Minor Hockey Talks - Hockey Forum

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:05 am

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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:37 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2024 12:38 pm Why should a kid born in December of the same year a kid born in January of same year. Its 2 separate hockey seasons they turned the same age during the season.

Go back to the old system where if you turned the age during the season then thats the one you play. If you too good for that then play up.

And if it is too difficult for parents to follow then you gotta wonder how they get out the door in the morning.

My December U10 has to tryout for U11 Rep (only option after AAA in my center). He looked like a midget at tryouts they were never going to pick him, and after a year at HL he's going to be so far behind and then they take the Jan/Feb U10's so they can have some returning players next season.

Nothing wrong with playing house league. I've seen better coaches at the HL level than rep. If you combine HL with Select or private lessons, you won't lose any ground.

We play HL and Select, are on the ice 80+ times (50 games / 30 practices) which is pretty much what AA and BB team get each year.

While some coaches still look at size, it's still a game of skating and skill.

If you are playing HL.... it isn't because your kid is small. Open your eyes.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:49 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:23 am Had to go lookup what Select even is, sounds fun but my center for sure will never go for something like that.
We get 1 game a week and a practice every other week in HL October to March.

Rep starts in September, runs till Mid April, 2 practices a week, dryland weekly, priority access to powerskating sessions, and 1-2 games a week. There's no chance my kid will keep up, better coaching or not.

So look at some private options to be on the ice once or twice a week and start your own dryland training. Come spring time, play in a spring league.

There's other ways to get to your 10,000 hours.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:49 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:23 am Had to go lookup what Select even is, sounds fun but my center for sure will never go for something like that.
We get 1 game a week and a practice every other week in HL October to March.

Rep starts in September, runs till Mid April, 2 practices a week, dryland weekly, priority access to powerskating sessions, and 1-2 games a week. There's no chance my kid will keep up, better coaching or not.

So look at some private options to be on the ice once or twice a week and start your own dryland training. Come spring time, play in a spring league.

There's other ways to get to your 10,000 hours.

Ya, the dudes just going to suddenly be a dryland training professional and fork out $5k for private training and drive for hours to attend it just so his kid can have an equal experience to his (probably shitty) Rep team, but do it all without friends of community. Such a Toronto/rich view. He just wants his kid to have a fun enriched hockey experience and that doesn't exist to him because he's born in December and lives in rural OMHA land somewhere given no U10 or Select options. I don't want open borders but this is a prime example of where they should 100% be more flexible for those rural kids to at least be eligible to tryout for ANY AA/A/BB/B/C tier teams. Let the really strong kids from that center leave to AA/A - You can guarantee they are bitching being forced into that center as well - and it would open the door for his little December baby to play in a more enriched hockey program.

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:57 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:49 am

Guest wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:23 am Had to go lookup what Select even is, sounds fun but my center for sure will never go for something like that.
We get 1 game a week and a practice every other week in HL October to March.

Rep starts in September, runs till Mid April, 2 practices a week, dryland weekly, priority access to powerskating sessions, and 1-2 games a week. There's no chance my kid will keep up, better coaching or not.

So look at some private options to be on the ice once or twice a week and start your own dryland training. Come spring time, play in a spring league.

There's other ways to get to your 10,000 hours.

Ya, the dudes just going to suddenly be a dryland training professional and fork out $5k for private training and drive for hours to attend it just so his kid can have an equal experience to his (probably shitty) Rep team, but do it all without friends of community. Such a Toronto/rich view. He just wants his kid to have a fun enriched hockey experience and that doesn't exist to him because he's born in December and lives in rural OMHA land somewhere given no U10 or Select options. I don't want open borders but this is a prime example of where they should 100% be more flexible for those rural kids to at least be eligible to tryout for ANY AA/A/BB/B/C tier teams. Let the really strong kids from that center leave to AA/A - You can guarantee they are bitching being forced into that center as well - and it would open the door for his little December baby to play in a more enriched hockey program.