Thank you so much for showing interest in refereeing. We believe you took referee training corases during the last regular season. Here's oppotunity to brush up your skill.
Referee Training:
Region 64 in West San Jose will be offering the Basic / Regional and Intermediate Referee Courses this winter/spring season. Click here!
These pages provide information about the refereeing
program in Palo Alto's Region (Region 26) of the American Youth Soccer
Organization. In them, you will find background information about AYSO
refereeing, including how to become an AYSO referee
, details of local practice and arrangements (ranging from clinic schedules to
local lore ), and
lots of ideas on how to have more fun as a referee, whether it's by improving your technique
or shopping for ref
gear .
A friendly reminder: EVERY volunteer (especially referees) must fill out an
AYSO Volunteer Form EVERY YEAR. This form MUST have a valid Social
Security Number and Driver's license (or State ID) number. The proper
execution of this form insures you have AYSO supplemental Soccer Accident
Insurance in force. You must also be Safe Haven certified and perform your
job within the limits of your job description, as you were taught in the Safe
Haven Class and Referee classes.
If you have any questions, please contact the local
Please check these pages regularly if you are an
active referee in Palo Alto AYSO. Please let us know to
how you like them
and what you'd like to see added or improved.
* * *
* * A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE * * *
* *
Palo Alto
Introduces WebYouthSoccer (was WebAYSO)
This year we will again be using the online system, WebYouthSoccer, to handle as
much of the referee scheduling and management as possible. This will
include ALL referees, not just those in U11 and up. While we're still
in the process of determining exactly what WebYouthSoccer can do for us, we do
know it can help us with scheduling games, as well as keep track of
certifications and numbers of games refereed, which is useful for
everyone. With the season rapidly approaching, we need to get
every referee "into the system" as soon as possible.
What EVERY Referee in Palo Alto Needs To
Do ASAP (PLEASE!)
As a referee in AYSO in Palo Alto, you will need to log into WebYouthSoccer and record your preferences (i.e., your availability for each game, the
level of game you wish to referee, and any special instructions like
"only AR for team # G1102"). Once you log in, on the left side of the
main screen is a link labeled "Referee." Click on that and you will
see a link called "Preferences." The preferences page has detailed
instructions. Basically, you will use this to indicate which days you
are available, which divisions you want to referee in, and whether
you will do lines and/or centers (note we use centers only in U7-U9 in
Palo Alto).
Since the system does not show all of the divisions we use in Palo
Alto, referees wanting to do games in U7/U8/U9 should indicate their
preferences in the U8 division, and referees wanting to do games in
U11/U12 should indicate their preferences in the U12 division.
LOGGING IN: If you have an
account and remember the username and password, you can go to http://www.ayso26.org
and log into WebYouthSoccer from there (people who registered their children
online will have accounts). If you have an account, or think you might
have an account, but cannot remember the username and/or password, you
can go to http://db.webayso.com/ and after
clicking on "login" it will present you with a link "Need a
Username/Password?" which will provide a way for you to challenge for
your information. If that doesn't work, then as a last resort, send
email to
DURING THE SEASON: The referee
division coordinators will be using WebYouthSoccer to help them in scheduling
games this year, so the more people who enter their preferences, the
easier those difficult jobs will be. During the season, we will
be asking referees to enter the information on your game cards
(quarters played and goals scored) on to electronic game cards.
This (hopefully accurate and complete) information will be invaluable
next year in forming Balanced Teams.
THANK YOU!
Questions? The FAQ's explain many
of the details of the referee program.
TWO IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS
1. Revisions to the National Referee Program
At the 2003 Spring Workshop, the AYSO National Referee
Commission approved some major revisions to the National Referee
Program. The Task Force
that developed the recommendation revisions included in its objectives:
Maintain
training integrity and quality
Reduce
unnecessary duplication of training material
Eliminate
excessive emphasis on referee training levels tied to age specific
matches
Offer
maximum training flexibility
Institute a
program of referee training as a continuing process
The new referee
training program has been developed in modules that can be used for
either referee up-grade or continuing education. One major change
was made in the designation of the various "badge" names and the
requirements to reach those levels:
Old Badge Level Name
New Badge LevelName
Regional
Regional, or Basic
Area
Intermediate
Section
Advanced
National 2
(N2)
National
(combined N1 & N2)
National 1
(N1)
National
(combined N1 & N2)
AYSO's National website contains detailed information on the revisions to the National Referee
Program, including the revised (and generally more easily attained)
requirements for each referee grade and the transitional requirements
for those who have completed some, but not all, requirements for an
upgrade.
2. Making Online Game Reports
Beginning in 2003, referees for Palo Alto games will be asked to fill
out game cards online after every game. The data we will entering
(quarters played and goals scored) will help us make sure AYSO's
"Everyone Plays" policy works and will also be used next year in the
team formation and balancing process. We are working out the
details in this process. Watch this space and the Game Cards page for
updated news.
how you like them
and what you'd like to see added or improved.