Youth Hockey-Why?

http://youthinfitness.ca

Why do these young 5 and 6 year old kids play hockey on a regulation size ice rink? They are maybe half the size of adults so why not play on a smaller size rink. They do this in soccer, basketball and who knows what other sports.

This is just a short 30 second clip of the game. Imagine if there were 3 games going on simultaneously across the ice? 3 on 3 or 2 on 2? You could have the same amount of kids playing and they would actually get to touch the puck for more than 1 second and learn to pass and also start to understand "How" to play and most importantly have more Fun!!!

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[YouthFitnessGuy]

Thanks for posting. Unfortunately Youth sports has become more about the needs of the parents, coaches and league administrators. It's time the game be given back to the kids. Kids are not miniature adults and the professionalization of youth sports needs to stop. Then maybe the kids would have more fun playing and want to play the game longer.