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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Yeah they all need their brain. That’s why I’m not a big fan of that proposal.
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Are you in favour of removing all hitting from minor hockey then?
I coached high level bantam quite a bit in my early 20s. When the changes they were making came up this was the most common suggestion from people in our circles (div 2 peewee and higher should be hitting. Div 3 at any level should be minimal contact. No necessarily NO contact, more like the women’s game).
Not many actual participants were in favour of removal of hitting in peewee. Most of else felt there was less danger of sever injuries to learn proper hitting technique in peewee when most kids are around the same size. Leaving it until Batam allowed for greater size differences and IMO more room for bad hits between inexperienced players.
Another thing that could be more focused on is instead of taking hitting out, Go the other way and our way more effort into teaching proper checking technique. Usually that is up to individual coaches whose expertise can be extremely varied and in some cases detrimental. Hockey Canada should be stepping in with checking clinics.