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External Soccer Links
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Soccer rules
FIFA's Laws of the game >>
Soccer organisations
FIFA >> Official site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association - Soccer's world organisation.
Canadian Soccer Association >> Official Site - Canada's national soccer results and information. Lots of documents. Constitution, coaching & referee centres.
BC Soccer Association >> Official site of the BC Soccer Association.
LISA >> Lower Island Soccer Association.
VISRA >> Vancouver Island Soccer Referees Association.
Soccer organisations' links pages
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BC Soccer Association Member Clubs >> Lower Island Soccer Clubs.
VISRA Referee related links.
Other Lower Island Youth Soccer Clubs
LISA >> Lower Island Soccer Association
LISA Standings >> Inter-club league tables
BUYSA >> Bays United Youth Soccer Association - this site!
CBSC >> Cordova Bay Soccer Club
GHSA >> Gordon Head Soccer Association
GSA >> Gorge Soccer Association.
JdFSA >> Juan de Fuca Soccer Association.
LSA >> Lakehill Soccer Association.
PSC >> Peninsula Soccer Club
PLSC >> Prospect Lake Soccer Club.
SSIYSA >> Salt Spring Island Youth Soccer Association
SSC >> Sooke Soccer Club
Other Lower Island Clubs
LIWSA >> Lower Island Womens Soccer Association - Senior Womens League.
VISL >> Vancouver Island Soccer League - Senior Mens League.
UVic Vikes >> Select soccer from the list of sports...
Victoria United Soccer Club >> "All-star" team which plays in the Pacific Coast Soccer League from May through August.
Miscellany
Opportunities Aequa (OA) >> is a youth-driven, Canadian NGO that was founded by five students in Victoria, BC, upon two aspirations: to tackle personally-meaningful world issues and to do so with a hands-on approach.
BC Soccer Web >> Commercial soccernews, focus on BC.
2005 Canadian Soccer Demographics (.pdf) >> 2005 player registration statistics include provincial, gender and age breakdowns. Prior years: 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999.
Coaching, etc. guidelines
CSA Coaching Centre >> Exercises, drills, guidelines.
CSA Coaching Centre >> Practice plans for U6 to U12 players.
CSA Coaching Centre >> Drill of the month (2001-2002).
The Recreation and Sport Branch of B.C. >> BC Government Sports site. Sport safety programs. Lots of publications, some schedules, newsletter.
Sport Safe BC >> B.C.’s SportSafe program was introduced in 1998 to create a safer environment for kids in sport. The primary focus of SportSafe on preventing harassment and abuse led to the development of a SportSafe parents’ brochure, template policies and procedures, a volunteer screening model and the Coach’s Game Plan.
Coaches Game Plan >> Coaching guidelines, power issues, fair play guidelines. Part of BUYSA coaching policy.
Sport BC >> Sports BC association site. Sports organisation support site (insurance, events, etc.). Lots of different sports.
The Coaches Association of B.C. >> Good coaching resources. Seminars. Links.
The BC Recreation and Parks Association >> Site seems mostly aimed at fitness training. Has job postings.
Soccer Coaching Net >> International soccer coaching site. Has exercises (about 100 in archives), software, coaches' stories, discussion groups, etc. (Note: Has some annoying signup request windows pop up!)
World of Soccer >> BC Company established in 1982, recently on web (Sept, 2000). Looks like excellent coaching resources. E-commerce site too.
eTeamz - tips & drills >> Ad dominated site. This part has a lot of tips, drills, etc. Email signup for tips.
mySportsGuru.com - lessons >> Large site. Animated drills and coaching tips. Good for players.
BBC's Goal of the week >> Diagrams of how recent great goals were scored. (Note: should show index of recent goals.]
Referees, etc. guidelines
Canadian Soccer Association Referee Centre >> Code of ethics, guidelines, dissent! New site, worth watching.
VISRA >> Vancouver Island Soccer Referees Association
FIFA Women's Football >> Differences between refereeing the men’s and women’s game?