What the club and coaches expects from parents...

As parents, you have a certain responsibility to the Club and your skater.

Cheerlead:
Be your child's biggest fan. Stepping on the ice at any level can be scary. Whether it is learning to balance on their own, skating backwards, or jumping in the air- skating can be scary. Encourage your child to try their best and the best will come. 

Help to set goals: 
Work with your coach to help your child to set his/her goals in skating. Help him/her to be realistic about those goals, but also to make them challenging enough to make the sport fulfilling. Make sure the goals are your skater’s goals, not yours. Help to achieve these goals by setting targets, and recognize progress. Be willing to re-evaluate when necessary.

Learn about the sport:
Learn enough about skating and programming through our club emails, inquire with a coach, send the board an email, talk to more experienced parents about their journey.  

Respect our Members:

Each member of our club is a valued member of the RFSC family: parents, skaters, coaches, on and off ice volunteers, board members and arena staff make up our family. Please be respectful of each others needs, times, goals and intentions. 

Support your Coach:

Our professional coaches are trained and experienced skaters. They must facilitate programs in alignment with Skate Canada Program Standards. Their goal is to see your child succeed in their own way. If you have a private coach; pay your bills upon receipt.  Have your skater at the rink on time. When you can’t be there, make sure to tell the coach in advance.  Listen to your coach’s advice and instructions, and help to ensure that your skater follows those instructions when practicing or doing activities.  Let the coach have the freedom to design a program to achieve goals; don’t try to second-guess the approach, rather, responsibly watch to make sure that the general goals are being addressed over the long term.

Volunteer:

Parent involvement is vital to the success of our Club! Your time and effort, no matter how small, makes a difference. The executive is always looking for volunteers to help out on our board of directors. We also have many events that require volunteers throughout the year. If a specific volunteer job interests you, please contact us through email and we will connect you with the appropriate person. Volunteer opportunities will be posted on our Volunteer Positions page as they come up.