Registration - Welcome

Welcome to On-Line Registration!

Step 1 - Make Sure You're in the Right Place

Please read the following information carefully.  Additional important registration is available by clicking here.  If you are new to AYSO, you can also open up our New to AYSO Page, a page specially designed to tell you about our program - it will open up in a separate window so you won't lose your place here.

Next, as the airlines say, make sure you're in the right place. You are about to register for Region 76, which serves Beverly Hills, Bel Air and the surrounding communities.  Our region has an open registration policy and we will accept players from anywhere in Southern California. However, we are centered in Beverly Hills and our practice and game schedules would probably be quite inconvenient for any player and family unless they live or go to school in Beverly Hills or the nearby communities. We  have posted information about other local AYSO Regions.

If you're in the right place, read on.

Step 2 - Review Our Policies

Requests and Team Assignments

Every year we receive numerous requests concerning team assignments.  These requests are simple to make but they are not easy to grant.  This year, before we allow you to register, we will require you to read and accept our policy on how we deal with requests.  If you do not read and accept the policy, you will not be able to register.

Players 8 to 18 years old (Divisions U10, U12, U14, U16 and U19):

WE DO NOT ACCEPT REQUESTS.  This policy applies to:

• teammate requests (except for age appropriate requests for brothers or sisters or other children living in the same household)
• co-coach requests (except when one of the coaches is not the parent of a player in the division involved).

Players 4˝ to 7 years old (Divisions U6 and U8)

We entertain requests but we do not guarantee that requests will be granted.

• We will not allow teams almost entirely made up of requests (e.g., all players from one school).

• We are much less likely to consider requests made after July 31, when teams have been formed.

ALL PLAYERS

We do not accept conditional registrations, such as a registration conditional on a player being on a particular team or with a particular player or not practicing on a certain day.  We will work with you to deal with practice time conflicts but please understand that we make the teams up before we assign practice fields to the teams.

We reserve the right to cancel the registration of any player if we believe that the parent or guardian is harassing the division director about team assignments.  Please remember - our division directors are volunteers and we ask you to be polite and understanding.

We do actually have reasons for our policies on requests.  If you would like to learn more about them, please visit our requests page.  (If you click on the link, it will open up a new window so that you can return here without losing your place.)

We make team assignments in August and you will be notified at that time.  We reserve the right to adjust teams after the season has begun if necessary to balance teams.  We draft teams to be equal but teams can become unbalanced if, for example, a strong player drops out after teams have been assigned.

Refunds (new in 2006)

If you register a child and then decide for any reason that the child will not play in our region, please notify us as soon as possible.  Refunds will be issued according to the following guidelines:

PLAYER WITHDRAWAL NOTIFIED TO REGISTRAR	REFUND
Before August 1	FULL REFUND
After August 1 in situations described below	FULL REFUND
August 1 – September 30 if situation not described below	50% REFUND 1
After September 30 if situation not described below	NO REFUNDS 2
Notes: 1. 50% refunds are contingent upon return of uniforms either unused, or clean and in good condition. 2. Except when we are unable to place a player on a team, or at the discretion of the Regional Commissioner or Registrar.

We will no longer issue full refunds after July 31, except in the following situations:

• We unable to place your child on a team.
• The player is unable to participate because of an injury or illness that arose after July 31.
• The family moves away from Beverly Hills and the adjacent communities, such that it would be unreasonable to expect the player to continue to participate in Region 76.
• The player has been assigned to a team in our Under 6 or Under 8 divisions but does not participate in any practice or game.
  
• The player has not been assigned to a team before the decision to withdraw was received by the registrar. Most team assignments are made in early August.

Only the Regional Commissioner or Regional Registrar may make an exception to these rules.

Please e-mail any refund or partial refund request to the Registrar. Your request must include your name, the player's name, and the player’s date of birth. Refunds will be issued by refund or credit to the credit card used for payment. Refunds will be issued by check (to the original submitter of the registration) only if the cardholder no longer has this card or a refund or credit to a card is not possible for some other reason

Please note that requests received after July 31 may not be processed before October 1. Only two people handle registration, and they are overwhelmed with work in August and September. Thanks for your patience.

Jewelry

We have an absolute prohibition on players of any age wearing any form of jewelry other than medical bracelets.  This ban includes, in particular, studs worn in newly pierced ears (or other body parts).  NO EXCEPTIONS!! No one has authority to waive this rule.

Space

Field space, coaches and referees are all in limited supply!  Acceptance of a registration is subject to availability.

Volunteers

Our program depends on volunteers.  Please sign up to be a referee, a coach, a program administrator, or even a sponsor for players who need help (both in our Region 76 and our sister program in South Los Angeles).  You will get another chance to do this when you complete your registration.  As in 2004 and 2005, teams in U10 and above will be required in 2006 to provide referees in accordance with our Volunteer Point Program.  Details of this program are subject to change.  Teams that do not provide volunteers will not be eligible to participate in the knockout rounds of the regional playoffs or participate in the Area League Champions tournament.

Privacy

Our privacy policy is available here.  A link to the policy is on every page on this site.

Registration Form/Medical Release

Before a player may play or practice, a parent (or the player if 18 years old) must sign a standard form of registration form/medical release.  The legal terms are posted here.

Other Policies

We have many other policies that apply to various aspects of participation in our program.  These policies are located on this website and/or elsewhere.  Participation is conditional on your complying with any policies applicable to you.  Our policies are subject to change.

If you accept these policies, click here to proceed with registration .

Note for registrars and other officials of other AYSO regions.  If you would like additional information about how we administer on-line registration in Region 76, please take a look at our resource page article entitled "Signing Up In Cyberspace"

Last updated July 02, 2006 11:26 PM