Seaway Valley Soccer Club (SVSC) is a fully sanctioned club providing youth soccer to the Cornwall and SDG area. With over a thousand athletes each year our programs revolve around two pathways for players who wish to be competitive and for those that want to play recreational soccer.

All SVSC programs are based on the Ontario Talented Player Pathway and the Long-Term Player Development Model endorsed by Sport Canada and Canada Soccer.

Ontario Soccer Grassroots 

"Grassroots soccer is not about the amount of trophies you win. It’s about the difference you make to a young person’s life."

• The Goals of Grassroots Soccer
• 2021 Ontario Soccer Grassroots Standards
• Ontario Soccer Grassroots RESOURCES

Soccer Canada Pathway

The Canada Soccer Grassroots Standards have been designed to create the best possible learning and development environment for all young players in Canada. As adults, it is our responsibility to ensure that all of our children are able to enjoy soccer in a safe, fun, accessible, inclusive and developmentally appropriate environment.

• Soccer Canada Pathway
• Canada Soccer Pathway LTPD Community Guide
• Canada Soccer Grassroots Standards

• Recreational (U3 to U16) 
• Competitive (U13 to U17) 
• Development (U8 to U12)
• Fall Development
• Winter Futsal
• Spring Skills Centre
• Summer Camps

What is Long Term Player Development (LTPD)?

LTPD is a model of athlete development that parallels what doctors and psychologists have long used to better understand human development: as a series of distinct stages, which takes us from infancy through to adulthood. A person’s abilities, behaviors and emotions, as well as their understanding of the world around them, varies from stage to stage.

• Long-Term Development (LTD) Stages: A clear path to better sport, greater health, and higher achievement
• LTAD: Information for Parents
• Maximizing the Sport Experience for our Children
• Quality Sport Checklist: Ask your Schools & Coaches

What is Physical Literacy?

"Physical literacy is the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge, and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life."

- The International Physical Literacy Association, May 2014

• The Elements of Physical Literacy
• What are fundamental movement skills?

What is True Sport?

They help us build the sport we want! True Sport is a series of programs and initiatives designed to give people, communities and organizations the means by which to leverage the many benefits of sport from a platform of shared values and principles.

• The True Sport Principles express an approach to sport that the vast majority of Canadians already believe in and practice. Although widely embraced, these principles often go unspoken.
• True Sport Principles in Action - What do the True Sport Principles look, feel and sound like?
• The True Sport Experience - An understanding of the True Sport Principles and how to teach them through quality physical activity experiences
• True Sport Tips for Parents is a wallet-sized tool created for parents of kids who play sports
• Want to keep your kids in Sports? Start during The Ride Home.

* Development programs are open to all players of all abilities and have optional participation.

** The number of festivals or tournaments attended over the summer is determined by each team - usually 3.

Note: Participation in Blazers and Coyotes programs is determined by tryouts in Sep/Oct and January respectively.