10 and under program – for player who are 10 and under and who can skate independently.Our Bearcat 10 and under program sessions are on Monday’s 5pm and 6pm at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre – Mackay Arena
We start at the end of Sept or early October and go through until early March with a two week break at Christmas.
For our 10 and under program we use a Cross Ice format for our program.
The aim of the Cross-ice program is to encourage an environment in which the children can learn the basic skills without the distraction that is often associated with an over emphasis on winning.
The objectives of the Cross Ice program is:
• Stress participation, fun and skill development
• To provide a step towards a full-ice program
• Modify the playing environment to meet the needs of younger players
• Increase opportunities for younger players to touch and handle the puck
• Increase the practice to game ratio to a minimum of three practices to one game
• Provide a positive environment for learning the fundamental skills of hockey
• Improve the utilization of ice time
“It makes no sense for kids to play organized games until they have reasonable mastery of skating, puck handing, passing and shooting.”
Dr. Murray Smith, Sports Psychologist
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