Minisink Valley Soccer Club

Coaching Requirements

We need requirements completed right away so that our governing league ENYYSA can approve coaches.

It is state law mandated, for the safety of your player, that all volunteers who are on the field will need to check/complete the following every season. Once you take the courses you will understand why it is required.

  1. Every season, fill out the current season volunteer registration form.
  2. Login to GotSport.com and complete annual Requirements in your dashboard. Each coach must have their own Gotsport account.
    1. How to Check Your Requirements
    2. Headshot Upload a current passport style photo in gotsport
    3. Background Check Expires June 1st every 2 years
    4. Safe Sport (Child Safety)
      1. You need to take 30min refresher course every year after June 1st
    5. Heads Up (Concussion Protocol)
      1. Expires June 1st every 2 years and will need to be retaken
    6. CPR/AED Certification every 2 years. Submitted to https://system.gotsport.com/forms/78975038V
    7. Know the MVSC Emergency Action Plan
  3. Club Coaches Meeting each season
  4. Club Coaches Training each season (We will update our program as coaches and players progress)
  5. Elite Teams Coaches will need to complete the US Soccer Grass Roots Certificate
  6. Wear your coach shirt at every event
Head Shot Photo

If all of the above are not completed by the beginning of the season, then you will not be able to coach.

Check Coaching Requirements

Each coach needs to have their own account. You cannot share a family account (Accept Youth Coaches)

  1. Log into  to Gotsport.com
  2. Click on the “Dashboard” button on top left under the GotSport Logo
  3. You should now see “Minisink Youth Soccer” window
    1. In this window you will see Requirements
  4. For Requirements that are marked “Expired” in Red,
    • Click on “View/Submit”
    • If you already took the course
      • Click the orange “Check Records” if no records found:
        • Safe Sport: Enter the “Completed Code” from the course completion email
        • Head Up: Click “Show Heads Up Upload Form” and upload your saved form.
      • If no records found go to next step to renew the course
    • Take the yearly Safe Sport Refresher course
      • First, Login to uscenterforsafesport.org
      • Then, back in your gotsport.com dashboard click on the blue “Start Course” To be taken directly to the course.
      • For the yearly Safe Sport Refresher find “My Courses” Click on the “30min Refresher Course”
    • Take the biannual Heads Up course
      • In gotsport.com click the orange “Launch Heads Up” and follow the course in the popup window.
  5. You must pay for the background check 
  6. You will also need to submit to the club a CPR/AED trained certificate

CPR/AED Certification