Coaches and Assistant Coaches Certification
All Coach applicants, Head and Assistant, must register as a Head or Assistant coach in their AYSO portal (Sports Connect). Once registered, an annual background check is required. Please initiate and complete in portal. Once you have submitted your registration, in your AYSO portal under "Volunteer," complete the required check list of trainings. Including, Safe Sport course found under volunteers tab. The remainder of the trainings can be found in AYSOU. Click the AYSOU button to enter the online training site; click Training Library, to complete the online age group coach trainings, Safe Haven, CDC Concussion, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest. The system will update your records once courses are completed. Download the age group training manual as a resource for training plans. Please see the "News and Upcoming Events" tab for training dates, times and locations.
Coaching Manuals
6U Manual
8U Manual
10U Manual
12U Manual
Players Clinic
There will be a players clinic on Saturday and Sunday, in August (Date TBA) at Kailua District Park from 3 pm to 5 pm. Players can register on the registration link on Kailuaayso.org soon - please watch your emails. Plan to attend yourself (free for you) and encourage as many of your players as you can to register and attend.
Season Coach Meetings
Coaches are asked to attend the coach meeting to learn about coaching for the Kailua-Waimanalo AYSO region and get information. Dinner/lunch and a coach gift is provided to each coach and door prizes are also given away. All required coach courses and background check must be completed prior to receiving your team roster. Please keep a copy of all your required certifications (SafeSport, Safe Haven, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, CDC Concussion Awareness, and Age-appropriate Coach Certification). This is for the Coach only please.
10U Coach Meeting, TBA
12U-19U Coach Meeting, TBA
6U Coach Meeting, TBA
8U Coach Meeting, TBA
Uniform Distribution
Coaches are asked to come at their assigned times to pick up their teams uniforms to be passed out at the following practice. Place and date TBA. Coaches and Assistant Coaches when passing out uniforms we ask that you line your players up from smallest player to the tallest player and hand out uniforms accordingly. Thank you.
Coach Roundtable
6U/8U Divisions 7:00 to 9:00 pm TBA
10U Division 7:00 to 9:00 pm TBA
12U-19U Division 7:00 to 9:00 pm TBA
Picture Day/Pick-up
Picture Day for all teams is Sept 16, 2023 - no region games will be played that day. Coaches may turn in your player evaluation and pick up your teams pictures TBA.