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2.1 Player Definition	2.2 Player Releases & Transfers
2.3 Player Assignment Restrictions	2.4 Leagues
2.5 Conferences	2.6 Team Formation
2.7 Recreational Team Continuation	2.8 Formation of Recreational Teams
2.9 Formation of All-star Teams	2.10 Guest Players
2.11 Tryouts	2.12 Coaches
2.13 Clinics, Camps, Private Lessons, etc.	2.14 Illegal Recruiting
2.15 Unregistered/ Non-Sanctioned Play	2.16 Youth Competitive Club Distinction

Lubbock Soccer Association

General Rules

2. Chapter 2: Player Registration and Team Formation

2.12. COACHES

2.12.1. The Coach of Record or Head Coach is to be an active coach for the
team and not a coach in name only.

            2.12.2. In the event a team loses its coach, the appropriate Commissioner will
                       select the successor coach. If the team is sponsored by an organized
                       club, or if the parents of the team are well organized, the club or parents
                       organization may propose a new coach for the team.

2.12.3. Each coach must sign a Coach’s Contract with the Lubbock Soccer
Association each year before any team function may be held.

            2.12.4. Each coach / assistant coach / manager of a team shall be required to
                       register each soccer year and will be issued an identification card. Every
                       coach / assistant coach / manager shall include a copy of a valid
                       photographic identification and a completed North Texas State Soccer
                       Association coach/referee/volunteer/staff application, along with the
                       appropriate coaches fee, if any, with the team paperwork at the time of
                       team registration.

            2.12.5. Each coach is responsible for the timely submission of a complete,
                       legible and alphabetized team roster. By signing the official team roster
                       on the NTSSA required form, the coach is certifying the accuracy of all
                       information on the roster, especially the birth dates of the players. [Even
                       though the Registrar may prepare rosters for the coaches, each individual
                       coach is responsible for the accuracy of the roster.]

            2.12.6. No coach, assistant coach, trainer, or team representative may practice
                       any soccer related activity with any LSA registered player who does not
                       appear on his current LSA roster or is not considered to be a free agent
                       by current NTSSA Rules and Regulations except for a coach, who at the
                       request of another team’s coach, substitutes for that coach at practices
                       or games for the convenience of the requesting coach. A free agent is a
                       player in the U-11 through U-19 age division who desires to participate
                       on a competitive team and is not rostered to any team. A competitive
                       player may practice with another team is he has received a written
                       permission letter signed by his current coach that sets out the dates
                       and the team with which the player will practice. The player is to
                       give the letter to the coach of the team with which he is practicing,
                       and must keep a copy for himself.

            2.12.7. Only registered players shall be permitted to play in competitions under
                       the auspices of this Association. A team which uses unregistered
                       players shall automatically forfeit all games in which said players have
                       participated. A coach, assistant coach, or administrator found to have
                       knowingly allowed the use of an unregistered player(s) shall be
                       suspended from all soccer activities for a minimum of one (1) year.

            2.12.8. A person who has a child playing in the League in which the person is
                       the head coach of record of a team shall have the privilege of having his
                       child assigned to his team. In order for any person to request that their
                       child be transferred to a returning team which they are coaching, they
                       must have been the head coach of record of the team for the previous two
                       outdoor playing seasons, or they must have been asked to become the
                       head coach of record of the returning team by a majority vote of the Board
                       of Directors.

            2.12.9. Each coach of a team within the Lubbock Soccer Association is
                       expected to participate in the Association Coaches’ Development
                       Program. The soccer programs offered by the Association are for the
                       good of the youth playing within those programs. For that reason the
                       coaches are expected to improve their personal coaching skills and
                       techniques in order to offer their players the best instruction possible.
                       Minimum standards for remaining as the coach of a Lubbock Soccer
                       Association team are:

                            Under 6 and Under 8 teams - if not USYSA licensed, coaches must
                            attend a ‘G’ coaching course prior to or during the next season they
                            coach these age groups.

Other Recreational Teams - attainment of or evidence of progress
toward a State ‘F’ Coach’s License or the local equivalent.

Competitive Teams - attainment of or evidence of progress toward a
State ‘D’ Coach’s License or the local equivalent.

           2.12.10. Those coaches who are currently coaching teams but do not have the
                        appropriate training will contract with the Association, through the
                        Coaches' Representative, to attain the appropriate training within a
                        stated time. These standards will be applied to ALL coaches, whether
                        head coaches or assistant coaches.

            2.12.11. Any recreational coach who knowingly and/or willingly drops a player
                        from their roster, or advises that player not to play for their team, whether
                        through direct contact or coercion shall be called before the Lubbock
                        Soccer Association Discipline Committee, and if found to be in violation
                        of the offense, may be suspended from coaching.