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Travel Teams

1. Can any travel team in the club have their own Web site.
Yes - please start by using this link. You can start your own site and completely manage it with news, articles, calendar entries, photos... just about anything you want to post.
2. What are typical time commitments per week in the winter, spring, summer?
Winter indoor commitments are generally once a week for approximately 1 hour from November to April. Spring is considered the start of the outdoor Rochester District Youth Soccer League (RDYSL) season with 1-2 games weekly from mid May through the end of July. Typically, outdoor practices are 1-3 times/week and range from 1-2 hours. Number and duration of practice are at the coach's discretion.
3. How long is the practice season?
Expect one to three practices per week throughout the RDYSL playing season.
4. How long is the RDYSL outdoor season?
There are 12 RDYSL scheduled league games between mid May and the end of July. Many teams also participate in at least one tournament during the season.
5. What soccer skills are required to be considered for travel soccer?
Basic elementary skills are essential at the younger age levels. Participation in a house league or similar program is encouraged before making the commitment to travel soccer.
6. Are players expected to play in out of town tournaments?
The club provides reimbursement for one tournament per team. However, at the coaches discretion, they may choose to have their teams participate in additional tournaments-local and/or out of town. Decisions about such tournaments are made at the team level.
7. Are our players insured for possible injury and hospitalization?
Each player in the club is insured through the New York State West Youth Soccer Association (NYSWYSA). Insured persons are covered for injuries (or death) resulting directly and independently of all other causes, from accidents occurring while participating in the following covered activities: • Scheduled games, team practice sessions or sponsored activities, provided they are under the direct supervision of a team official; or sanctioned local or national tournaments as a member of a contestant team. • Organized, supervised group travel as authorized by the Policyholder directly to and from a covered event. The plan does not provide coverage for: (1) intentionally self-inflicted injury; (2) air travel except as a fare-paying passenger on a regularly scheduled airline on a scheduled flight; (3) injuries resulting from other than Covered Activities; (4) loss resulting from sickness or disease, except bacterial infection which occurs through an accidental wound.
8. How does the indoor practice schedule work and who is the contact for this?
The club purchases and allocates all indoor practice space to each team within the club. Our indoor coordinator works with each coach and team's request to insure proper scheduling while attempting to minimize conflicts. Typically, younger teams practice at the same times as other young teams while the older teams practice with their appropriate age groups.
9. Who determines the final indoor practice schedules and can it be changed?
Each team requests a block of time from the coordinator prior to the start of the indoor season. While teams are not always guaranteed to receive the times requested, the coordinator makes every attempt to schedule practice time with the appropriate age groups. Times can be moved, but is not encouraged. Sometimes a team elects to schedule three weeks on and one week off throughout the practice season. These requests can be accommodated and this extra time can be reallocated.
10. Are coaches screened before they become an active coach? If so, what is the procedure?
Risk management approval is required for all individuals desiring to coach or manage any team participating in the Rochester District Youth Soccer League (RDYSL) or New York State West Youth Soccer Association (NYSWYSA). This background check is performed by NYSWYSA. All individuals must be cleared prior to participation in a league or NYSWYSA sanctioned event.
11. How are coaches recruited?
Coaches in our club may start out in our developmental program (USL) and may work with the players as they progress to travel. Although all of our coaches are 100% volunteers, the club strives to attract a coaching candidate that possesses a knowledge of the game of soccer. This might not always be the case, so coach mentoring and NYSWYSA certification is encouraged.
12. How many travel teams are now in the club?
Most years, there are normally about 20 boys teams and 20 girls teams, ranging in age from U8 to U19.
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13. Are the Mustang Soccer Club’s financials available to the membership?
The club’s financial statements are always available to the membership. They are updated every month and presented at the monthly board of directors meetings.
14. When was the last time the Pittsford Mustang Soccer Club increased their registration fees?
Prior to 2005 the club has not had an increase in registration fees for ten years.
15. In addition to the indoor soccer time, what other costs are involved in the registration fee?
This fee covers the following costs in addition to the indoor costs: Uniform
Insurance
Ref Fees
Coaching certification course
Field maintenance
Equipment (balls, flags, nets, goals)

16. Why does the club maintain such a large asset base?
The club maintains these assets to pay for the cost of the preparing for the season. We have drawn upon these assets to keep costs down and to subsidize the indoor season.

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