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Originally Posted by zyzz
What will be used as boards, those silly foam dividers? With such a small area, theres going to be a bunch of standing around. Normal surface teachers kids how to skate, pivot and stop. I've watched those little kids play during the intermission of Flames games and they go end to end all the time, no issues..
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Generally, you have the end boards on one side, and the coach follows the play along the blue line, and effectively acts as the other set of boards by keeping the puck in play when he has to.
I'm not saying you can't learn to play hockey on full ice, pretty much all of us did. And im not saying there arent advantages and disadvantages.
I'm just saying I've coached on big ice, and on small ice, and ive had better results on small ice. And the most organized and with-it youth development programs I've seen do it that way too. Your mileage may vary, but I'm convinced.