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The website opens for registration on Feb 15th and registration will continue for Mini players U8 to U10 until May 1st. If you are a returning player please register using your login and password from the previous season. If you are a new player please enter as a “new user” and invent and user name and password.
On May 31st a late fee will be charged on all registrations. Players registering on May 31st or after will be placed on teams with spaces in date order of registration. Registrations will be taken until the teams are full and then a waitlist will be started.
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| WVSC Communication Guidelines | |
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In order to provide support for our team coaches and managers and to improve communication between team officials and Club Directors and staff, we would like to provide you with some information and guidelines on WVSC communication. The following list of Directors and staff, along with their specific areas of responsibility, should be used to determine which Club official coaches and managers contact for information and assistance:
| Age Group Coordinators - |
Distribution of Team Lists, Player Movement, Player Withdrawals, League Schedule and Rules, Cup Schedule and Rules, Club Policies, Uniforms |
| Bill Sparling - |
Coaching Applications, Policies and Administration; Player Development and Academy Programs |
| Claudia Sparling - |
Game and Practice Field Scheduling |
| Colin Millar - |
Equipment |
| Head Coach/Asst. Head Coach - |
Technical Coaching Advice and Support |
| Julie Walker - |
Club and Academy Registration Enquiries |
| John Ruddick - |
Scouting Policies and Process |
| Eric Keller - |
Referee No Shows |
If you are unsure of who to contact, please contact your Age Group Coordinator (AGC). Most questions or concerns can be addressed by AGCs. If they cannot provide you with an answer they will forward any questions or concerns to the appropriate Club official.
Please DO NOT go directly to our Technical Department for concerns regarding your team. Our Head Coach and Assistant Head coach are available to provide you with technical advice and support only. Although our staff coaches might have a sympathetic ear for your situation, ultimately they are not the people who will assist you in most cases. We do not want to discourage open relationships amongst our Club members and officials, but in order for us to work as efficiently as possible we need everyone to adhere to these guidelines.
All Club officials, including AGCs, are listed on the WVSC web site Click here for all current WVSC contact information.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support.
Bill Sparling
President
West Vancouver Soccer Club
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| Referee Performance Reporting | |
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There is now an online form to enter Referee Performance Evaluations.
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| Mini Soccer - U8 to U10 | |
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Mini Soccer Program
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The U8 – U10 Mini program operates under the Mini-Soccer format as set out by BCSA. The focus of Mini-Soccer is player development in a non-competitive environment:
- At U8 we play 4-a-side (including goalkeeper) games. Half an hour of fun “every player touching the ball games” then two games are played simultaneously. Each game consists of 2 15 minute halves.
- At U9 & U10 we play 7-a-side (including goalkeeper) games. The games consist of 2 25 minute halves.
All games are scheduled for Saturdays and each team practices once a week between games. U 8 games will be played against WVSC teams only with Jamboree events scheduled throughout the season with our North Shore Clubs. U 9 & 10 games are on the North Shore against other West Van teams as well as teams from North Shore Girls Club, Mount Seymour, Lynn Valley and Lions Gate.
The season runs from mid September to early March with a break from mid December to mid January. The age group that a player falls under is determined by his age as of December 31st. As an example, a player who will be 9 years old at December 31st must play in the U10 (i.e. Under 10) age group.
In accordance with the Rules and Regulations set out by BC Soccer, from U8 - U10 players must play in their correct age group. No player may play "down" and players may only play "up" upon the recommendation of the Head coach and the approval of the Board
No player may practice or play with a team unless the player has been placed by the Club on that team
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| Mini Team Selection Policy | |
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The West Vancouver Soccer Club’s main objective is to provide an atmosphere of fun and exercise with the emphasis on skill development in the context of a team sport. Children have the opportunity to learn a lot in Mini soccer, including getting along with other children, accepting guidance and direction from a coach, experiencing the feeling of winning and losing as a team, as well as learning and loving the game of soccer. The West Vancouver Soccer Club is a community club, drawing on players from all neighbourhoods. One of the most valuable opportunities for players is that of meeting and playing with children from all over the community, many of whom they will meet in other sports and activities and perhaps later in high school. In fact, it will assist in their integration to High School, as they will know other children from throughout the community, not just from elementary school.
At the Mini level there is no tryout process to get on a team. All children are welcome until the teams are full. Each year, teams may be made up of children who played on that team the year prior, with additions of kids who played elsewhere and children new to the Club.
The Club is run by volunteers. Each age group has a coordinator, one for the boys and one for the girls. The age group coordinator, with assistance from the relevant Mini coordinator, makes up the teams each year following a standard set of guidelines. These guidelines were established to promote fairness to the process, equal opportunity, and a reasonable distribution of players from different schools. This latter criterion was adopted for a number of reasons, the first being that it is a wonderful opportunity for children to meet and play soccer with a variety of kids. Secondly, cliques, etc., which may be present in school groups, have no place in team sport: teams comprised of children from different schools lessen the opportunity for such clique behaviour to transfer to the team. Thirdly, diverse teams provide flexibility in the placement of new players. Teams change over the years as people move in and out of the community, drop soccer or take it up. It can be very difficult for a child to be the only player on a team from another school, or to be the only player from a given school not on that school based team.
Summary of Mini Team Selection Guidelines U8 to U10
- Children will be placed on teams of Community (not school based) representation. Wherever possible, children will be placed with one friend whom they have requested. Players committing for a full season of soccer (September to March) will be given priority for placement on teams.
- Players registering before May 1st will be given priority when team placements are made honouring requests for teams where possible and following the guidelines for placement.
- All players registering on May 2nd or later will be placed on teams with available spots in date order of registration, honouring requests for teams where possible and following the guidelines for placement.
- The Club will distribute “new to soccer” players amongst the established teams where possible to avoid creating teams consisting of all “new to soccer players , thereby putting that team at a disadvantage. This applies mostly to the older age groups. We will always endeavor to place players with at least one friend. Whenall available spots are taken a waitlist will be started.
- At the beginning of the season, the maximum number of children from one school placed on a team will be six. Bowen Island teams are exempt from this rule.
- Head Coaches’ children will always be placed on their parent’s team. Team managers’ And coordinators’ children will be placed according to the same guidelines as everyone else.
- Waitlist. When all teams are full, a waitlist will be started. Players must be registered and paid before being placed on the waitlist. Order on the waitlist is based on the registration and payment date. Should a spot on a team become available, the first person on the waitlist will be offered the spot. If this person declines the spot, the next person will be contacted. A decision on the part of the waitlisted player regarding the placement must be made within 24 hours of being contacted. Coaches do not choose who fills the spot on his/her team.
- Team transfers: Requests for team transfers will be considered only between the period of regular registration and team formation. Transfers are granted at the discretion of the age group coordinator in consultation with the mini coordinator, with several factors taken into consideration. Once teams are finalized, player requests for changes can only be entertained in exceptional circumstances. Only those team lists sanctioned by the Board of the West Vancouver Soccer Club and in turn, the NSYSA, can practice or play. Transfers of players at the mini level are at the discretion of the Club not BC Soccer.
- Huge amounts of thought, time and effort go into making the teams. Rude and abusive treatment of the volunteer coordinators will NOT be tolerated. At the end of the Process, you will get a call from your child’s coach, another volunteer who will likely have a positive impact on your child in many ways during the season. If you are positive and encouraging to your child about whatever team he/she is placed on, your child will be too. Have a great season.
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Great Outlook News article about WVSC Street Soccer program.
