COACHING INFORMATION

HOW TO REGISTER AS A NEW COACH

Click here to begin the registration process. This link will be active beginning on April 1st.

Please make sure that you register with your full legal name, as seen on your drivers license. This is the only way that your background and fingerprinting results can be matched up to your account. 

After you complete your registration you will need to complete a live scan (in-person finger printing), an online background check, the Safe Sport Course, and the Health and Safety Course online, as well as the Intro to Grassroots and applicable licensing courses.

All of the required courses, except or the licensing course, can be found by logging in to your account at gotsport.com and clicking on the dashboard tab on the left hand side.

The registrar will contact you will more detailed information and direction. Please reach out to registrar@apsoccer.org with any questions!

HOW TO REGISTER AS A RETURNING COACH 

Click here to begin the registration process. This link will be active beginning on April 1st.

Please make sure that you register with your full legal name, as seen on your drivers license. This is the only way that your background and fingerprinting results can be matched up to your account.

As a returning coach, you will need to complete the refresher for the Safe Sport and the Health and Safety courses.

The required courses can be found by logging in to your account at gotsport.com and clicking on the dashboard tab on the left hand side.

If you are planning on changing your team name, please let us know at registrar@apsoccer.org as soon as possible. This needs to be done by July 1st.

COACHES CODE OF CONDUCT

• The primary objective of the coach is to make the soccer experience safe, educational and fun for the children. At the end of their Arden Park soccer careers, we want the kids to be better players and more importantly, better people. The goal is not to win at all costs, but to develop independent and well-adjusted children.
• The coach is responsible for the conduct of his/her sideline. Each coach is encouraged to talk to the parents and explain that cheering good play by both teams is encouraged. Yelling and/or giving direction to the players or the referees is unacceptable.
• In both victory and defeat, coaches will act with grace, dignity, and composure. He/she teaches the players to do the same. A coach should never enter the field of play, question a referee or belittle the players. Each coach and player is encouraged to thank the opposing team and the referee after each game.
• Soccer is the players’ game. The philosophy of the coach should be to teach at practice and to step back and let the players play during the games. The soccer coach does not micromanage his/her players during the game.
• The coach should teach the players fair play and good sportsmanship. If a player is being disrespectful, the coach will remove him/her from the game.