Region 779 Newsletter - Chino Hills AYSO Region 779

Region 779 Newsletter
Chino Hills AYSO
America Youth Soccer Organization
September 29, 2007
SPORTSMANSHIP
Winning Isn't Everything!
By Cindy Grigg
Sports provide a positive learning experience
that will increase your ability to develop
self confidence, good sportsmanship,
and teamwork skills. Sports help you value
personal health and fitness. Playing a sport
when you're young will help you keep a
healthy weight and healthy exercise habits
for life. Sports also teach you to work hard
and have a little fun at the same time.
In sports, you are challenged both mentally
and physically. Coaches teach the rules of
the game, strategy to win, and how to work
together. You will also build skills,
endurance, and strength. Perhaps the greatest
life lessons are learned in sports. Winning
does not come easy. You’ve got to work for it.
"Winners never quit, and quitters never win."
Sometimes you give it your all and you still
lose. When you lose, pick yourself up and try
again.
As an AYSO Kids Zone Advocate, we
promise to:
• Honor the Game
• Respect all participants,
encouraging good sportsmanship and
keeping the game of Soccer FUN
By entering an AYSO Kids Zone, you agree
to the following:
• Kids are #1
• Fun - not winning - is everything!
• Fans only cheer, and only Coaches coach
• Respect the Volunteer Referee
• No Swearing
• No Smoking
• Leave no trash behind
• Set a proper example for our children.
Please see page 3 for “Tools for Parents”
Laws of the Game The “Offsides” rule explained
The offsides rule is one of the most misunderstood rules in soccer. Here's how it goes: If you receive the ball and
you're on the opposite team's half of the field then there has to be at least 2 defenders either next to you or ahead of
you, usually, the goalkeeper counts for one of them unless he/she has pushed up beyond two other defenders. It's that
simple; you can't be further towards the goal, by yourself, without a defender next to you when you receive the ball.
You are allowed to be in the offsides position as long as you do not receive the ball or impede a defender from the
play either physically or visually. You may dribble past the defenders without passing the ball. These are the four
conditions that must be met for a player to correctly be called offsides.
Number 1: The player has to be on the attacking half of the field. There's no offsides if a player gets the ball on his
team's half of the field.
Number 2: The player has to be involved in the play. If there's a player that is ahead of the defenders he'll only be in
an offside position if somebody passes him the ball. If he doesn't intervene in the play then there is no offside.
• Everyone Plays
• Open Registration
• Balanced Teams
• Positive Coaching
• Good Sportsmanship
Number 3: The position of the offside player is determined when the ball is kicked, not when he receives the ball. If
the player is behind an opponent when the ball is kicked and then runs past the opponent to receive it, he should not
be called offsides.
Number 4: There are no offsides on corner kicks, throw-ins, or goal kicks.
If indeed you are called offsides then the penalty will be a free kick for the other team.

Applications are now
being accepted for
Spring coaches. For
more information on our
Spring program, visit
AYSO779.com and click
on Spring Play.
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Once again, calling all volunteers…
AYSO IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION!!
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE COME TO HELP!!! You have
made it possible for the kids to play soccer. For those of you who haven’t
yet had a chance to help out, please consider the different ways in which
you can contribute to our region. Help is needed painting fields (usually
on Friday afternoons), setting up and tearing down the fields, working in
the ref tents at each venue and of course refereeing. For the safety of
our kids, games will be cancelled if we don’t have enough volunteers to
referee them. Please help out, so our kids can play!!
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Foot Skills & Drills plus Goalie Clinics on Friday Nights
Clinics will be conducted by The UK Soccer Coaches and Chino Hills AYSO. There will be a one time
cost of $6.00 to cover the cost of the Training Shirt to be worn for all Training Sessions. This will
provide a good opportunity for our players as well as our coaches
to participate & learn new drills.
We will have two sessions:
6:00 - 7:00 Will be For U8 - U10 Chino Hills AYSO Players.
7:00 - 8:00 will be for U12 - U14 Chino Hills AYSO Players.
Where Grand Avenue Park. North Field.
Well Said, by one of our parents…
I write this letter to not only to the parents on my soccer teams but to my friends that have children in
our region.
We have 14 players on our team, generally that means 28 parents not to mention siblings of age that
our players may have, yes these high school kids of age are able to get certified and ref as well. It is
great experience for them, some of them need community service hours for school, church, etc. what a
great way to earn them. Perhaps aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandparents, friends, etc. would like
to get involved. I ask that each and everyone of you consider helping out our region, with a region as
large as Chino Hills we should have a mass of parents wanting to volunteer.
If your child/children have been playing soccer for a few years I believe that if you take a look around
you will see the same parents/volunteers season after season. I realize we are all busy, schedules are
crazy, running from one location to another, I myself have 3 playing AYSO and never at the same
venue but we make it work.
Please consider helping our referee's out with over 3,000+ kids playing in our region there is no reason
that our region is struggling to obtain refs.
Visit the AYSO website at www.AYSO779.com for more information or you may email
dwiles@ayso779.com for more information. I know my children would be very
disappointed if one of their games got cancelled because of no refs I think yours
would be too.

Tools for Parents
The following ideas may be helpful for being a supportive AYSO parent.
Conversations before the games
• Tell your child you love him/her regardless of the outcome.
• Tell him or her “Go for it, give it your best shot and have fun!”
During the game
Understand that kids are over-stimulated during games. The coach may be giving instructions, opponents
and teammates are talking, the crowd is cheering, and the referee is blowing the whistle. To a youth sports
participant, the atmosphere is much like that of a fighter pilot with enemy jets racing all around. Do not yell
instructions to your child during the game because it only adds to the confusion. Sometimes the best thing
you can do as a parent is to be quiet. Cheer and acknowledge good plays by both teams.
After the game
• Thank the officials for doing a difficult job.
• Thank the coaches for their efforts. After a difficult loss, recognize that it is not a
good time to question a coach.
• Thank your opponents for a good game.
• Congratulate your child and his or her teammates for their efforts.
• Compliment individual players on good plays they made in the game.
During the car ride home
• Point out a good play your child made during the game.
• Avoid criticizing or correcting mistakes.
• Ask open-ended questions about how the game was played rather than how many
points were scored. Here are examples of open-ended questions that might apply:
• Did you have fun?
• Did you give it your best effort?
• What did you learn from the game?
• What was the best play you made and how did it feel?
• Did you bounce back from your mistakes?
AYSO recognizes the efforts and advancements made by the Positive Coaching Alliance in Honor of the
Game. The Kids Zone Parent Pledge is adapted from Positive Coaching Alliance's Parent Pledge
(www.positivecoach.org)
U5/U6/U8 GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Boys U5
Girls U8
Boys U8
The BLUE DRAGONS delivered an
outstanding performance despite the
torrential rain. Teammates Duke, Nicolas,
and Brandon C., raced up the field
along with Greg and Kenneth to show
off their skills. Key blocks by Jude and
Brandon M.'s team spirit, kept the game
close. Great game Blue Dragons!!!
Even in the pouring rain HOT TAMALES
were on fire! ELISE, MADISON &
YESENIA had some fancy dribbling
despite the slippery field. NATALIE &
ALLYSSANDRA played some awesome
defense and CLAIRE, SKYLER & CARLY
had great throw-ins. LAURYN & TORI
played quick offense and brought the ball
to SYDNEY who took it to the net and
scored!! The weather couldn't keep the
fans from cheering either, thank you to all
the parents who stuck it out.
TRANSFORMERS said goodbye to
summer with an early morning pregame
practice and a rain soaked
scrimmage. Thanks parents for putting
up nets and weathering the storm for
our mighty Transformers. Rain or shine--
Keep going for the goal!
Visit AYSO779.com to submit newsletter
highlights for the U5, U6 and U8 divisions.

Abrew Family Fisk - Tel Original Mr. CabinetCare
A.L. MacIntosh Company Fitness Advantage Palladeo
Action Electric Fjeldsted Imprinting Parents of Team 05102
ADS Gold Four T's Investments, Inc. Parikh Family
Albert S. Chang, DDS, Inc. * Frankeberger Vausher & Company * Paula Richardson at LoanLink
Alero Fritts Ford Percy Segura Realtor
Amber Lara General Pump Company Peterson Pool Service
American Asphalt Giovanni's Salon PFF Bank & Trust
American First Credit Union Gloria Ann Walters PJF Industries
Amorelli Rosemann Associates Insurance Go4 - It Exercise Towels Poling Family
Apple Valley Sporting Goods, Inc. Golden Spoon PorterMatt Contracting, Inc.
Approved Air Conditioning & Heat Good & Associates Insurance Services Portrait Homes, Ince
ARC Coatings, Inc. * Gourmet Pizza Café Premier Realtors
Arce - Tanuvasa Properties, Inc. Gregg Electric, Inc. Que Pasa Fresh Mex Café
Archibald's Drive-Thru H2O Pro Pool & Spa Red Robin - Chino
Assael BMW Hagar Family Renquist / Lomasney
Auto Auction Express Haidee S. Gracia - Royal Riverside Honda
Azteca Soccer HONMAX, Inc. Rohm Insurance Agency
Barrio Planners Incorporated Hoosier Roots Development Investment Corp.
* Billy S. Liang, D.D.S. Identity Crisis Rowland Family
Binh T. Bui, DDS Injen Technology Safe Side, LLC
Cal Sierra Management Innovative IT Professionals Safety Images
California Chips IQLaserVision.com Sam Sousa Dairy
Sidd Shah, Ameriprise
Financial Services, Inc.
THANK YOU TO OUR AWESOME SPONSORS!!
The following is a partial list of our 2007 sponsors. Please join me in thanking them for supporting our league.
Lawrence Renteria - Realtor / The Moving You
Forward Group
* Samuel S. Berro, DDS
& William H. Harrison DDS
* Chino Hills Ford Jadeon, Inc. School of Soccer, USA
* Chino Hills Mortgage Man Jeannette Corona Century 21 Realtor School Portraits by Adams Photography
Chino Hills Professional Pharmacy Jiffy Lube SDC Technologies
Chino Hills Self Storage JNW Services Silvia Construction, Inc.
Chino Valley Plumbing Joe & Lori Long * So Cal Casino Rentals
Chuck Williams John & Patty Quijano Southern California Engineering Group, Inc.
CivicStone, Inc. * JYT International, Inc. Southwest Concrete Transport
Classic Plan Karen Rogers Design Spectrum Lifts & Loaders, Ince
Club Mutt Kathleen Luciano, DDS Stanley Calderwood, M.D., Inc.
CNR Construction Kennedy Transport Starstruch Entertainment
Coach Michael Page Knight Demolition Steve John's Painting
Complete Business Insurance Servies, Inc. L & L Concessions Stevens Family
Complete Door Systems Larry Callum Stolfi Appraisals
Connie @ World Travel Laura Jauregui / Realtor Sunset Designs
Continuous Forms Control, Inc. Law Offices of John Hyland * Sunsation, Inc.
Coto Family Law Offices of Ramon Otero, Jr. T.A.C.K. Auto Transport
CTX, Inc. Life Paint Company TANUVASA FAMILY
Creative Visions Designs, Inc. Life Saver Pool Fence TEO Investigations
* Curves * LifeSpas Thomas M. Aguilar, Inc.
Darryl & Deana Lycet The Little Gym of Chino Hills Tim / Jacqueline Heacock
Dave and Beth Snyder Loving Savior of the Hills Tradeshow Display Depot
Dave Walters LUHO, Inc. Trilogy Financial
Davlantes Family M and N Massage Turingan Family
* De LaTorre Terrazzo Company Main Street Lending & Realty Pros U.S. Equipment Co.
Distinguished Homes Malins Pools Construction, Inc. United Agencies - LaVerne Insurance
Don & Kara Leuschen, Stephen & Julie Kuehl Marco and Hazel Rojas Valley Sporting Goods
Donn Bergeman Construction, Inc. Mary Kay - Martha I. Huerta Veronica L. Loukota, Raltor
Droog Family Mary Kay - Elaine T. Anderson View Point Communications
Dr. Graphix Imaging Max B. Johnson, Esq. Vista Maintenance Crew
Dr. Lawrence B. Werlin, Coastal Fertility Meeta Patel Warmel Management Company
Dr. Melba Mayes, Pediatric Dentist Mellon Grading, Inc. West Coast Netting, Inc.
Duc and Evelyn Cao Natalie's Bridal West Coast Orthopedics, Inc.
English Vikings * New Horizon Realty Western Fashion
Enriquez materials and Quilting, Inc. Notary Public Wheeler Family
Erika Torres-Murillo O&M Machine & Auto Repair Whittier - Penn, Inc.
Espinosa Family Omega Capital * Wood Group Field Services
FAST, Inc. * Omnia Leather Furniture World Famous Chris Ramos
Fastening Systems Ontario Ice Skating Center World Funding
Fiji Water & ChinoHills Onyx Community Care Service World Leadership Group
PropertySearch.com
An " * " means SPONSORING TWO OR MORE TEAMS