updated 03/13/24
The Apple River Soccer Club is an all-volunteer organization and we need YOU to help make it successful!
Please register as a volunteer today!
It might be a game changer!
VOLUNTEERS
The Apple River Soccer Club (ARSC) is run solely by volunteers!! We greatly appreciate the time and energy they give to make this a positive and rewarding experience for kids and their families. Without volunteer help, we would not exist. So, please take a moment to VOLUNTEER HERE
VOLUNTEER COACHES
THANK YOU for volunteering to be your team's coach!
TO BE QUALIFIED AYSO COACH,
1. You must have a registered volunteer form completed in your account.
2. Complete the Safe Haven course at AYSOU.
3. Complete the concussion awareness course at AYSOU.
4. Pass the coach training for the age division you are coaching.
5. Be approved by the Regional Commissioner.
Here's a checklist and helpful tips to help you get started:
1. Go to volunteer at your account screen and complete a volunteer form.
2. Go to www.aysou.org and take the online training for safe haven; concussions.
3. Contact your coach administrator to get access to your specific coach division training materials
4. Notify us at [email protected] once your training is complete so that we can assign you to your team.
5. Once you receive your team roster, you must contact all the parents of the players and introduce yourself. Let the parents know when their child’s team practice nights, times, and where the fields are located. Remind parents that they must attend Meet Your Coach Night to meet you, receive uniforms, and sign paperwork.
6. Contact your Assistant Coach, introduce yourself, and work together on a plan for the season
7. *Coach Bag: Coaches must have the coach bag with the player forms and medical kit with them at all games and practices. Please review the contents of your coach bag before the season begins. The bag also contains cones, pennies for scrimmages, coach clipboard, and incident report forms, ( 10U-and-up will have goalie shirt & gloves). You’ll also receive a soccer manual appropriate for your age division.
8. *Region and Area Website: Let all your parents know the ARSC website address is www.ayso1236.org. The website will have our meeting dates, game schedules, practice schedules, team contact numbers and more. So, please pass it on to everyone. Check game schedules prior to going to your games to make sure there have been no last minute changes to the schedules.
VOLUNTEER COACH DATES TO NOTE
1. Coach Training will be in March. We will update there when we have more info.
2. Meet Your Coach Night
All players, parents, and coaches are required to attend the Meet Your Coach Night. This is where the players and parents meet the coach, pick up uniforms, and pick up game schedules.
Coaches, work with your team parents to help distribute uniforms and get parent signatures on the player forms.
All player registration forms MUST have a signature on the concussion form from a parent or guardian. This signature authorizes medical release in cases of injury. The child cannot play soccer without it.
VOLUNTEER REFEREES
To be a QUALIFIED AYSO REFEREE
1. you must have a registered volunteer form in your account
2. Complete the Safe Haven course at AYSOU
3. Complete the concussion awareness courses at AYSOU
4. Pass the referee training and
5. Be approved by the Regional Commissioner.
*Referees needed: Please contact us if you know of anybody who is 10+ years old and up who would help ref. Refs keep the game safe, fun, fair, and on time. If no referee is available at game time, coaches should split the refereeing of the game between themselves and each coach ref half a game. Contact the referee administrator at [email protected] if you have any questions or need referee materials.
ARSC VOLUNTEER ROLES
*Volunteer helpers are still needed: Contact [email protected] with any questions or interest.
*Volunteer Forms: All parents, guardians, and helpers must have an electronic volunteer form filled out and electronically signed at your account volunteer tab; this is an AYSO requirement to safeguard our children, our club, and our helpers. Your accepted volunteer form will provide you with AYSO Soccer Accident Insurance (SAI) at no cost; for more information, go to our website www.ayso.org to learn more. This volunteer form also provides AYSO national with critical information about each volunteer so that we can keep our kids safe.
*Training & Certification: AYSO is an accredited training program and AYSO offers training in coaching; refereeing, management and safe volunteering, for more information go to www.ayso.org and learn more.