1. Frankfort YMCA Soccer Meeting
Fall 2016

2. 7 Pillars of YMCA Sports Everyone Plays Safety First Fair Play
Positive Competition
Family Involvement
Sport for All
Sport for Fun

3. Character Development
Four Core Values
Caring – love others and be sensitive to their well being.
Honesty-have integrity. Make sure that one’s actions match one’s values through sports
Respect-value the worth of every person, teammates, opposing team, officials, and coaches.
Responsibility-be accountable for one’s behavior and obligations.
Implement team circles into your practices. Visit for practice ideas along with team circle discussion and game ideas.

4. YMCA Coach’s Prayer Win or Lose I pledge before God
Coach’s prayer is led before every game by officials
Win or Lose
I pledge before God
To do the best I can
To be a team player
To respect my teammates, opponents, officials,
and coaches
And to improve myself in spirit, mind, and body

5. Coaching Expectations and Code of Conduct
Coaches Packet
We will need
Signed Job description
Coaches Code of Conduct/Abuse Prevention Signed

6. Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky 1.800.CHILDREN or www.pcaky.org
Physical
Neglect
Emotional
Sexual
To report an incident of child abuse you can contact:
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky CHILDREN or

7. Practice Plan and Preparation
Knowledge of rules
News or information to parents at practice
Positive attitude
Stretching
One on One interaction with each player
Breaks – Get WATER
Positive player reinforcement
Group games
Remember- for practice ideas.

8. Game Plan and Preparation
Player rotation or system that is fair.
Every Player Plays half the game.
Players should be rotating positions in all leagues (with the exception of tournament play).
Knowledge of rules (included in your packet)
Knowledge of key dates

9. Picture Day October 1st is picture day for Capitol View Park (U12)
October 15th is picture day for Lakeview Park Leagues
October 10th is picture day for Monday night LK
Parents will want to arrive 1 hour early in order to start games timely.
2 Locations at Lakeview Park
Coach form must be filled out
Pictures that are purchased will be mailed to the player’s home.

10. Inclement Weather Procedure
PRACTICE CANCELLATIONS are up to the COACHES. Please contact your team in the case of cancelling and the Y in order to schedule a make up practice if desired.
If Games are cancelled parents will be informed via Playerspace. Parents can choose text or options

11. To Remember:
Practices will begin the week of August 29th and Games begin Sept. 10th . There will be no practices the week of October 3rd
Please contact your parents as soon as possible to introduce yourself and inform them of their practice day and time. First time contact should be a phone call.
Game schedules will be ed out to parents. You can also view them at anytime at ygametime.com

12. Snack Schedules Encourage Healthy Snacks
Players should bring water to practices and games. Encourage water over sugary drinks.
Encourage parents to bring snacks like fruits, veggie packs, crackers.
Website on Healthy Eating –

13. Coaches
Practices and games for LittleKickers-U10 will be held at Lakeview Park
Practices and games for U12 and U14 will be held at Capitol View Park
All soccer players will need to come with a soccer ball, cleats, and shin guards. The Y will provide a jersey, shorts and socks.
Jerseys/shorts/socks will be available to pick up at the Y beginning Tuesday, Sept 6th
Players will be given the size as noted on the team roster, regardless of fit so that everyone receives the size they requested. Please do not give someone a better fitting size unless all of your players already have a jersey.

14. E-Learning for Coaches
To help you with your season, we’ve provided concise e-learning lessons that contain education on the philosophy of YMCA Youth Sports, basic coaching techniques that include practice plans, skills, drills, rules and tactics of the sport, and valuable volunteer resources.
Certificates of completion can be printed at the end of each session.

15. YMCA Contact Information
Frankfort YMCA
Rob Van Til, Operations/Programs Executive
Office: EXT. 104
Sports Phone:

16. Annual Giving Campaign
The YMCA’s goal is to not turn away anyone due to inability to pay.
In 2015 the Frankfort YMCA awarded a little over $200,000 in financial aid scholarships to youth, teens, and families in Franklin, and surrounding counties

17. Thank you for volunteering for the Frankfort YMCA!