(August 2010) WAYSA U10 Referee Training. August 17th, 6.00-8.00PM, Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, West Boylston, intersection of Rt 12 and Rt 140. August 18th, 6.00-8.00PM, Anna Maria College, Paxton. Training is free to WAYSA club members. Referees receive training, shirt, whistle, payment sheets, and rule book.
(March 2010) Fall Season first game Sept 11, 2010.
In a given year, WAYSA is comprised of between 8 to 14 towns and clubs with between 90 to 110 teams playing every fall season. We have the teams playing in U10B&G , U12B&G, U14B&G, HSG (U16/U18), and O30Coed. We finish each season with a U10/U12 Friendship Tournament and single elimination playoffs for U14-U18. To learn more about WAYSA, go to About WAYSA.
WAYSA is focused on recreational play and has structured its activities in support of player and referee development by:
- All teams are formed by a town/club open enrollment and random team placement. There are no skill divisions in the league. All teams are expected to be balanced, rather than stacked.
- Each team should strive for each player to play at least 50% or more of a game.
- U10 are 7v7 and U12 are 8v8 to maximize player touches with the ball.
- U10 and U12 games are not tracked for win/loss. The end of season U10 and U12 tournament is to expose teams to other divisional teams.
- League is fair minded to ensure players can play with team roster size waivers, playing down waivers, and combining fractional club teams into a whole team.
- League has a Coaches code of conduct, recommended reading for Parents code of conduct, and is responsive to address incidents as they first occur.
- League develops U10 and U8 referees through in-house unlicensed training and paid games. League reimburses referee's course license fees (eligible for those refs in highschool only). League sponsored referee training.
- Providing non-varsity players an opportunity to continue to enjoy their youth sport with HSGirls and HSBoys (available when 6 or more teams can be formed). Also for the parents of players and coaches, an O30 Coed league.
League play starts Saturday, September 11th, 2010 