The training requirements vary between 8U and 10U/Regional Referees, and between Youth (<18) and Adult (18+) Volunteers.  Consult the tables below for training requirements applicable to you

1. All Volunteers (Referee / Coach)

Training Requirement	Format	Duration / Notes
	Online Course in AYSOU	Approximately 15 minutes
	Online course in AYSOU	Approximately 15 minutes
	Online course in AYSOU	Approximately 15 minutes

2. Adult Volunteers (Referee / Coach)

Training Requirement	Format	Duration
Fingerprinting	How to get Fingerprinted	Once done, not needed in future seasons unless volunteering skips years
	Online course on separate website.  Link is available from Volunteer page or as a link in AYSOU within the Safe Haven group	Initial course 2-3 hours Annual Refsher - 30mins to 1 hour

3. Referee Training - 8U Official

8U Officials must be a minimum of 10 years old

Training Requirement	Format	Duration
	In Person class - see Referee Calendar for Offerings Enroll in course in AYSOU	2 1/2 hours

4. Referee Training - 10U+ Regional Referee

Referee training starts out with an AYSOU based online course ("Regional Referee Online + In Person Companion Class") that covers the Laws of the Game, including field markings and dimensions, equipment requirements, players and player requirements, Offside, Fouls and Misconduct, starting and stopping of play, restarts, and so on. 

This is accessed from the Refereeing course group in AYSOU.

10U/Regional Referees must be a minimum of 12 years old

Training Requirement	Format	Duration
	Online course in AYSOU It has 11 modules.  9 Content modules and 1 Test module, and the last module (module 11) is a step to enroll in the in-person companion class The Online course MUST BE finished before attending the in-person companion class/clinic.  Please DO take the online test until you pass it.	1-3 hours
In Person Companion Class / Field Clinic	In Person class - see Referee Calendar for Offerings We get on a field and review all of the restarts, Offside line following, Assistant Referee positioning and flags, Referee signals, whistle usage and Referee Positioning, Free Kicks and Penalty Kicks	3 1/2 to 4 hours