Time Commitment
Coaches have to put in a lot of work during the course of the season: up to 2 practices per week, plus a game on Saturday, plus preparation time for each practice, plus general administrative work. Over the course of a season this is well over 80 hours of work. While other volunteer positions require more or less time, coaching provides the greatest opportunity for you to have fun!
Division Coordinator (Administrative)
Coordinate all activities of the division including registration, balancing of teams, allocation of coaches, scheduling of games, communications with registrars, coaches, referees and equipment manager. We need Division Coordinators. The Division Coordinators take care of tasks like the following:
Serve as liaison between Staff and coaches in a division.
First responder to coaching problems.
Provide advice to ensure AYSO philosophy is upheld.
Assist with Field Duty at games.
Work closely with your registrar, referee scheduler, field marker and equipment manager.
Referee
Referees enforce the laws of the game and help assure that sportsmanship counts as much as points on the board. We need Referees for every team. One to three referees work every game. Referees can be as young as 12 years old. Volunteering is good for community service hours. It looks great on high school and college applications, too! Instantly recognizable uniform! You'll learn more about soccer than you thought there was to know!
Training
Referees need to complete the AYSO Child/Volunteer Protection training (online) course, and be certified to the level they will be refereeing (see referee clinics).
Time Commitment
Being a referee is the perfect slot for those AYSO parents who have crowded schedules. Your commitment consists of attending the classes and, when the season begins, attend games scheduled around your child's games (when you would be down at the fields anyway).
Referee courses are 4-12 hours, depending on the level. Referees typically ref at least one game each weekend during the 16 week season. There are also optional monthly referee meetings at the ATC where you may interact with other referees, watch experienced referees, and listen to the "presentation of the month."
Remember…AYSO is a 100% Volunteer Run Organization. We can't provide soccer for 4000 children without you!