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Originally Posted by Azure
Don't like it at all. Kids are smaller in pee-wee, and they can learn the basics of hitting, including how to TAKE a hit without a bigger possibility of getting hurt.
Kids get hurt when you have morons going for the head, or if the kid getting hit has his head down. As much as I hate head shots, you can't simply stop them from happening by banning body checking at certain levels.
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there was a fairly big study fairly recently suggesting that we should be delaying the introduction of hitting into hockey and that learning to "take a hit" is a complete myth that does not have any significance on future outcomes such as injuries/concussions. the younger players start contact hockey, the greater the amount of injuries, even when the same groups meet up in later years.