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Originally Posted by ma-skis.com

My kid is in his first year of Novice without having played timbits at all. At the beginning of the year I would have agreed that 3v3 would have been better, but now having watched him develop all year, full ice is fine for him and the kids on his team. Even with off sides, icing and the such, most kids on his team understands the concepts and clear or wait at the blue line before crossing.

The only thing that I've really noticed with more space is that straight forward speed is more beneficial that maneuverability right now and don't see as many benefits of turning or transitional skating. Perhaps in a smaller area that would develop better.

End of the day, he's sweaty and he's happy, so it's a success for us. If mini half ice games would result in more kids on the ice at a time, then I would agree we should go that way for timbits and novice. But most practices are half ice anyways, so scrimmages end up going half ice for our squad, so they do see their fair share of it anyways.

They have Timbits hockey in Sweden? I had no idea.