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About Us
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AYSO Soccer...A game for kids, a game for life!
AYSO is child-first and child focused. We are a soccer organization with happy, healthy kids as our passion.
Every decision, every rule and every program has "what's good for the kids" as its basis. Every girl and boy stepping on a soccer field for the first time can have fun.
AYSO's child-first approach also makes it one of the finest player development programs. Everybody likes to win, but developing successful players and people is what's fundamental in AYSO.
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philosophy
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everyone plays, everyone helps out
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The American Youth Soccer Organization develops and delivers quality youth soccer programs which promote a fun, family environment based on our six philosophies:
Everyone Plays
In AYSO-everyone plays! Region 214 requires players to play 3/4 of every game short-sided game, encouraging the highest level of participation from each child.
Balanced Teams
Before the start of each season teams are as evenly balanced as possible. It's more fun when teams are of equal ability.
Positive Coaching
This builds a positive team spirit. We train &encourage our coaches to make the extra effort to understand & offer positive help to our players, rather than negative criticism.
Open Registration
Region 214 serves 2,000 players ages 4 - 18 who want to register & play soccer. Interest &enthusiasm are the only requirements for playing.
Good Sportsmanship
We create a positive environment based on mutual respect, rather than a win-at-all-costs attitude. All of our programs are designed to instill good sportsmanship in every facet of AYSO.
Player Development
We believe that all players should be able to develop their soccer skills & knowledge to the best of their abilities,
both individually & as members of a team, in order to maximize their enjoyment of the game.
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AYSO was founded on community involvement.
AYSO works because our volunteers work. Our volunteers work
because they believe in the AYSO philosophies.
We are dedicated to providing a world class youth soccer program
that enriches childrens lives.
As a parent, you play a special role in contributing to the needs
and development of youngsters.
Through your encouragement and good example, you can help
all of our players learn good sportsmanship and self-discipline.
In AYSO, young people learn to work together, to sacrifice for the
good of the team, to enjoy winning and deal appropriately with
defeat - all while becoming physically fit and healthy.
Best of all, they have fun!
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short-sided soccer, philosopy in action
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links, articles, videos
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You can set a soccer ball down on any corner in the world and have friends. It is a global sport that Americans have embraced in record numbers... because it's fun even with a beginner's skill. It's also a game you can play and enjoy for the rest of your life (U-5 soccer is one of the fastest growing levels in the U.S.!)
With children's natural joy in running and kicking, soccer builds on these two skills and adds in techniques to control the ball and work as a team. It also encourages creative decision making and strategic thinking. And it's a fast game that keeps each player moving the entire time. In AYSO there's no spending the game on the bench!
AYSO has age appropriate small-sided games. A full size soccer team has 11 players on the field. But smaller-sided teams for younger children allow more touches on the ball and a more successful soccer learning environment.
AYSO small-sided games emulate classic "street soccer" where children of many skill levels choose up teams and play together for a fun neighborhood game. This is a similar environment to where many of the greatest soccer players in the world developed their skills.
As part of our commitment to everyone plays and player development, in Region 214 all players in U6-U8-U10-U12-U14 play 3/4 of every game!
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AYSO's Parents Code
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Support Your Child
Supporting your child by giving encouragement and showing interest in their team is very important.
Help your child work toward skill improvement and good sportsmanship in every game.
Teach your child that hard work and an honest effort are often more important than victory
- that way your child will always be a winner despite the outcome of the game!
Always Be Positive
Parents serve as role models for their children. Be aware of this fact and work to be a positive role model.
Applaud good plays by your child's team as well as good plays by the opposing team.
Support all efforts to remove abusive language and behavior from youth sports.
Remember: Your Child Wants To Have Fun
Remember that your child is the one playing soccer, not you.
It's very important to let children establish their own goals - to play the game for themselves.
Take care not to impose your own standards and goals on them.
Don't put too heavy a burden on your child to win games. Surveys reveal that 72% of children
would rather play for a losing team than ride the bench for a winning team.
Children play for the fun of playing!!!
Reinforce Positive Behavior
Positive reinforcement is the best way to help your child achieve their goals and overcome their natural fear of failure.
Nobody likes to make mistakes. If your child does make one, remember it's all part of learning,
so encourage your child's efforts and point out the good things your child accomplished.
Don't Be A Sideline Coach Or Referee
AYSO coaches and referees are usually parents just like you.
They volunteer their time to help make your child's soccer experience a positive one. They need your support, too.
That means refrain from coaching or refereeing from the sidelines. In a volunteer organization like AYSO
there's always an opportunity to take your interest in coaching or refereeing to the next level and become one yourself!
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how ayso works
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AYSO is a volunteer organization with more than 250,000 parents and friends, many of them working as coaches, referees
and administrators. It's not unusual to find two, three or more children in the same family playing AYSO soccer
- while one parent serves as referee and the other as a coach. It can be a total family experience!
The foundation of AYSO is the "Region", or basic community program.
Each Region is headed by a Regional Commissioner who, with the help of a regional board,
conducts business within the framework of AYSO's philosophies, Rules and Regulations and Bylaws.
Volunteer staff members are encouraged to organize in ways best suited to their needs.
AYSO National was founded in 1964 in Torrance, Calif. with about 125 players.
Today that number has grown to more than 625,000 nationwide.
Region 214 was founded in 1979 on the fields of South Pasadena & serves more than 2,000 players.
Region 214 is part of AYSO "Area 1C" which consists of 9 local Regions of the West San Gabriel Valley.
    
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Region 214 Programs
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More Information
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• Frequently Asked Questions
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Basic Soccer Rules
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As part of our commitment to everyone plays & player development, in Region 214
all players in U6-U8-U10-U12-U14 play 3/4 of every small sided game!
►ayso's short-sided soccer guidelines
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the laws, rules
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ball in & out of play, restarts
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Soccer is a simple game. It requires a field, a ball, two teams of players and their equipment, and a referee.
The game is played in two timed halves of equal length. To advance AYSO's "Everyone Plays" commitment, quarter breaks are made within each half to allow for player substitution. The length of each half is determined by the age of the children playing.
Physical size is not an important factor in becoming a skilled and successful soccer player. Because of the game's pace, every child participates in the action while on the field...
There are 17 Laws of the Game and they are easy to understand. The object of the game is for the players to get the ball into their opponent's goal using any part of their body except hands and arms. Only goalkeepers may use their hands while inside their own penalty area.
Generally, the Laws require that referees stop the game when something has happened which is unfair or unsafe. Important elements of the Law to be familiar with include Ball In and Out of Play, Fouls, Misconduct and Offside.
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Kick Off
To start the game or the second half, and after each goal, a kick off is taken from the center circle.
Throw In
After the ball has completely crossed the side boundary lines - called touch lines - a throw in is awarded against the team that last touched the ball. The throw in is taken from where the ball left the field and must be thrown with two hands from behind and over the head, while both feet are on the ground on or behind the touch line.
Goal Kick
The goal kick is taken by the defending team each time the ball crosses the goal line without a goal being scored and was last touched by an attacking player. The ball may be placed anywhere in the goal area and is not considered back in play until it has been kicked out of the penalty area.
Corner Kick
This kick is taken by the attacking team each time the ball is kicked by the defense over its own goal line without a goal being scored. The ball is placed within the three-foot arc in the corner of the field (nearest to where the ball went out of play) and kicked into play by the attacking team.
Penalty Kick
A penalty kick is awarded when a defending player commits one of the 10 penal (major) fouls within his or her own penalty area while the ball is still in play. The penalty kick is taken by a player from the offended team from a spot 12 yards from the goal. All players must remain outside the penalty area, 10 yards from the ball, and behind the penalty kick mark until the kick is taken, except for the kicker and the goalkeeper. The goalkeeper must remain on the goal line until the ball is kicked. Once kicked, the goalkeeper may try to stop the ball from entering the goal. The kicker, after waiting for the referee's signal, may score by kicking the ball directly into the opponent's goal.
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fouls, misconduct
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the team
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There are 10 major fouls that result in a direct free kick (DFK), and from which a goal may be directly scored against the opponents. The 10 penal fouls are divided into two groups.
Six within the first group require that the foul be committed carelessly, recklessly, or with disproportionate force:
· Kicking or attempting to kick an opponent.
· Striking or attempting to strike an opponent.
· Pushing an opponent.
· Charging an opponent.
· Tripping or attempting to trip an opponent.
· Jumping at an opponent.
The other four require only that they be committed:
· When tackling an opponent, making contact with
the opponent before the ball.
· Spitting at an opponent
· Holding an opponent
· Handling the ball deliberately
(except for goalkeepers within their own penalty areas).
Non-Penal (minor) fouls
There are eight minor fouls that result in an indirect free kick (IFK). At least one additional player of either team must touch the ball before a goal can be scored from an IFK.
-Playing in a Dangerous Manner Including high kicking near another player's head or trying to play a ball held by a goalkeeper.
-Impeding the Progress of an Opponent Getting between an opponent and the ball when not playing the ball.
-Preventing the Goalkeeper from releasing the ball from his/her hands.
-Goalkeeper Offenses an IFK is also awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper, within his/her own penalty area, commits any of the following five offenses.
· Takes more than six seconds while controlling the ball with the hands.
· Touches the ball again with the hands after it has been released from the keeper's possession and has not touched another player.
· Touches the ball with the hands when ball is deliberately kicked to the keeper by a teammate.
· Touches the ball with the hands after receiving it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
Misconduct
There are two kinds of misconduct: (1) when an action results in a caution (yellow card) from the referee, and (2) when an action results in a player being sent off or ejected from the field (red card). A referee may also warn a player to improve his or her conduct (or unsporting behavior) before a caution is issued.
The referee also has the authority to suspend or terminate play because of misconduct or interference on the part of coaches or spectators.
Offside
A player is offside if he or she is ahead of the ball at the moment the ball touches or is played by a member of the same team, except if that player.
· Is in his/her own half of the field.
· Has two opponents even with or between him/her and the opponent's goal line. The referee's "moment of judgment" is the instant the ball is played, not when it is received.
· Is the first to receive the ball from a throw-in, corner kick or goal kick.
Is not involved in active play by interfering with play, interfering with an opponent, or gaining an advantage by being in that position.
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A team has a maximum of 11 players on the field at any one time, although a game can be played with as few as seven players on a team. Regions use short-sided teams in younger age divisions. Players get more "touches" on the ball, learn skills quicker and have more fun using this method.
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One Goalkeeper - There is one Goalkeeper per team (in U8 & up). The Goalkeeper is responsible for guarding his/her team's goal and preventing the other team from scoring. The Goalkeeper must be identified with a different colored shirt or a vest over her/his shirt, distinct from all the other players. Goalkeepers may play anywhere on the field but may only use their hands while in their own penalty area.
Defenders- The Defender's primary duty is to prevent the opponents from getting a good shot on goal and scoring. A defender also works to gain possession of the ball and pass it to a teammate for an attack.
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Midfielders or halfbacks- The Midfielders plays a transitional game from defense to offense and vice-versa. There can be "Offensive Midfielders" who play closer to the Forwards and "Defensive Midfielders" who play closer to the Fullbacks.
Forwards- Forwards play closer to the opponent's goal, which is the goal guarded by the opposing Goalkeeper. The Forward's primary responsibility is to score and he/she also assists the mid-fielders from shifting from defense to offense.
There are also 2 special positions that some, but not all, teams use- a "Sweeper" and a "Stopper" - A Sweeper plays behind the Defenders and a Stopper plays between the Defenders and the Midfielders. These positions add additional layers of defenders providing a defensive strength in the Center of the field.
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the field & equipment
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Equipment: what players need
Soccer has limited equipment requirements. However, most AYSO teams play in uniforms (shirt shorts and socks) supplied by the local region. Shin guards are mandatory during practice and games. Full-coverage shoes are required, and it is advisable to use shoes designed specifically for soccer. Regions also provide field equipment, such as goals, nets and flags.
the Field
The field is divided in two halves. The center circle in the middle of the field is used to start the game, to start the second half and to restart after a goal has been scored.
There is a large rectangular area and a smaller rectangular area found at each end of the field. These are vital areas for both teams, and are where penalty kicks are taken. The four corners of the field are inscribed with three-foot arcs where corner kicks are taken.
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AYSO recommends the use of three game officials--one referee and two assistant referees.
The Referee is the ultimate authority during the game. The referee's chief responsibilities are to make the game as fun, fair and safe for the players as possible. The referee enforces the rules - which, in soccer, are called "Laws" - by calling offenses and determining if goals have been scored.
Assistant referees provide vital assistance to the referee by signaling when the ball has gone out of play and which team gets possession. Assistant referees also assist with substitutions and the general control of the game.
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basic soccer skills
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Playing soccer involves several basic skills: passing/shooting, dribbling and controlling (or trapping) the ball. These skills can be learned at any age, and a good soccer player works continually to improve them.
Passing
Passing is kicking, pushing or heading the ball to a teammate or to a space where a teammate can run to the ball. A player may lightly tap the ball to a teammate several feet away or kick it strongly to move it down the field. The ball may scoot along the ground or may be kicked into the air.
Most players use two types of kicks to pass to a teammate or shoot towards the goal.
One is the instep drive which is a powerful kick.
The other kick is called a push pass. Performed using the inside of the foot, the push pass is much more accurate than the instep drive, but is less powerful.
Dribbling
Dribbling is transporting the ball under control from one area to another.
Soccer players cannot use their hands. Players dribble the ball with their feet, using light taps on the ball to move it along the ground.
Controlling
Controlling (or trapping) is stopping the ball in flight or on the ground, and then controlling it by either dribbling or passing the ball to teammates. There are many ways to trap a ball: (1) allowing it to hit the chest at an angle that deflects the ball to the ground where it can be controlled; (2) allowing it to hit the thigh or bent knee to deflect the ball to the ground where it can be controlled; or (3) using the foot to stop the ball.
Heading
Heading is unique to the game of soccer. When a ball is too high to kick, players "head" the ball to pass to a teammate or score a goal.
   
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p o s i t i v e c o a c h i n g
What does it take to be a Coach ?
AYSO Region 214 of South Pasadena • San Marino is committed to develop & deliver
a quality youth soccer program which promotes a fun family environment !
No experience necessary !
Most Moms & Dads can coach !
Ask about Co-Coaching in the U6-U8 Divisions !!
Volunteer this season & your child will remember it for a lifetime !
1.Sign-up as an AYSO Volunteer @ www.eayso.org
2.Sign-up & complete a half-day or day long course:
U6 Coach training:
Wednesday, May 18th
location/time tba
U8 & U10 Coach training:
Saturday, May 21st
location/time tba
If you plan to be at your child's practices & games,
then you'll have time to be your child's coach!
• Our season is 11 weeks including pre-season.
• Practice once a week for 1 hour (U6-U8) or 90 min (U10-U12).
• Play one game (1 hour) every Saturday.
* Coaches/Asst Coaches MUST take Safe Haven once, also available on-line.
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Make a difference one player, one team at a time !
Region 214 needs Coaches ! Ensure that everyone plays, volunteer today !
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Coaching children is a very rewarding experience & coaching your own child's team can be one of the most rewarding experiences of all!
Coaches are pivotal to enriching childrens' lives with the AYSO experience. If Regions don't have enough coaches, registration is scaled back & kids who want to play in AYSO are turned away.
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Do you have little or no experience with soccer?...No problem! AYSO will teach you based on the age level you are coaching. Unique age-appropriate coach training is one of AYSO's specialties.
To become an AYSO coach, you must be certified in the age level you are coaching.
Certification takes three easy steps:
First, Sign-Up as an AYSO Volunteer on www.eAYSO.org
Then either attend a short Safe Haven™ course in person or online.
Lastly, you must attend a brief age-specific coaching course. It is only a few hours.
Coaches are essential to the game. They teach children soccer skills & help develop a healthy, positive attitude, teamwork and good sportsmanship. Coaching is a rewarding experience because you have the opportunity to build a child's self-esteem, help them learn new skills & just have a lot of fun.
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contact us: Region 214's Coach Adminstrator
Kenny Pedroza @ kpedroza@colepedroza.com
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What does it take to be a Team Ref?
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no experience necessary!
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AYSO Region 214, South Pasadena • San Marino, is committed to a friendly atmosphere.
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We will train you, mentor you & support you!
Most Moms & Dads make fine referees
• Occasional short sprints
• Good hearted common sense
Training provided locally at no charge.
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3 steps to Referee Certification:
1) register as a volunteer on www.eayso.org
2) safe haven course in person or on-line
3) referee training course
Referee Training Info: click here
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1 hour a week!
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You referee one game each week; the season is 10 weeks:
• U8: referee your child’s game (non-competitive)
• U10-U12: serve as an Assistant Referee the game before your child’s game
~ U10-U12, start out as an Assistant Referee with a flag on the side-line as part of a 3-Ref Team with another Assistant Referee & an experienced Center Referee. Mentors provided to answer all your questions and to make sure you get started on the right foot.
we will provide all your needed quipment
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assistant referees needed!
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Referees are as critical to soccer as players & coaches. In AYSO, the game can’t be played if there aren’t enough referees. If Regions don't have enough refs, registration is scaled back & kids who want to play in AYSO are turned away.
It’s most common for a volunteer to begin their AYSO referee career by refereeing their own child’s game or at the lower levels learning along with their players. As they learn the rules & develop on the field, they gain an appreciation for how important the role of the referee is to a fun, fair & safe soccer experience.
Soccer knowledge is a plus, but is certainly not required. The AYSO referee training will give you all you need to know to have a terrific experience on the field!
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???... Questions, Contact: Asst. Referee Administrator
Anne Louit @ anneayso@gmail.com
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