The Official Website of the
Modesto Youth Soccer Association
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Welcome to our website. Our goal is for this to be your primary source of information regarding MYSA and its programs. Have a suggestion? Email it to mysad8@sbcglobal.net. Have a fax? Send it to (209) 236-1801. The Modesto Youth Soccer Office is located at 4459 Spyres Way, Suite A. It is off of Bangs Avenue near McHenry.
OFFICE HOURS
Normal office hours resume July 26th. Beginning Tuesday, July 26, 2011, MYSA's office hours are as follows: OPEN -- Monday - Friday from 11 am - 4 pm. We take a brief lunch from 2:15 - 2:45 pm.
CLOSED -- Saturday and Sunday. This office is CLOSED most holidays. The MYSA office will be CLOSED from Wednesday, 11/23 - Friday, 11/25. Have a safe and fun Thanksgiving.
2011 COACHES OF THE YEAR
Modesto Youth Soccer is happy to announce the Coaches of the Year for both the Recreational and Competitive (Ajax) programs. MYSA had 246 teams in the House League this season, and 36 Ajax Teams.
The following Coaches were finalists for the Boys Coach of the Year:
Nick Dokoozlian
Roberto Sanchez
Elmer Wheeler
And the winner was........NICK DOKOOZLIAN.
The following Coaches were finalists for the Girls Coach of the Year:
Scott Aspesi
Francisco Monje
Nick Perez
And the winner was........SCOTT ASPESI.
The AJAX Boys Coach of the Year was......JOSH BERBENA.
The AJAX Girls Coach of the Year was......MARK VALLEE.
A BIG congratulations to all!
A look back at previous winners
2010 Boys Recreational Coach of the Year -- DAVE GIANELLI
2010 Girls Recreational Coach of the Year -- TED PAOLELLA
2010 AJAX Boys Coach of the Year -- CHRIS IBANEZ
2010 AJAX Girls Coach of the Year -- TIM LEONARD
2009 Boys Recreational Coach of the Year -- HEATHER CURL DELAHUNTY NUNES
2009 Girls Recreational Coach of the Year -- NICOLE HATTER
2009 AJAX Boys Coach of the Year -- REFUGIO DURAN
2009 AJAX Girls Coach of the Year -- DENNIS O'BRIEN
2008 Boys Recreational Coach of the Year -- DENAE MILLER
2008 Girls Recreational Coach of the Year -- DEREK WARING SR.
MYSA and Ajax Partner with the Positive Coaching Alliance
July 27, 2010 —
Modetso Youth Soccer Association and Ajax United Football
Club partners with positive coaching alliance
Focuses on winning and life lessons for youth athletes
July 27, 2010, Modesto, California- Modesto Youth Soccer Association and Ajax United Football Club have established a partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) to ensure a positive, character-building experience for all youth athletes in Modesto Youth Soccer Association and Ajax United Football Club programs. PCA (www.PositiveCoach.org), a Stanford University-based non-profit organization, conducts workshops for coaches, organizational leaders, and parents involved in schools and sports organizations serving five-to-18-year-old athletes. PCA also provides workshops for high school athletes.
“Working with hundreds of youth sports organizations around the United States, PCA has developed practical tools and guidelines to help youth athletes, their coaches and parents get the most out of sports,” said Russ Kenerly MYSA Coaches Coordinator. “We recognize the tremendous opportunity for character-building sports offers for today’s youth, so we are embracing PCA’s Double-Goal Coach® model, where winning is one goal and teaching life lessons is the second, more-important goal.”
“We are delighted to partner with Modesto Youth Soccer Association and Ajax United Football Club,” said PCA Executive Director Jim Thompson. “Together, we’ll strive to help their youth athletes take a positive approach to pursuing victories in athletic competition and in life.”
About Positive Coaching Alliance
Founded as a non-profit within the Stanford University Athletic Department in 1998, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) has the mission of “transforming youth sports so sports can transform youth.” To that end, PCA has conducted more than 7,000 live group workshops nationwide for more than 400,000 youth and high school sports leaders, coaches and parents. Workshop attendees have helped create a positive, character-building youth sports environment for more than 3 million youth athletes.
PCA’s partnership network includes more than 1,700 youth sports organizations, cities and schools. In 2010, PCA will conduct roughly 1,300 live, group workshops across the U.S., while assisting thousands of other individuals via online workshops at www.PositiveCoach.org.
PCA workshops train coaches to be Double-Goal Coaches®, whose first goal is winning and whose second, more-important goal is teaching life lessons through sports. PCA sports parent workshops cultivate “Second-Goal Parents,” who focus on life lessons through sports. PCA student-athlete workshops produce “Triple-Impact Competitors,” who work to improve themselves, their teammates, and their sport as a whole.
PCA has the support of elite coaches and athletes on a National Advisory Board (http://www.positivecoach.org/advisoryboard.aspx), including National Spokesperson, Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson.
For more information about Modesto Youth Soccer Association and Ajax United Football Club, please visit www.modestoyouthsoccer.com and www.ajaxunited.org.
UNDERSTANDING OFFSIDE
If you've ever had trouble understanding the offside rule, this clip is for you. Click on the MYSA logo to the right and see a video clip regarding the offside rule.
UNDERSTANDING THE SOCCER FIELD
Check out this video clip for rules pertaining to the soccer field and its markings. This is a great clip for coaches and parents just starting out in soccer. (or maybe even for some of us who have been around for awhile!)To access the clip, click on the MYSA logo to the left.
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