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BACKCHECK!!! · 02-27-2014, 10:43 PM

You don't build specialty ice rinks for kids, you just don't USE the whole surface until they're past novice.

You put the nets along the side boards, and you play EAST-WEST instead of NORTH-SOUTH.

It also gives you more options for the number of kids playing. With 2 coaches you can have a 4-on-4 session going at each end of the ice, and 16 kids skating at a time instead of 10.

02-27-2014, 10:43 PM	#12
BACKCHECK!!! First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: TEXAS!! Exp:	You don't build specialty ice rinks for kids, you just don't USE the whole surface until they're past novice. You put the nets along the side boards, and you play EAST-WEST instead of NORTH-SOUTH. It also gives you more options for the number of kids playing. With 2 coaches you can have a 4-on-4 session going at each end of the ice, and 16 kids skating at a time instead of 10. __________________ I am a lunatic whose world revolves around hockey and Oilers hate.