Junior Development League - LA Galaxy Orange County West

The LA Galaxy OC Junior Development League is designed as a fun instruction-based soccer league for 5 to 12-year-old boys and girls. These leagues combine learning in a fun and positive environment, and the excitement of league play through small-sided games.

Each well-thought-out session is designed to introduce young players to fundamental, age appropriate soccer techniques through fun games, and then put these newly learned skills immediately to use by playing small- sided games. The program operates under the simple philosophy that kids learn by playing. Thus, everyone plays virtually 100% of the time, in both practice and games – no lines, short explanations and lots of touches on the ball.

It is our goal that through volunteer coaching and by playing in a fun-filled environment which encourages learning, that this program will provide children with the foundation to enjoy the game of soccer for many years to come.

LA Galaxy makes every effort to support friend and coach requests to help maximize a childs’ soccer experience.

Please mark any requests during the registration process as they cannot be added after.

All our volunteer coaches have been subjected to and passed background checks through live scan, will have received their F coaching license from Cal South and are part of our ongoing coach development and training program.

U6 – U12 teams will practice once a week (times to be confirmed).

To supplement the volunteer coaching program we have the LA Galaxy OC Coerver Skillfull Edge Program.

Registration for the Junior Development League Spring 2020 season includes:

• Practices beginning in August
• 10 weeks of training (1 practice per week)
• NINE weeks of games
• End of season tournament
• Small sided games to help develop “creative” players
• 1 session per week with volunteer coach – click here to volunteer to coach
• Coerver Skillfull Edge sessions with a professional trainer (attend as many as you’d like)
• Coach mentoring sessions with a professional trainer available to aid volunteer coach
• Professional season long curriculum
• Balanced bracketing – equal ability teams can play against each other
• Play with friends program
• Adidas uniform for players
• Paid referees – no volunteer requirement
• End of season trophies
• A clear progression through our Player Pathway

At LA Galaxy OC we believe that, to play the game, our children should have as many tools as possible.

The Coerver Skillfull Edge program is an age appropriate, skills development program taught by professional coaches. It is designed to help players improve outside of their normal team training sessions. These sessions are delivered by skilled Coerver instructors.

This program is included as part of the registration fee for all of our Junior Development League players.

Players can attend as many sessions as they’d like.

“At Arsenal, we believe totally in the Coerver® method. We have collaborated closely with Alf Galustian for more than 16 years to instill these training techniques in our academy.” Liam Brady, Former Academy Director, ARSENAL FC

Coerver Skillfull Edge schedule (Dates, Times to be announced):
Mondays & Wednesdays
5:00pm - 6:00pm
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Games will be played on local fields in Cypress, Los Alamitos or La Palma on Saturdays.

Practices will be played on local fields in Cypress, Los Alamitos or La Palma on Saturdays.

We are looking for coaches who would be prepared to volunteer their time to take a bigger part of your son/daughter’s progression as a soccer player……..and it is much easier than you think! We help you along the way to make it as easy as possible!

The requirements to coach within the LAGOC recreational soccer program are very simple:

• Register as a volunteer within the LAGOC program. Volunteer
• Create an account profile within the Cal South system to register as a coach and for LAGOC to assign you to our program. Cal South
• All coaches need to have age appropriate training or an E license or higher.
• Go to the Cal South website to register for the online 4v4, 7v7, 9v9 or 11v11 course (you should take the class appropriate to the division you are coaching and upgrade to the relevant age you are coaching each season – for 6v6, take the 7v7 course ).

Cal South Coaching Ed Page
Direct Link to Register

• Complete the U.S. Center for Safe Sport training and education online course. Go to safesport, create an account and take the following courses. (Use code YC3E-6P5G-YYIL-CS2M)

• • 3.1 Sexual Misconduct Awareness Education
  • 3.2 Mandatory Reporting
  • 3.3 Emotional and Physical Misconduct
  • Once complete, please upload the final SafeSport Trained certificate to your Cal South profile

• Take a concussion course (this is an online 1 hour class) and save the certificate (see below). Click here to complete the course
• Complete a “Livescan” background check – this is done only once and once completed and you are approved through Cal South, you need not do this again. Cal South Livescan
• Complete a Cal South Admin Form each season and save. Admin Form
• Log In to the Cal South system

• • Upload Concussion Course Certificate
  • Upload Safe Sport Trained certificate

• Submit Cal South Administrator form to recleagues@lagalaxyoc.com and bring a copy to the coaches meeting/training prior to the season starting
• Attend the pre season coaches meeting (mandatory)

If you are a returning coach who has already complied with these requirements, you only need to:

• Register as a volunteer within the LAGOC program. Volunteer
• Go to the Cal South website to register for the online 4v4, 7v7, 9v9 or 11v11 course (you should take the class appropriate to the division you are coaching and upgrade to the relevant age you are coaching each season – for 6v6, take the 7v7 course ).

Cal South Coaching Ed Page
Direct Link to Register

• Complete the U.S. Center for Safe Sport training and education online course. Go to safesport, create an account and take the following courses. (Use code YC3E-6P5G-YYIL-CS2M)

• • 3.1 Sexual Misconduct Awareness Education
  • 3.2 Mandatory Reporting
  • 3.3 Emotional and Physical Misconduct
  • Once complete, please upload the final SafeSport Trained certificate to your Cal South profile

• Attend the coaches meeting.

LA Galaxy OC will support you as a coach with:

1. A free coaching class before the season starts – Fall training date to be determined.
2. Coaching equipment
3. Professional training support – coach mentoring from an LA Galaxy professional coach to conduct your session (sign up based program – see below)
4. A season long coaching curriculum.
5. Practice fields professionally set up for your practice sessions.
6. Paid for and scheduled referees for your games – no need to source your own refs
7. Our Coerver Skillfull EdgeProgram – where your players can attend and develop individual skills outside of practice. You don’t have to be able to teach EVERYTHING!
8. A goalkeeper program – to help players in this position, so you don’t have to.

Plus you receive $100 credit towards your registration fee to offset costs associated with your coaching education!

Coaching Handbook: TBD

Coaches Accident Reporting: Here is the guide for accident reporting

Coaches code of conduct: Please read the coaches code of conduct

Coaching Resources: Click here to go to the US Soccer Digital Coaching Center.

Here are some resources provided by Cal South, to aid in your session planning
https://www.calsouth.com/en/coaching-training-videos/

Things to know about play-practice-play
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/02/27/20/03/20180227-feat-coaching-education-five-things-to-know-about-play-practice-play

Key Dates:
Parent Meeting: March (date to be confirmed)
Practices start: March 9th
Season starts: March 21st
Coerver Skillfull Edge starts: TBD
End of season tournament: May 16^th
Picture Days: TBD

• *Photos will be taken at least 30 minutes prior to your game time at your game field (there may be one field whose teams, for that day, need to go elsewhere just for pictures)
• Your team should show up, together, in uniform with their coach, ready for pictures and check in with the photographer
• Each player receives a 4×6 team photo, should you wish to purchase additional items, please bring the completed form along with you
• Pictures will be returned and available for pick up by the team coach on Date to be confirmed, at your game location
• Take form, fill out and bring to picture day. You can access the form HERE

Click here to see the parents code of conduct

To purchase a discounted Bownet Lite Soccer Ball – Click Here!

Cal South Accident Form

Parents Meeting presentation: TBD

Concussion
https://media.calsouth.com/data/Downloads/Resources/CalSouthConcussionParentFactSheet5.25.17V4.ENG.pdf?rev=26CB
(Please sign the last page).

Cal South Form
https://www.calsouth.com/data/Downloads/Forms%20and%20Downloads/2011.05.26PlayerRegistrationFormV7.pdf

Form Guide:
For League: “Junior Development League”
For Club: “LA Galaxy OC”
For Age Group: Put players birth year
Division: Can be left blank
Team ID number: Can be left blank

• Format of Play | Fall 2019
• Build Out Line
• U6 Additional Rules
• U7-U12 Additional Rules

2014: U6 players play 4v4, size 3 ball, 4 x 10 minutes
2013/2012: U8 players play 6v6, size 3 ball, 4 x 10 minutes
2011/2010: U10 players play 7v7, size 4 ball, 2 x 25 minutes
2009/2008: U12 players play 9v9, size 4 ball, 2 x 25 minutes