There are a few steps necessary to get you ready to volunteer! AYSO strives to provide every volunteer with the best possible soccer learning experience. Every position in AYSO is provided with extensive training to help successfully manage a Region from coaches, referees, managers and administrators. AYSO’s coaching program features an innovative, age–appropriate curriculum, including in-person and online courses, interactive manuals, weekly training plans and online video demonstration content.
Please view the chart to see which training is needed per position:
| Volunteer Position | Background Check | SafeSport | Safe Haven | Concussion | Sudden Cardiac | Online Role-Specific Training | In Person/Field Training |
| Head Coach | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Playground, U6, U8 | U10, U12, U14 |
| Assistant Coach | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Playground, U6, U8 | U10, U12, U14 |
| Team Parent | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Referee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Youth Referee | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event Helper | No | No | No | No | No | No | Info Meeting TBD |
| Field Setup / Take down | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (Meeting Date TBD) |
1.
Registration: Go to our website at
www.ayso1315.org and register/create an account. Once you've registered click on the 'Volunteer' tab on the left hand side. Then choose 'Find Volunteer Roles'. You may need to select 'Spring 2023 Player Registration'. You will want to select your volunteer role in your specific division. Then please complete the volunteer registration.
2. Background Check: Once you've completed your volunteer registration an email will be sent to you from Sterling Volunteers requesting a background check. Please complete this.
3. SafeSport Training: This is required by the United States. To access the link to SafeSport, please log into your account, go to the 'Volunteer' tab. On the top of the page there is a section that says 'Important Information', click on the down arrow. This will populate a section on SafeSport with a link to the SafeSport website. Please complete this.
4. AYSOU Training: You can access the required training courses by logging into our website, going to the 'Volunteer' tab and clicking on the 'AYSOU' button to the right of your name. If you do not see this button, please let me know.
AYSOU is housed on a separate site, pressing the 'AYSOU' button will take you to the site.
Once in the site, click on the tab on the left that says 'Training Library'. Please complete the following training.
Safe Haven: (Expiration: Every 3 years)
Click 'View Courses' under the 'Safe Haven' section. You will need to complete the following courses:
AYSO's Safe Haven - Online
CDC Concussion Awareness - Online
Sudden Cardiac Arrest - Online
Coaching: (Expiration: Good for life)
Click 'View Courses' under the 'Coaching' section. You will need to complete the course that corresponds to the division you are volunteering for. U10, U12 and U14 have an online and in person portion to their course.
Refereeing: (Expiration: Good for life)
Click 'View Courses' under the 'Refereeing' section. You will need to complete the Regional Referee - Online + In-Person Companion Course (2 Part Bundle).
We know that this seems like a lot but we do everything we can to make sure that our players are safe and trained in an age/developmentally appropriate way. We encourage you to look at this opportunity to better our organization, community and your self!
Please complete this training by before the in person training for U10 and U12 or Sunday, January 22nd at the latest for all other divisions. We will have a coaches meeting - time & location TBD.