SCUSC Comp Coaching Application 2008-2009

Space Coast United Soccer Club
Competitive/Developmental Coaching Application
2009-2010 Soccer Year

Coach's Name: Team Requested:

Planning to enter the following FYSA competition: State Cup Region Cup Not Sure/Neither

Planning to play in the following League: Brevard Youth Soccer League Greater Central Florida League Other

If you selected Other, please specify:

Coach's Address (Street Address, City, Zip Code):

E-mail Address:

Home Phone (numbers only): Work Phone: Cellular Phone:

Plan to Coach my Child or a Relative: Yes No If Yes, Name: Birthdate:

FYSA Coach's Pass Number (if applicable):

Years of Coaching Recreational Club Soccer (specify age groups):

Years of Coaching Competitive Club Soccer (specify age groups):

Years of Coaching School Soccer (specify levels & which schools):

Other Coaching Experience (Please specify such as O.D.P., etc.):

Coaching License and/or Certificates Held:

Name of Proposed Assistant Coach(es):

Assistant Coach(es) Experience/Licenses/Certificates:

What additional training/licenses/certificates are you planning to achieve over the next year?

Do you intend to be paid for your services? No Yes - How much per season?

Identify objectives, training, and goals for the next season.

If Space Coast United Soccer Club required you to use the services of a "Club Trainer", will you do so? Yes No

If No, please explain:

What other soccer clubs do you work with?

List other soccer teams that you plan to continue to train or coach and their affiliation:

Have you ever been suspended by the FYSA or expelled by another soccer organization? Yes No

If Yes, please explain including dates suspended:

Please briefly describe your coaching philosophy relative to practices and games:

Please add any additional information that you feel would be helpful during the selection process:

If there are enough players to warrant two teams in a given age group (U11 - U19 comp teams only), then would you be willing to coach the second team given that it will be more developmental than the first team? Yes No Maybe
If No or Maybe, please explain:

If there are not enough players to warrant two teams in a given age group or in the event that you are not selected as a Head Coach, then would you be willing to be an assistant coach? Yes No Will consider it

Would you, if requested by the Club, continue your coaching education to meet the needs of the players? Yes No

Please read the following "Requirements of the Space Coast United Soccer Club's Developmental and Competitive Coaches" very carefully and be prepared to check the box at the bottom to signify your full agreement to the Requirements.

General Rules for all Age Groups

All coaches must follow the FYSA Code of Ethics and abide by the SCUSC Code of Decorum
All teams must wear the "club chosen" uniforms
Team tryouts will begin May 28. Players will tryout through their gender and appropriate age group. Teams will be selected via the tryouts.
No players may be dropped during the soccer year except for disciplinary reasons, or other special circumstances which must be approved by the SCUSC Board.
A team playing up an age group or girl's teams playing coed must be approved by all team parents and by the Director of Select Teams and the SCUSC Director of Coaching.
All practice times, scrimmages and game reschedules must be handled by the SCUSC scheduler.
Preliminary comp team rosters are due to Recreational Registrar by June 17. That allows the kids that did not make the tryouts to register on the 3^rd weekend (June 20) of registration. Similar dates will be established for Spring season.
No players may be added to your roster from the recreation program after June 30, 2009, except between seasons, at which time a new deadline will be established prior to rec team selection.
All scrimmages/games with opponents outside our club must have referees assigned by the SCUSC Referee Assignor.
Teams must keep a positive balance in their team account. If a negative balance occurs, the coach will have 30 days to replenish the account or face consequences levied by the SCUSC Board up to and including termination as a coach within our club. All team funds are held by the SCUSC Treasurer.
SCUSC pays coaches/trainers through the SCUSC Treasurer, upon request by the team representative. Their Social Security number must be provided to the Treasurer for IRS Form 1099.

Additional Requirements for Developmental Age Groups (U10 – U12)

When two teams exist in the same age group & gender, teams must hold a joint practice session which may include a scrimmage once every two weeks (minimum).

Tryout format for all Age Groups

Same age group/gender teams will hold joint tryout sessions.
For U10s & up, each coach (assuming two teams) may retain a group of returning players that played for his/her team in the prior year. The coach who retains the least amount of players may then choose players first from the draft pool (which now includes players not locked in by either team) until equal numbers are achieved. Once that happens, the draft format resumes with the coach who had not yet selected a player from the draft pool. Example: Coach Mary and Coach Sue both had SCUSC teams during the previous year. Coach Mary decides to lock in 5 of her players and Coach Sue locks in 7. Coach Mary gets to choose the first two players from the draft pool (which now includes players not locked in by either team). After that, Coach Sue picks one player, Coach Mary picks one player, and so on.
For U11 through U19, the coach who is selected as the "A team" coach by the SCUSC Board will select players first (regardless of which team they previously played for) and the "B team" (more developmental by nature) coach will select from the remaining players given that there is adequate talent to field a second team. Any players not at the tryouts must be given a joint tryout by both Coaches with the "A Team" Coach deciding which team the player will participate on. Parents will not get to choose the coach or team their child will participate with during the soccer year - it is solely at the discretion of the "A Team" Coach. There is an ability to move players from the "B team" to the "A team" and from the "A Team" to the "B Team" as the season progresses solely at the discretion of the "A team" coach with the Director of Select Team's or the designated committee's approval. Both coaches will work together to fill both teams with competitive players. For clarification purposes, the "A Team" may be a State Cup Team and the "B Team" may be a Region Cup Team or the "A Team" may be a Region Cup Team and the "B Team" may be a competitive team not destined for Region Cup. It is preferred that the two teams not compete in the same league where they are required to play each other.

Additional Requirements may be provided by the Director of Select Teams or the SCUSC Board of Directors.

Provided I am selected as a Competitive Coach for Space Coast United Soccer Club, I promise to abide by all of these rules, the by-laws and codes of conduct of the FYSA and SCUSC or face the consequences levied by the SCUSC Board up to and including termination as a coach within our club.

I fully agree I do not fully agree