WSA_Youth and Family Master Plan Phase I - September 2009

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However, although respecting many of the time slot preferences from 2005-2006, the larger leagues today do not necessarily get more fields based on their number of players. Atlxl tic leagues' survey A survey was administered in December 2008 to all sports leagues operating on City of Santa Ana fields in 2009. The survey was administered by city staff to the league presidents or league liaisons to the city. This survey included a variety of questions regarding numbers of youth served, coaching, fees, barriers to entry and details about league travel. In total, there were 21 respondents, one from each of the sports leagues listed below. Table 8. Santa Ana athletic leagues SOCCER I°~SEBA~!! AYSO Santa Ana North West Little League Aztec Youth Soccer League Santiago Little League Boy Scouts Soccer South East Little League California Soccer South West Little League Club America Soccer North East Santa Ana Little League Conquist America Soccer Club Valley Little League FC Barcelona ~ ~'~ ~ J`. '_ Olympic Youth Soccer League Santa Ana Girls Softball Santa Ana Development Soccer Santa Ana X-Time Softball Santa Ana Football Club Santa Ana Softball Fastpitch Santa Ana Youth Soccer Santa Ana Pop Warner Coachin Of the 21 leagues, the number of coaches per league varied greatly from 1-100 coaches. Nine leagues had less than 12 coaches but on average, leagues had 34 coaches. The soccer leagues had between 1 and 60 coaches; the football league had 88 coaches; the baseball leagues ranged from between 6 and 100 coaches and the softball leagues ranged from 2 to 58 coaches. Of the 21 leagues interviewed 74% of coaches underwent background checks, 24% did not. Approximately 50% of soccer coaches did; and all of the baseball, football and softball leagues coaches did undergo background checks. Coaches'traininguaried greatly. Trainings ranged from coaching clinics at Cal South to first aid and sexual harassment training. Over half (12} of the leagues reported that their coaches received training related directly to coaching. Only 2 soccer leagues reported that their coaches did not receive any training. _ cc~ The majority of the leagues identified as nonprofit organizations. Only 3 of the leagues (1 soccer and 2 softball leagues) reported being City of Santa Ana Businesses. Three soccer leagues,1 little league and 1 softball league enjoyed co-sponsorship by the City in the past.26 Overall, respondents felt that Santa Ana youth are not being entirely served by the current athletic organizations. Eighty-one percent of respondents stated, "No", they do not feel all Santa Ana youth who wish to play sports are being served. Of those that responded with a percentage X17 of 21 }, more than half reported that least 40% of youth in the area are not served (one reported 80%). Another issue 26 However, as of June 1, 2009, due to the financial situation facing the City, each league became entirely responsible to pay all reservation fees.