League and Other Soccer Parenting Resources

Parents play a vital role in their child’s experience in youth sports as no one has more influence on a child’s enjoyment and participation than his or her parents. The sport of soccer provides parents with numerous opportunities to help children learn important life lessons and gain memories that will last forever.

The Skyline Soccer Association recognizes the important contributions made by parents at all levels of the game and appreciates the challenges parents face. To that end, we offer a variety of parent education resources and initiatives ranging from educational articles, best-practice recommendations, to our Grassroots Programs. The Skyline Coaching staff is also available to help you create a parent education program that is specifically tailored to your program’s needs. We invite you to browse through these resources and implement one or more of them with your own club or team.

Leagues:

• Overall League Rules and Procedures
• Colorado Champions League Modified Laws of the Game
• Centennial League Modified Laws of the Game
• Secondary League Modified Laws of the Game
• 9U – 19U (Recreational) Front Range League Modified Laws of the Game

Introduction to Soccer and Rules of the Game

• Parent Pocket Guide to the Rules
• Laws of the Game Made Easy
• Offside Made Easy
• US Youth Soccer Player Development Model: A Player-Centered Curriculum
• We Are Doing Youth Soccer Wrong: The Culture of Winning Hurts Player Development
• Why Small-Sided Games?
• Child Obesity 180 Program
• Athletic Nutrition for Young Athlete
• Healthy Kids Out of School
• You’ve Been Injured – Now What?
• When to Ice? When to Heat? RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation)
• Care and Prevention of Ankle Sprains
• Combating an Injury Epidemic and More On FIFA 11+ with Dr. Bert Mandelbaum
• US Soccer Recognize to Recover Athlete Concussion Guidelines
• US Soccer Recognize to Recover Coaches Concussion Guidelines
• Concussion Resources from the CDC
• US Soccer Concussion Initiative
• Background Checks and KidSafe Standards
• US Soccer Recognize to Recover Athletes Collapse Guidelines
• Hydration and Heat Illness Guidelines from US Soccer
• CPR and AED Training Guidelines
• Know Your Role: Parents and Sports (Seattle Children’s Hospital)