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Originally Posted by joe_mullen
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.
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Do you have a link to this study? I did a quick google search and found a couple articles from a year ago about a study. The article said lowering the hitting age to 9 in 1998 increased the rate of concussions in all age groups from 6-17. This doess't make sense to me.
Link to the article
http://www.canada.com/news/Earlier+h...979/story.html
I think hitting should be introduced earlier and a better job done teaching the kids to skate with their heads up and be aware of the other players on the ice.