My son has played defense since he played spring before his first year of Novice. He just really settled back there and his style of play is pretty defensively responsible to begin with so coaches let him stay back there. With the other players, they moved them around during our tiering round to see where they were comfortable, but after about a month all first year Novice kids kind of settled into their positions.
Honestly, not many kids can play all positions effectively, and many kids once they find their role they feel comfortable with don't really want to play other positions.
We've played pretty competitive hockey all the way through (Tier 2/1 depending on the year, we only have 10 kids on a team out where I live, and 2 teams), but I believe the Tier 5/6 teams were in the same boat as us with regards to players settling into their positions relatively quickly.
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