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Originally Posted by MattyC
I think this is ridiculous. I have been coaching high level bantam for the past four years and to have kids come into this age group, which includes a large size difference between some players, without experience with contact is completely ridiculous to me. We will see a lot more serious injuries at the bantam level I think.
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Good points.
I also think that many kids leave hockey early, because they are getting creamed by bigger kids that are the same age. That's why I left hockey around age 12.
If very few of the these players are going to play junior hockey, why do they need to hit at all, knowing what we do about concussions?
Maybe there can be two paths - one with hitting, and a more casual path without.