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 ECSA
CHALLENGE POLICY: updated February 2008 HERE
CHALLENGE
SOCCER OVERVIEW: (from the NCYSA Challenge
Handbook)
INTRODUCTION
The NCYSA Challenge Program and the NCYSA Challenge
Council were created at the June 1995 Annual
General Meeting by a vote of the general membership
of the NCYSA. The challenge program is under the
direction of the Vice President of Challenge, which
is also a position on the NCYSA Executive
Board.
The
Challenge Council meets quarterly and is made up of
representatives from each challenge association
that is a current member of the NCYSA. Typically
these meetings are on Sunday mornings in September,
December, March, and June of each year. The NCYSA
Challenge Council may address issues and rules that
relate to Challenge Soccer and the Challenge State
Cup only. Any rule or issue that would effect the
NCYSA full membership (challenge, classic, &
recreation) will be addressed and voted on by the
Board of Directors. Challenge Council
Representatives are your representatives. If anyone
has an issue, rule, or policy they want addressed,
they should contact their association's
representative with their input or
concern.
By
USYSA and USSF standards, the NCYSA Challenge
Program is a competitive level of play, because
tryouts are conducted to form teams. Challenge
teams travel throughout the state of North
Carolina; however, travel is usually limited to a
smaller radius than the Classic level. The NCYSA
Challenge Program allows for players developing
beyond the Recreation Level to play at a more
competitive level with modified travel time to and
from games. The Challenge Program is available for
U10's to U19's. All Challenge Teams must be a
member of a currently registered association that
is in good standing with the NCYSA.
PHILOSOPHY
OF TRAINING / COMPETITION
While NCYSA does not dictate how an association
should "run their program", a concise guideline of
what is expected of your association's players,
parents, coaches, spectators, etc. is strongly
encouraged. It is also suggested that you establish
training and development guidelines.
It
is well known that children's learning abilities
are different at different ages, so age-appropriate
training is an important step in both the
developments of your players, as well as your
teams. Young children who "sit the bench" because
this is Challenge Soccer are not only NOT going to
develop, but we may lose those children from the
sport. Because children develop at different rates,
the "bench player" at 11 years old may be the
starter at 14, if he/she is given the
chance.
All
coaches are encouraged to attend coaching schools
that are offered by NCYSA. The duration of courses
varies from two days to one week long. Call the
state office for more information on our coaching
schools.
THE
CHALLENGE ASSOCIATION
Before a team can form, they must belong to a
Challenge Association. Teams are not allowed to
participate without local affiliation. When the
situation arises where a team is dissatisfied with
their current local association, serious discussion
and/or negotiation should take place between the
team and the local association to resolve
differences.
A
ruling was passed at the Board of Directors Meeting
on December 1998 &endash; Any association seeking
new membership affiliation with the NCYSA must
comply with the 60/40 rule. This rule states that
new associations maintain sixty percent (60%) of
their registered player base as Recreation players.
Once an association has sixty percent (60%)
Recreation, they are free to register Challenge and
Classic players.............
The
complete "Challenge Handbook" is available at the
NCYSA
website.
NCYSA
CHALLENGE LEAGUES: (NCYSA website)
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