Coach Training

In compliance with AYSO’s National Coaching Program, AYSO Region 43 offers a number of Coach Training Courses during the month of August. Training to or above the level of team you are coaching is required for head coaches and strongly encouraged for assistant coaches.

Coach Training Calendar

Below is the current planned calendar of training courses being offered by our region as well as AYSO Area 2A for 2010.
**The only pre-requisite for the U-8, U-10 and U-12 Coach Certification courses is to be Safe Haven for Coach certified. The Intermediate Coach Certification course requires U-12 certification as a pre-requisite and the Advanced Coach Certification course requires Intermediate Coach Certification.

Please Pre-Register for the course you plan on attending following the steps below. [You can also find other courses offered nearby, with these same instructions.]

1. Go to www.eayso.org and log in
2. Find “Enroll to take a class” in the lower right area of the screen and click on it
3. Select Section “2″; optionally select Area “A” (ours), “J” (Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa Cruz), “N” (mid-Peninsula) or “blank”; select appropriate “Course”; and click on “Search”
4. Click on the bubble to the left side of the Course Name and click on “Course Signup”
5. If your name is not on list provided, type in your Last Name and then click on “Search for a Volunteer” and your name should now pop up
6. Click on the bubble to the left of your name then click “Add attendee to program roster”.

A reminder that you must be a registered AYSO volunteer and be AYSO Safe Haven certified prior to taking any coach training course.

Congratulations! You are now signed up for a coach certification course.

Training Courses Outside of Region 43

Other nearby Regions and Areas also offer training. Please follow their instructions and RSVP so that they know the quantity of training material to order. Please remember that you are a guest when you take training in their region/area.

• Region 26 – Palo Alto
• Region 44 – Sunnyvale
• Region 45 – Mountain View, South Los Altos
• Region 109 – Menlo Park & Atherton (under “Calendar”)
• Also, check the AYSO Area 2A Site for additional listings
• AYSO Area 2J covering Cupertino, Saratoga and West San Jose
• AYSO Area 2N covering Redwood City and north

On-Line Training Opportunities

On-line training is available for U-8 and U-10. Although not a substitute for the experience gained by taking the courses in person, the U-8 coach on-line course satisfies the requirement for being U-8 Coach Certified. The U-10 course requires a field portion to finish the certification process which is not currently offered stand-alone.

• You must have your eAYSO ID in order to sign into the online class. You can view this by logging into www.eayso.com.
• Visit aysotraining.org, AYSO’s online certification and training site.
• Choose the course you wish to take.
• When complete, print out the certificate of completion and save it in your files.

Advanced Coach Training at Golden Gate Camp

Coaches who have Intermediate Coach Certification are encouraged to attend the Advanced Coach Certification at AYSO Section 2’s Golden Gate Camp. This is a two-and-a half day residential clinic at Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont for coaches of U16 and U19 teams. The dates are TBD in July 2011, so plan ahead for next summer. Register at the Section 2 site.