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Most
of the soccer players will never play college or professional soccer. The most important thing they can learn is good
sportsmanship. This will help them in life no matter what they chose to latter in life. Be an example to them
by treating all players, coaches and referees with respect. If you do not provide a good example, nothing you say to
the team will matter. Some common problems
that we run into are teammates not being supportive to other lesser skilled players, taunting players on opposing teams and
arguing calls made by referees. This type of behavior will not be tolerated. Another problem is teams running
up the score. This disrespects the other team and provides a bad example for your players. This is made even worse
when the players on the wining side taunt the losing team by words or their actions. While you cannot stop you team
from trying, you can play your weaker players more than you stronger players, you can put your players in positions that they
are not used to playing so they can work to improve and you can require your players to only shoot with their non-dominate
foot or by a header. These restrictions allow your players to continue to play hard, work on their weaknesses and at
the same time keep the score down.
Yes; however, the addition of a player must
be approved by the League Coordinator. In the U10/12 and U14 leagues that player will go to the team that most needs
the player. The player cannot play until the registration form and fee (plus a late fee) are submitted to the league.
They must have a team shirt and in the U16 and U19 leagues a player pass.
Ordering Shirts Each
player has to have their team shirt to play. If a shirt needs to be ordered, a set-up fee will be incurred and will
be divided amoungst those recieving the shirts. Before ordering a shirt, we will look for extra shirts. A team
at a different level may have an extra shirt.
Can games times/dates
be changed? Yes; however, it can be
difficult to do, must be approved by the league and the team looking to make the change must be prepared to do the calling
necessary to make the change. We cannot leave a hole in the schedule (we still have to pay for the time) so the easiest
way to move a game is to switch game date/times within your league. If you try to switch outside your league we may
have trouble with refereeing. In other words, we use different referees for U10/12 games than U19 games. The earlier
you work on the switch the more likely we can do it.
Can you schedule around
spring breaks, prom's, etc? Unfortunately,
no. We have players attending many different schools with different spring breaks, proms, etc. that makes it impossible
to schedule around these events. This does provide an opportuntiy to swap game date/time with teams that have different
spring breaks or proms.
Why is it a penalty to jump over
the boards? It is a safety
factor. The Arena and the insurance company will not allow anyone to climb over the boards at any time, at any age.
A penalty will be called even if this occurs before the
game starts. Does the time stop when there is an injury or delay during a game? No. The games have to stop on the hour. The referee is in
charge of the time clock and will only stop the time clock if there is time available. This also means that if teams
are not ready to start the game or the second half, the playing time will be cut down to make sure the game ends on time.
The bottom line is that the rules you learned at another indoor soccer facility do not apply to this league. The
2011 NIS Rules are avialable for download on the NIS Rules page.
Are
all indoor soccer rules the same? No.
There are no universal indoor soccer rules. We have a number of rules that are unigue to our league. Most
of the rules that are unigue to our league have to due with the fact that allof our leagues are coed ed leagues and that we
place a special emphasis on safety.
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