| CSC Coaches and Team Managers:
This year the NEBRASKA STATE SOCCER ASSOCIATION and our Columbus Soccer Club has moved from Sports Affinity to Demosphere for player/team registrations. This will hopefully be a more user-friendly system. This will also take some time for us to get used to. Please be patient with us. Coaches should have been sent an email from Demosphere to complete all the background checks and concussion training. Please let Kay Arlt (kayarlt2613@gmail.com or 402-910-2013) know if you have not received the email. Any player that played with CSC last year is already registered for the 2021-2022 season as they were transferred by the CSC Registrars to the new system. Some players will need new pictures. Coaches will be made aware of who this might be on their teams when they call or email us with team information.. For new players joining CSC this year, coaches will need to get the following from the parents; 1. Child’s name 2. DOB 3. Address 4. Phone number 5. An email address 6. Parents names 7. Copy of Birth Certificate 8. Current photo
All coaches will need to send the registrars the following: 1. Last year’s roster 2. This year’s TEAM registration form (including new players) 3. Medical Release form for each player Nicole Henderson (nicole.hende@gmail.com) will be registering the GIRLS teams. (402) 276-2381 Jean Cornwell (jeancornwell12@gmail.com) will be registering the BOYS teams. (402) 270-0774 If you need any help feel free to reach out to either of us. Jean Cornwell – CSC Registrar Nicole Henderson – CSC Registrar |
Please complete the Team Registration form and submit to our club registrar. This is only for CSC teams and is not related to our upcoming tournament.
Coaches should refer their player’s parents to the Information For Parent’s page where they can register their player with the Club. This player registration process is very important and must be completed in order to get your player passes.
All new teams must be approved at the monthly Club Board meeting. Please contact Club President Kay Arlt if you are interested in forming a new team. New coaches should complete a CSC Coaching Application form prior to this meeting.
On July, 2016 the CSC Board voted and approved the following addition to our team formation rules.
We have updated our coach application formcoach application form for those interested in becoming new coaches with CSC. Our club features both paid and volunteer coaches with most being volunteers. If you have previous experience with coaching soccer we would like to hear from you. Many of our coaches started with the Columbus AYSO program and have children on their club teams (however this is not required). Initial requirements are minimal, however, we do have some reasonable coach development requirements.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact anyone on our board and we will forward the question to the appropriate board member.
Background checks are required once a seasonal year. To access you will use your Affinity credentials. If you can’t remember your login please use the forgot password link to retrieve. Directions, FAQ’s and the NSSA risk management policy can all be found on the NSSA background check website.
The SafeSport training is required once a seasonal year. If this is your first-time completing SafeSport you will be required to take the initial training. Instructions and FAQ can be found on our website.
The SafeSport access code to complete the required training is: YC3E-6P5G-YYIL-CS2M
REFRESHER – If you are a returning coach who has previously completed the 3-course SafeSport Training you will complete the refresher training.
Once training is complete, follow the instructions listed below to upload your certificates into your Affinity account.
>Login to your Affinity account
>>Click on the CERTIFICATES tab
>>>Click the SafeSport Training image and choose file to upload.
This training will assist you to understand a concussion and the potential consequences of this injury, and to recognize concussion signs and symptoms and how to respond. Concussions are a type of traumatic brain injury and should be taken seriously.
After all of your requirements are complete, we will approve your team for play. You will be issued a state certified roster and player passes/digital passes. Both the roster and passes are required at check-in at all games.
Please send tournament photos, team photos, or action shots to bpreister@gmail.com for publication on the CSC Facebook page and/or website. Thanks for sharing!
On February 2, 2012 US Youth SoccerUS Youth Soccer released their Player Development Model. This model is useful in guiding coaches and others by providing insights and a curriculum for youth players.
Download the New Player Development Model.
Read more: US Youth Soccer Player Development Model
Many of the forms used by our Club are fillable Adobe Acrobat files (pdf). Recent changes in many web browsers does not allow the forms to be filled out within the browser and may actually error out with a message regarding unsafe browser plugins. In order to properly fill out and save the forms, you should right click on the form link and select the option to “Save Link As…”. You will then be prompted with a file name and location where you want to save the form. Choose a location and file name that works for your purposes.
Once the file is downloaded you can open the form with Adobe Reader. Within Adobe Reader you can fill out the fields of the form and then save your information. This may be useful when completing the form again (for instance the CSC Registration Form for teams). You can save your team roster and use the same saved roster for future registrations and only change that information which needs to be changed. The team registration form also has a button that will e-mail the completed roster to the Club Registrar as long as your e-mail client on your computer is configured properly (check your sent items to ensure that it was sent). If you have problems with the send button you can just save the file and e-mail your completed roster as an attachment.
The medical release form can be saved and then e-mailed to your parents for completion. This form can also be saved by the parents for future reference.
Please contact club representatives or Brenda Preister if you have any problems with CSC Club forms.
