Required Registration Documents (Southern Marin Youth Football)

If you are volunteering as a coach or board member for the 2009 season, please download, print and legibly complete this background check authorization form. It must be returned to the Athletic Director, Robert Brown, with a photocopy of a valid driver's license.

Details on equipment you need to provide by the 1st day of practice can be found in our FAQ.

To complete registration for your youth athlete for the 2009 season please mail the following documents to "Southern Marin Youth Football, PO Box 763, Mill Valley, CA 94942 by June 30th:

Birth Certificate - 3 copies of the athlete's birth certificate should be provided on an 8.5 x 11 inch page. IMPORTANT: If your athlete did not play football last year our new league (AYF) is requiring a second piece of verification of your child's age. This can be in the form of a copy of a passport, a medical card that includes your child's birthdate or a school document (transcript) that includes your childs birthdate. You may also submit an original birth certificate with a visible seal which will be returned to you after player certification on August 8th. Specifics on the birth certificate:

This document should be a copy of an official government birth certificate provided by the state or country.
International birth certificates require an official translation if they do not provide English descriptions.
An official court document for name change must accompany a birth certificate listing a name no longer in use.
Hospital or baptismal announcements are not acceptable.

2009 Medical Release Form - (click here to download.) This document has 2 pages. Specifics:

Page 1 of this document must be completed by a parent/guardian
Page 2 of this document must be completed by a licensed medical professional.
Make sure the licensed medical professional signs (or stamps) and writes the date on page 2.

2009 AYF Emergency Information Form - (click here to download.) Specifics:

Please fill out every field in this form.
One parent must sign and date the bottom of this form.

2009 AYF Registration Contract Form - (click here to download.) Specifics:

Please fill out every field in this form (with the exception of the gray area, reserved for official use only).
One parent/guardian must sign the bottom of this form and initial in 5 places. The player must initial the Helmet Waiver.

2008 to 2009 End-of-Year Report Card - 3 copies of the athlete's end-of-year report card should be provided. Specifics:

Only an end-of-year report card is acceptable. Please don't mail us a Fall or Winter report card.
If the report card is larger than 8.5 x 11 inches (e.g., it is legal-sized), it should be reduced to an 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper to fit in the certification notebook.
A full-year report card (e.g., all 3 trimesters) must be provided for consideration for academic honors.
The report card must have the full name of the athlete as well as the name of the school clearly visible.
The report card must have the school year (e.g., "2007 to 2008") clearly visible.
If the GPA is printed on the report card it must be used for scholastic monitoring.
A GPA below 2.0 requires scholastic monitoring.

Medical Insurance Card - A legible copy of the athlete's medical insurance card is required. Specifics:

The front and back of the card must be copied onto the same side of a single sheet of paper.

Please help out our volunteers who process your paperwork:

Make a copy of all of the documents you mail to us in case we misplace them.
Please apply adequate postage. Every year several sets of documents are returned by the USPS with "Postage Due".
Please do not staple any of the documents. You may use paperclips to keep them together.
Do not use certified mail or any service which requires a signature; otherwise your documents will be returned.
Do not use a stiff cardboard mailer. The post office will not put it in our post office box and your documents will be returned.