Coaches’ Information
Please familiarize yourself with the policy and regulation related documents below:
Team Communications
The best way to communicate with your team is through the SSC web site. The e-mail option on your team's home page allows you to select from your roster and staff and will send e-mails to all secondary addresses and alternate users associate with the account. To navigate to the page, select TEAM DIRECTORY under the TEAM CENTRAL tab. Look up your team and go to the Team Home site. The e-mail tab is toward the right under the picture at the top of the page.
Laws of the Game (2019/2020)
This link includes both the full Laws of the game and a summary of this year's changes. Please familiarize yourself with the changes - there are a few that are significant.
2019/2020 Laws of the Game
CYSL Rules and Information
Coaching Courses and Licensing
Mass Youth Soccer offers online and live classes for coaches to obtain certified coaching licenses. The first level class is for the “F” license – this class can be completed online in about 2 hours; you can take it from the convenience of your own couch. The cost is $25 and this fee is eligible for reimbursement by Scituate Soccer! What a deal!
Please note that only National License courses are eligible for reimbursement.
Additionally MYSA offers FREE informational session plans to assist novice coaches with strategies: https://www.mayouthsoccer.org/coaches/session-plans/
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Handouts
Coaches' Handbook
Guideline for Game-Day Coaching
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Score Reporting
Please remember to report your score each week, ideally within 24 hours of game time. CYSL will be fining us $50 for each unreported score.
Click on the Schedules tab at the very top of the page, next to the DICK's logo.
If you don't see the tab, please e-mail [email protected]. Include your SSC website login information.
Go to the Scores tab, select the appropriate program and find your division.
Update the game score, click the box to the right and click on Save or Save and Post Scores at the bottom of the page.
If a game is postponed, go to the schedule itself and update the status. Don't forget to hit save at the bottom of the page! You'll have to save it three times to get past the system's conflict check.
Rescheduling Games - CYSL Procedures (Spring 2019)
Within five days of the delayed game:
- Get in touch with the field coordinator ( Kevin Griffin) for field availability.
- Reach out to the opposing coach with an offer for three suggested dates/times. (This should be a discussion.)
- Once an agreement has been reached, confirm with Kevin and contact Cassandra Healy and Jen Sjostedt for referee scheduling.
- Other than a cancellation due to field conditions, an association is not obligated to reschedule a game solely due to opposing team numbers.
Please contact Cassandra Healey and Jen Sjostedt if you are cancelling a scheduled game so they can let the referees know.
Home coach will provide the away coach and each Town Coordinator with a list of three (3) different dates and times within 5 days of initial notification. The away coach must respond within 5 days of receiving the dates. If the coaches cannot agree, Town Coordinators must attempt to resolve the dispute. If the Town Coordinators cannot agree to a date, the matter will be forwarded to the Standards Committee. Notice of the Standards Committee decision shall be given in writing to both teams.
FIELD UNPLAYABLE:
Town Coordinators will make the decision if a field is in unplayable condition due to weather prior to 7:00 AM, Saturday, 11:00 AM Sunday or 2 hours before the first game, whichever is earlier.
The Town Coordinator will then notify the appropriate home team coaches and Town Referee Coordinator. The Town Referee Coordinator will notify the assigned referees.
Home team coaches are responsible for immediately notifying the visiting team coach. If you cannot contact the visiting coach two hours prior to a rained out game, then please be at the field to notify the visiting coach.
Unless notified by the Town Coordinator or home team coach, teams must report to the scheduled field where the decision to play is made by the assigned referee.
Any canceled games in April or May must be played by May 31st.
Forfeits will result if the above procedure was not followed or games are not played within the make up period. An appropriate fine is charged when a game is forfeited.
HALTED PLAY: In the event of electric and/or thunderstorms, the game shall be stopped for the duration of the storm.
Re-starts are solely the referee’s decision. If the game cannot be restarted, it shall be replayed.