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Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center

U16-U19 Venue Location:    Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center

   For information on the center:                                                               http://www.morganhilloutdoorsportscenter.com/

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New Transfer Possibilities In 2012

New rules regarding transfers take effect this year.  You may transfer players from another league to your team, which does not count against your maximum transfer count of FIVE (5) transfers to your team.  Speak to your league registrar about this new process.

Founders Cup - Coaches Worksheet

           This worksheet can help facilitate your working through items, as you prepare for Founders' Cup.  It is a check-list guide, to help you insure that you have covered vital items.  Get this form here

Special note to U9 coaches

           U9 teams are allowed to play in the tournament, but you are playing in the U10 group, against U10 & U9 teams.  There is no effort made to place U9 teams in a bracket with other U9 teams.  Teams are bracketed solely by random, which may produce any random group of age groups in a bracket.  When you apply to the tournament, you also use the U10 application form to apply, as there is no U9 application form.

Application Deadline:

Take note that the listed age group applications are U10-14 and U16-19, with both groups having different timelines that they have to apply by, as follows:

U9-14    -  Must apply by November 1, 2010, by 5:00 pm;  Applications MUST be IN the office

U16-19 -   Must apply by January 3, 2011, by 5:00 pm;  Applications MUST be IN the office

Founders' Cup Guide 2011-2012:

A document that gives information on Founders' Cup, and Founders' Cup Rules.
 
 

Player Roster Count:

For U15-U19 teams, you may now have 22 players on your roster.  The number of additional players that you can transfer is five (5) Ask your league registrar for help on these items.  Only 18 players can be designated as being eligible to play in a game.  For U9-U10 teams, you may have an 18 player roster.

 

NOTICE:

                      For all facilities, NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED, OF ANY SIZE.  Coaches have the responsibility for notifying their team.

Wearing of non-uniform clothing during Cup
   play 

      The Head CYSA referee official comments on the wearing of long sleeve clothing, hats & gloves.                                  

                Insure that you read section 'XI Uniforms', in the CYSA Cup Competition Directives, Rules &
                Regulations, regarding rules on non-uniform clothing, as there are specific requirements.

Check-in/credentials  

IMPORTANT:  The following applies to all teams entering Founders' Cup--READ!

Here is the new player pass, and what will be happening regarding the new medical release sticker.
Click here to see all of the new information released by CYSA.

To put it briefly:

On-Line Application Process:

CYSA has an automated process for doing applications, on-line, at the following sites

U10  (U9 teams use U10 applications)
U12-U14
U16-U19

The District VIII Founders Cup representative is Jack Smith and if you have questions, contact me at      d8americancup@comcast.net
 

Spectator Behavior

This is an issue for coaches and CYSA.  CYSA holds a coach responsible for the behavior of their spectators.  In matches, a coach and their spectators may be separated.  This means that a coach will have to watch the game, and the conduct of their spectators, from across the field.  This means that the coach and assistant coach will have to work with each other on watching aspects of both the game, and spectators.  It would be beneficial to task the 'team parent' with helping to monitor the parents, as they must be on the sideline with the parents (they are not a team 'coach', with credentials, so they would be with the spectators).  However, remember the coach has the final responsibility, if something happens.  If it is apparent that the team parent cannot get a parent to settle down, they need to notify the coach immediately.  If the team parent seeks a CYSA field officer nearby, they can also explain the situation to them, to seek assistance.

Lodging

Think long, pay long here folks.  You need to pay attention as to when the venue is announced.  Needless to say, the cheaper rooms go first!  Everything is first come, first served.  You also need to have a parents meeting and talk about how the chaperoning will work, especially  for any player that may attend the games without parents (i.e. traveling with another family and staying in their room, or adjoining rooms).  Coaches may want to review the following item, from the league insurance carrier (click here).

Car Pools

Well, Murphy's Law is alive and well.  If you are not familiar with this simple principal:

Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way." It is most often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" or, "Anything that can go wrong, will," or even, "If anything can go wrong, it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment").

CYSA has a form that seeks to protect you from that well worn adage, if you wish to use it.  This is the Car Pool Driver Form, which can also be found in the back of your Team Manual.  Here is a reality check.  If you have an SUV and you have it loaded with players, will your insurance coverage be adequate if you have a  accident and everyone in your vehicle sustains injuries?  If you have seven (7) individuals in your vehicle, and a $50,000 policy, that is divided between all seven of you, resulting in $7,142 per person that your insurance will cover.  If there were injuries, resulting in a death, for just one person, you could be immediately up a creek, during a flood.

Team area during a game

Coaches are responsible to ensure that only credentialed team personnel are in the team area during a game.  No parents/sponsors are allowed.  CYSA personnel will be checking team areas for authorized personnel, as per team check-in, with credentials having been previously presented.  You may have a total of four (4) licensed team personnel in the team area.  Please take note, the spouses/significant others,  and children of licensed personnel are spectators and must be in the spectator area.

U10 (U9 teams use U10 application)
U12-U14
U16-U19

U10
U12-U14
U16-U19