Girls U-14

My name is Carl Mosher and I will be coaching the Girls U-14, (Team #4) this season. I have been coaching in this Region for 12 years and have 2 of my children playing in the U-14 division this year; my daughter, Brianna and my son, Colton.

Our first practice and Team/Parent meeting will be this Thursday 8/20/09, 5:00 to 6:00 PM at El Retiro Park. We will have a 45 min. practice (get acquainted) and then have a short parents meeting afterwards (5:45). Our regular season practices will be at Parras Middle school, however, that field will not become available to us until the end of the month.

Our team has a website at TheSoccerKids.com. Choose the `Fall 2009 Season' (last menu item on the left). All the information regarding our team; roster, practices, game schedule, contact information, pictures, etc. will be located at our website. If you are new to this site, you should have received an invitation to join with your preliminary Username and Password. The username/password are required to view the protected areas of the site. When you first log in with your username and password, you will be required to fill out some information to gain access. (Note: If you enter a birth date of a person younger than 13 years of age, you will be required to obtain adult permission (via email) prior to logging in. The easier solution is to use a birth date which yields an age of 13 or older). If you are already a member, but have forgotten your log-in information, I can have it resent to you. If you have any questions prior to our meeting, please give me a call (310-833-6674) or email me at coach@thesoccerkids.com.

I have prepared a preliminary agenda below for our meeting and also a volunteer sign-up sheet.

We will be able to expedite our meeting if we resolve our volunteering needs prior to this meeting. To help in that regard, I have included a Volunteer Sign-up Sheet below. Please fill in the form and submit your request. I will update this list as I receive your responses. If you have already indicated your volunteer request on your player registration form, I have included your name for that position. If I need to change something, just let me know.

The Region has a Referee Program which requires each team to provide referees (AR's or Center Referees) to games each week. Each team is required to accumulate 30 referee points to be eligible for the Beach Cup Tournament at the end of the season. My goal is to get a certified AR or Center Referee representatives from each family. This will help share the responsibility for each week of play. If you are not already a certified referee, there are a couple Basic Referee classes available this month and next month. These classes will qualify you to referee U-10 games as either a Center or Assistant referee. The only prerequisite is to be 12 years of age or older and a desire to learn about the game. Here's the info for the next 2 classes:

Saturday, August 22^nd, 9am – 5pm at the Alta Vista Community Center (near the tennis courts at Alta Vista Park). Lunch will be provided.
Tuesday and Thursday, September 8^th and 10^th, tentative time 7pm – 10pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 214 Avenue I, Redondo Beach. You must attend both evenings to become certified.

1. Introductions

2. Players caucus for Team Name (Our team colors are purple & black. Girls, be thinking of our Team Name!

3. Practices
- Parras Middle School
- Monday & Wednesday 5:45 - 7:00 PM.
- Bring: Ball (Size 5), cleats, shin guards, water (no food or drinks are allowed at Parras), sweat shirt
- Please notify if you’re going to miss

4. Games
- Games start Sat., Sept. 12th
- Field set up & take down
- Please arrive ½ hour before game time
- Call ahead if you can’t attend!
- Everyone Plays (at least 3 quarters)
- Positioning
- Leave coaching to the coach (Fans only cheer and only coaches coach)
- “Zero Tolerance” for referee or child abuse - coach is responsible
- Water/Snacks for players and referees
- Pick up after games
- Schedule (will be on our web site as soon as available)

5. Volunteers (In order to be eligible to play in the Beach Cup Tournament, teams need to meet Snack Bar and Referee Credit requirements)
- Field Prep and Clean-up: Saturday, 8/29/09 (9-12:00). Each team should send one volunteers to help clean up the fields and prepare them for play. Please meet at the snack bar at 9 AM ready to get dirty!! Bring tools (rakes, brooms, etc.) if possible, as we only have so many to go around! Please make sure that you check in near the snack bar so that they know our team was represented!
- Opening Day (Saturday, 9/12/09) 2 required
- Snack Bar assignment, minimum of 4 required
- Assistant Coach
- Referees [1 per family], Each team is responsible for supplying a referee to the game prior to theirs. If a referee is not provided, that team will forfeit their game.
    Classes:   Aug. 22nd, 2009 - 9am – 5pm at the Alta Vista Community Center. Lunch will be provided.
                        Sept. 8th & 10th 2009 - 7pm – 10pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall. You must attend both evenings to become certified.

   Youth ages 12 & up also welcome. 30 points Referee Credit required. Points are earned as follows:
    1 points for officiating a U7 or U8 game [Center] (must be a Certified U6-U8 Official or Assistant Referee)
    2 point for officiating as a Center or Assistant Referee in a U10 - U12 game (must be a Regional Referee or Assistant Referee)
    3 point for officiating as a Center or Assistant Referee in a U14 - U19 game (must be a Intermediate Referee or a Regional Referee)
    8 points for 20 hours of service as a Snack Bar Shift Supervisor (5 shifts at 4 hours each).
    3 points for Head Coach who is Division Certified and Safe Haven Certified
    2 points for each certified ref (new or existing) who refs at least one game.

- Field set-up / take down & Maintenance (2-4 people, get hand out)
- Team Parent Meeting: The Team Parent Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 25th at the Knob Hill Community Center. The meeting will be at two different times to accommodate schedules. The first session will be at 6 PM and the second session will be at 7:30 PM (pick one which you can make!). The meeting will last approximately one hour and will include information on Team Points, Banners, Sponsorship, Opening Day (9/12), Snack Bar Duty, Directory, Team Basket Info, Galaxy Night info and many other things! One of our parents needs to attend this meeting so that we don't miss any important dates!
- Banner (Needed by Opening Day/Picture Day)
- Game Snack Scheduler
- Quarter Can
- Snack Bar (Auxiliary / Scheduler)
- Team Party

6. Other

- Opening Day & Picture Day (9/12/09).
- Sponsors
- Region 34 Night with the Los Angeles Galaxy: TBS

Thank you for your help. I look forward to meeting all of you at our first practice/meeting. If you need to contact me, you may call or email me.

Responsibility	Volunteers Assigned	Notes
1. Assistant Coach	Keith Currie
2. Referee ¹	Carl Mosher, RoseMary Mosher, Colton Mosher, Aleesa Duffield, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>	1 Referee per family
3. Field Prep/Clean-up Day	Ashley Maxwell, Kim Young
4. Opening Day / Picture Day (2 Required)	Melanie Sullivan, Laura King
5. Field Set-Up & Take Down (2 minimum )	Terry Fernandez, <your name here>	Would like 4
6. Snack Bar Auxiliary (4 minimum)	Terry Fernandez, Ashley Maxwell, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>, <your name here>	One 4 hour shift with at least 4 Adults (8 Adults, 2Hrs. each; 16 Adults, 1 Hr. each)
7. Team Parent(s)	Gracie Currie, Ashley Maxwell, Melanie Sullivan
~~a. Team Banner (optional)~~		Team decided not to do it!
b. Game Snack Scheduler	<your name here>
c. Quarter Can	Kelsie Currie
d. Snack Bar Scheduler	<your name here>
e. Team Party	Melinda McColgan, <your name here>
8. Parras Field Monitor	<your name here>, <your name here>	2 hr. shift. Insures adherence to "water only" policy. [1 Ref. point per shift]
9. Referee Monitor	<your name here>	Insures Referee Coverage for games
10. Snack Bar Shift Supervisor	<your name here>, <your name here>	Supervises incoming shifts [20 hours earns the team 8 Ref. points: i.e. 5 4hr. shifts]