I'm a brand new coach....what do I need to know?
(After reading this section, click on the Team Manager Section)
Notes:
- When a player registers they register for the whole year.
- Some fees are prorated for players that register after the Fall season ends Nov 15th. So there is one price from June 1 to Nov 15th and another price for Nov 16th to May 31st. Other fees are fixed for the whole year. So you will notice a reduction in the price for playing half year, but it is NOT half price. There is no option for paying for Fall only.
Equipment
R2 Academy
You are required to bring one net and 2 flags per game. Home team provides two game balls. The Academy will provide you with 2 flags provided you tell Wendy Roberts that you need them. U7 teams will be provided one bow net. U8 goals are larger bownets.
Wendy Roberts cawerob@msn.com
XL/STATE Teams
You are required to have two game balls, two nets and 4 flags for all home games. L30 will have nets to purchase on their website.
You are required to bring one net and 2 flags per game. Home team provides two game balls. The Academy will provide you with 2 flags provided you tell Wendy Roberts that you need them. U7 teams will be provided one bow net. U8 goals are larger bownets.
Wendy Roberts cawerob@msn.com
XL/STATE Teams
You are required to have two game balls, two nets and 4 flags for all home games. L30 will have nets to purchase on their website.
Independent Team Budgets for L30
L30 fees do not include uniforms. You are free to contract those on your own. I am hoping to have a couple of uniform choices that we can make available through an economical third party for those that want a ready made option they don't have to think about. Check the League30.org website for updates on this.
If you have a team that registers with L30, you are free to work up a team fee to help cover costs you might incur over the year. I strongly encourage you to put everything in writing and have it available at tryouts or your team selection meeting so that everyone is aware of the costs and expectations associated with being on your team. Having a signed copy from all the parents is also advisable so that you have record that they received notification of the additional fees for your team and that they accept responsibility for those fees. Not a bad idea to also include any team participation expectations about practice attendance, notification procedures for if they are going to miss a game, any tournaments or winter futsal/indoor that you are planning on participating. The more information the better.
Here is a list of things you might want to consider collecting team fees to cover -
Some of our teams are contracting with local trainers for additional training sessions. If you made this choice, please make sure that the trainer registers as an administrator on your team. We need to have all adults interacting with your players as registered volunteers. There is no fee associated with this.
Some teams have started collecting a nominal monthly coaching fee, which is totally acceptable. I do advocate setting up a team bank account that all money goes into and out of for documentation purposes. Education First & Golden West do a good job of helping people set up accounts like this. In addition, I advocate having a team manager - someone not related to the person receiving the money - responsible for keeping the team books, collecting money and making the necessary payments from the team account. We find that this helps provide transparency and is just good business.
If you have a team that registers with L30, you are free to work up a team fee to help cover costs you might incur over the year. I strongly encourage you to put everything in writing and have it available at tryouts or your team selection meeting so that everyone is aware of the costs and expectations associated with being on your team. Having a signed copy from all the parents is also advisable so that you have record that they received notification of the additional fees for your team and that they accept responsibility for those fees. Not a bad idea to also include any team participation expectations about practice attendance, notification procedures for if they are going to miss a game, any tournaments or winter futsal/indoor that you are planning on participating. The more information the better.
Here is a list of things you might want to consider collecting team fees to cover -
- coaching license requirements
- nets
- flags
- game balls
- pennies
- cones
- additional training
- coaching fees
Some of our teams are contracting with local trainers for additional training sessions. If you made this choice, please make sure that the trainer registers as an administrator on your team. We need to have all adults interacting with your players as registered volunteers. There is no fee associated with this.
Some teams have started collecting a nominal monthly coaching fee, which is totally acceptable. I do advocate setting up a team bank account that all money goes into and out of for documentation purposes. Education First & Golden West do a good job of helping people set up accounts like this. In addition, I advocate having a team manager - someone not related to the person receiving the money - responsible for keeping the team books, collecting money and making the necessary payments from the team account. We find that this helps provide transparency and is just good business.
Other Resources for Team Management
Sports Engine
New for Fall 2017, League 30 will be providing Sports Engine Team Communication program FREE as apart of your membership with L30. There is a link on the League30.org website to dial you in about this.
New for Fall 2017, League 30 will be providing Sports Engine Team Communication program FREE as apart of your membership with L30. There is a link on the League30.org website to dial you in about this.
"THE" Team Binder
I am a huge advocate of having a place for everything. Since soccer is always on the go, I strongly encourage people to create a team binder that has a few key items in it.
- Participant Registration Forms - all of your players should provide you with a signed (in 2 places) form after registration. These go with you to practice, games, pizza parties...wherever the team is these forms go. They give you permission to get medical treatment for a player should the parent not be present. I have to say I've only had to make three trips to the ER without parents in 12 years, but when you need to it sure makes it easier.
- Section 6 - Player Development Policy. You will hear me talk a lot about this 33 page packet of papers. It is basically your bible to UYSA competitive soccer. Just about everything you need to know is in these 33 pages. I suggest you print it out. Yes, actually kill a tree and print it out. Read it with a highlighter. Mark it up. Circle things. USE it. Punch holes in it and put it in your Team Binder. If there is ever a question, when you are at the field, 99.9% of the time the answer will be on those pages. It saves so much time, when you can show the referee that yes your games are suppose to be 30 minutes and not 25 or that the minimum number of players to start a game at U9 is five. Policy is constantly being updated, simplified and improved. I usually print a copy of Section 6 out before each season. Trust me on this one. Really...it's worth it.
- A copy of each Game Day Roster. Yep. I know you print one out for the Referee and sometimes you print out an extra copy if you have made changes to your roster within 24 hours of kick off, but I'm strongly suggesting that you print out a copy of each game day roster for yourself. When something goes amiss, and you never really know when that is going to be, people call me for help. One of the first things I ask is, "do you have a copy of your game day roster?" It has so many pieces to the pie on that one piece of paper and you can't generate it after the fact when you might need a copy. I know it may sound like I'm a paper freak, and maybe I am, but after doing this for so long I do know what makes your soccer life easier in the long run. And this is one of those things.
- A calendar with sunset times on it. Whether it is a digital calendar or a paper calendar, you need something to have a month at a glance look. The sunset times are a bonus because plenty of people have gotten caught off guard in the Fall when dark seems to come too quickly. They think rescheduling a game at 6pm will work because it did in September, but come the first week of October, unless you are only playing a 60 minute game, you will find yourself getting cut short and sometimes those last 10-15 minutes are a game changer.