Adult Softball Coaches Meeting Tomorrow Night

Reminder that the coaches meeting for the Adult Softball league is tomorrow night, May 23rd at the Isaac Orr Conference Center (910 Marion St. Seattle) at 7:00pm. Each team will need a coach representative at this pre-season meeting. For more information about the upcoming season, visit the Adult Softball page of the CYO Athletics website.

Volleyball Coaches Meeting 2/16 and 2/21

There will be two pre-season volleyball coaches meetings. One will be on Thursday, February 16th and one will be on Tuesday, February 21st. Both meetings will be in the Isaac Orr Conference Room at 910 Marion St. Seattle from 7:00-8:30pm. The meeting scheduled for Feb. 16th was originally scheduled on Feb. 15th but was recently rescheduled due to the availability of Isaac Orr. We could not find an adequate replacement location for the meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15th when we determined Isaac Orr would not be available, and in order to have a space that would meet the needs of the volleyball community, we determined that moving the meeting to Thursday, February 16th was the best course of action.

There will also be a Play Like A Champion coaches training following both meetings from 8:30-11:00pm for any coaches who need the training prior to the start of volleyball season.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

BB Coaches Meeting November 9

This Wednesday, November 9th, the first of two pre-season basketball coaches meetings will primarily take place at the Isaac Orr Conference Room at 910 Marion St. Seattle. The meeting will go from 7:00-8:30pm, and there will be a Play Like A Champion Today (PLC) coaches training course that follows from 8:30-11:00pm.

We are also trying new Web-Meeting technology, that allows us to show the powerpoint from the meeting and have the audio from the meeting at a satellite site. This Wednesday, the satellite site will be Lakeside HS (NOT the Middle School), in the Kent-Evans Auditorium. Click Here for a campus map.

Please note: There will not be a PLC training offered at the satellite site, and coaches that need the training must come to Isaac Orr on Wednesday.

Last PLC Training for 2010-2011 School Year

Next Tuesday, April 19th, following the Pre-season Track & Field coach meeting, CYO Athletics will be providing the final scheduled Play Like A Champion Today coaches training for the 2010-2011 school year. The Track & Field coach meeting is scheduled in the Isaac Orr Conference room from 7:00-8:00pm and the Play Like a Champion Today coaches training will follow until around 11:00pm.

There will be coaches trainings scheduled again near the end of August in preparation for the soccer season and the 2011-2012 school year, but coaches who need the training prior to next year are encouraged to come next Tuesday, and get the training done sooner rather than later. Coaches coming to the training, who are not coming to the 7:00pm Track & Field coach meeting, should plan to arrive at the Isaac Orr Conference room by 8:00pm.

Coaches Meeting and Training Canceled Tonight

Greetings~

As you might expect, the current weather is wreaking havoc on our efforts to hold our 2nd volleyball coaches meeting tonight. Outlying areas are already receiving considerable snow that will make driving conditions less timely if not downright dangerous. Additionally, most recent predictions are that the Seattle area will be getting snow during the commute hour of 5-6pm with a let up until the approximate time frame we would be completing our meeting this evening. This combined with temperatures dropping to freezing can all make for hazardous driving conditions across the region.

In light of this, we have postponed tonight’s volleyball coaches meeting and Play Like A Champion Today training until next Wednesday, March 2 at 7pm at Isaac Orr Conference Center. We will still offer the Play Like A Champion Today coaches training to follow the meeting next week as well.

We realize that some of you may have needed to take the coaches training prior to coaching this weekend, but coaches will be granted an exception for this weekend due to the snow that canceled tonight's meeting and training. You may coach this weekend without the training, with the understanding that you will attend the training next week prior to continuing coaching this season, if you need to take the training. Coaches therefore could also attend the Play Like A Champion Today training on Tuesday March 1st following the baseball coaches meeting, and be in compliance with the policy.

Prior to this weekend's games, if you are not familiar with the scoring for volleyball, you can go to the WIAA website for information and also review this powerpoint. Please disregard the information on “libero” since we don’t have that position in volleyball in CYO Athletics.

Also, in order to be in compliance with the Washington state Lystedt Law, you need to view this video every year before coaching in a sport. We show this video at all our coaches meeting, but if you come to the meeting next week, you will need to watch it on your own before coaching this weekend.

We look forward to seeing those of you who did not attend the mandatory coaches meeting last Tuesday at next week's meeting.

Cross Country Coaches Meeting and PLC Tonight

Tonight at 7:00pm is the Cross Country coaches meeting in the Isaac Orr Conference Room at the Chancery (910 Marion St. Seattle, WA, 98104). Immediately following the coaches meeting, we will be having two simultaneous meetings.

First, from around 7:45 to 8:30, we will be having a Cross Country coaches clinic, with cross country commissioner, and Blanchet HS cross country coach, John O'Leary. This clinic is intended to help coaches who have some questions about coaching cross country in CYO, and will take place in the small conference room off of Isaac Orr.

In the main room, we will have a Play Like A Champion Today training for any coach needing to stay for the training. We hope to get started with the pre-clinic survey by 7:45, and begin the training content promptly at 8:00pm, so that we can get out on time before 11pm.

Second VB Coaches Meeting Rescheduled

The Volleyball Coaches meeting originally scheduled on February 17th (Ash Wednesday) has been rescheduled to Tuesday, February 16th in the same room, the Isaac Orr Conference Room at the Chancery (910 Marion St. Seattle, WA). The meeting will go from 7:00-8:00pm and will be followed by a Play Like A Champion Today coaches training from 8:00-11:00pm in Isaac Orr.

Please remember that each team is required to have a coach representative come to a coaches meeting (either the meeting at 7:00pm February 9th or this one on February 16th). The head coach will be suspended for a game for any team not represented at a meeting, and teams in 6th-8th grade will also receive a forfeit "Loss" for that game, even though the teams can still play, with another coach for that one game.

All returning CYO coaches (either having coached volleyball in the past or any other CYO sport) must have completed the Play Like A Champion Today coaches training prior to the start of volleyball, and trainings will follow both coaches meetings, on Feb. 9th and 16th. These, however, will be the last trainings offered prior to the start of volleyball.

Second VB Coaches Meeting Rescheduling

As many of you probably noticed, the second volleyball coaches meeting was scheduled for Ash Wednesday. We are in the process of moving this, as to not conflict with anyone's mass schedule that evening. We are still planning on having a second meeting available for coaches who are unable to attend the first one on February 9th, but will finalize that early next week.

There will be Play Like A Champion Today trainings offered after both coaches meetings, and this will be the last opportunity to take the training prior to the start of volleyball season.

It is not mandatory that you attend both volleyball coaches meetings, each team in the program must simply have a coach representative attend one of the two meetings. Both meetings should cover the same information, and will show the new Lystedt Law video at both. This video is required by state law for all youth sport coaches. Any team not represented at the coaches meeting will have to suspend their head coach for one game, and in addition recieve a one game forfeit if in 6th-8th grades.

Everett Training Confirmed

The Play Like A Champion Today training in Everett will not be canceled for this Sunday. There is of course room for more coaches, so please register by using the registration form found on the Coaches Trainings section of our website.

Reminder Basketball Coaches:

The first of two options to attend the mandatory pre-season basketball coaches meeting is tonight, Tuesday Nov. 10th at 7:00pm at the Isaac Orr Conference Room at the Chancery (910 Marion St. Seattle).

Coaches can also attend the meeting on November 18th, also in Isaac Orr at 7:00pm. Coaches are required to attend one or the other. Any team that fails to have representation at one of the two coaches meetings will recieve a one game forfeit and the head coach will be suspended for a game.

PLC After Coaches Meetings Schedule Adjusted

Please be aware that the second coaches meeting for Basketball and Volleyball will now be on Wednesdays and not Tuesdays.

Basketball Coaches Meetings (remember each team must have a coach representative at one of the two meetings, but it is not required to attend both) - Tuesday, Nov. 10th and Wednesday, Nov. 18th.

Volleyball Coaches Meetings - Tuesday Feb. 9th and Wednesday Feb. 17th.

Location is staying the same, for now. Isaac Orr Conference Room (910 Marion St. Seattle, WA, across the street to the North from St. James Cathedral)

Cross Country Coaches Meeting and PLC

Tomorrow night is the Cross Country Coaches Meeting, from 7:00-8:00pm in the Isaac Orr Conference Room (910 Marion St. Seattle WA, 98104). Immediately following this meeting, there will be a Play Like A Champion Today! training starting around 8:00pm. All CYO coaches are invited to this PLC training, as it may turn out to be one of the smaller ones this year. We currently have 9 coaches pre-registered. We will not cancel Tuesday night trainings due to a lack of numbers, but we encourage basketball and volleyball coaches to come tomorrow night and get the training done early.

Pre-Season Soccer Coaches Meeting 9/9

The pre-season soccer coaches meeting on September 9th will take place at the O'Dea High School gymnasium from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. There will be a Play Like A Champion Today! coaches training immediately following the meeting from 8:00pm to 11:00pm across the street at the St. Francis Cabrini conference room at Cathedral Place. We will be heading over as a group from the gym across the street to Cathedral Place. Please be on time for the meetings, as we all want to get out on time.