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Originally Posted by Northendzone
yes they do, and if you love watching guys toe drag with thier head down, then it is great hockey........anywyas, i get that contact hockey is not for all kids - and there is nothing wrong with that.
after some thought, i am in the camp where hitting should be in place from atom on. all coaches should be required to take some type of minimum body checking course, and the head coach should be required to take an advance course. teams should be required to have a team meeting early in the season where a video is shown that demontrates proper/improper techniques. all hockey associations should have a body checking comittee where there would be 6 or so experts, who would comit to working with all teams at some interval to teach/reinforce proper techniques.
for those kids who are no used to hitting at all (born in 2001/2002 making the jump from community hockey to quadrant will be made a little more difficult
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I coach quadrant hockey, and will be attending bantam tryouts this week. Im thinking we will see if not hitting the year before will have a big affect on the 2001s vs the 2000s.