Leaside-East Toronto Soccer
Club
193 Randolph Rd, Toronto,ON, M4G 3S6, Telephone 416 481 6425 Email John@leasidesoccer.net
ABOUT US
We organize "house league" soccer for children and adults. "House league"
means that whoever pays, plays.
THE PARENT IS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DECISION TO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO
PLAY OR TO EAT THE SNACKS. THE COACH OR ASSISTANT IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEER.
THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE PARKS & RECREATION NOR PART OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM. THEY ARE PARENTS, JUST LIKE YOURSELF. ALL PARENTS SHOULD HELP OUT
WITH THE TEAM TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES.
The Club's responsibility is to receive registrations, order uniforms,
arrange teams, make schedules, organize referees and perform all the
necessary paperwork to ensure that the clubs runs smoothly.
Unlike the adult league, children need a hand in
organizing their teams. Call it whatever you want: coaching, arranging,
facilitating. The Club assumes that the parents will take on this
responsibility. That is why in the Registration Form, it is noted that
parents are essential in the running of the Club.
The parent coach is expected to take charge when they are at the game; should
that coach not be there, for whatever reason, the other parents should fill
in.
The Club is not an extension of the City's Parks & Recreation; nor is it
an elite Club, where parents sign up their children to learn. What the
children learn is done through play.
A great many parents in our area never played soccer as
children. They do not necessarily understand the rules; and are unsure as to
how to show the skills. These difficulties can be overcome with study and
persistence. However, it is not a prerequisite that the parents learn these
things in order for them to sign up their children or to coach a team.
There are many reasons to keep the parent coach- it is a way we can ensure
that the running of the teams is in accord with community values; it avoids
the liability associated with non parental control; it maintains a spirit of
equality and not elitism. The problems of the parent coach are that the
person does not necessarily know the game nor how to teach the skills to
others. For those parents looking for that teaching, there are many excellent
soccer academies around Toronto to look for.
Each year is a struggle to get enough willing and able parents to coach. The
rewards far exceed the work involved; the understandings and sense of
contribution are well known to people who volunteer. Not everyone is in a
position to be a coach. Whatever role you can provide is
appreciated.