PARENTS

Thank you for choosing Stansbury Soccer for your child’s soccer playing experience. We hope to make it a fun, positive learning environment. Please understand that this will be the first year of your club. Parents play an important role in the success of Stansbury Soccer.

As admirers, coaches, and spectators, it is imperative that parents set a positive example to the players. To help this club grow we have enlisted the help of many good members of our community and a national organization with 40 years of experience in youth soccer. Please feel free to contact us with any concerns, ideas, or offers to help.

Every parent who signs a child up to play will receive the Stansbury Soccer Club Handbook. You may also view it online by clicking below.

Stanbury Soccer Club Handbook

Please review the following. They answer many questions you may have.

Registration

New Players
Registration open houses are held during late spring/early summer for the upcoming soccer year. The soccer year is divided into fall season and spring season. Registration is held early to ensure team rosters and schedules are completed in a timely manner. More information regarding new player registration can be found on the registration page.

Returning Next Year
A team registration packet will be given to coaches mid-spring season (mailed in April). Any players who would like to continue playing together the next soccer year should follow the instructions in the packets. These packets will be distributed prior to the club registration events held through the year. Players must submit a new registration form, including payment, to their coach.

Team Pictures

Team pictures are taken during the spring season. ""Fall only" teams will not receive a team picture. Stansbury Soccer provides one team photo for each player. If additional photos, team or other, are desired, individual players may order directly from the photographer.

Picture schedules will be announced at the beginning of the spring season.

Player registration fees includes the basic picture package. The photographer will have team rosters at picture time. Players not on the roster will not be in the team picture.

Pictures will be available for pick up by coaches at one of the registration events or at Equipment Return at the end of the spring season. If coaches cannot pick them up at one of these days, they should send a team representative to do it. Pictures should be distributed to the team following the last game of the season.

Awards
Awards will be available for pick up by coaches at one of the registration events or at Equipment Return at the end of the spring season. If coaches cannot pick them up at one of these days, they should send a team representative to do it. Awards should be distributed to the team following the last game of the season.

Parents Expectations

Stansbury Soccer Club wishes to project a positive image. An attitude of cooperation, respect, maturity, and positive support for the players, coaches, and referees is essential to maintain this image. The following information from U.S. Youth Soccer should be used as guidelines for behavior.

Parent’s Code
Be knowledgeable of the game
Encourage fair play at home
Focus on good nutrition
Be supportive; i.e., be sure the player attends practices; pick him/her up on time
Watch practices; focus on new strategies
Ask your own children to describe his/her role, what new skills have been learned
Find soccer videos; watch them with children
Attend games
Be positive or quiet at games
Be calm and have good manners
Support the coach's and referee's decisions
Concentrate on praising other people's children during games
Volunteer to help the coach
Encourage communication between coach and parent
Read newspaper articles about older soccer players' successes; provide models for your own children
Become a referee
Play the game of soccer

Laws of the Game from FIFA

Articles/Websites of Interest