24 Tips for Raising Young Hockey Players

03/19/2015, 3:45pm MDT

By USA Hockey

Editor’s Note: The following was adapted from a list created by David Lynch, trainer for 8 and 9 year-old soccer players at Stockholm soccer club AIK.

Here are 24 tips for parents raising young hockey players:

The kids pack and prepare their own hockey bag.
Always be on time for practice.
Make them put their dirty training undergarments in the wash.
Tell them to give 100 percent at practice and games.
The kids carry their own hockey bag in and out of the ice rink. That’s carry, not wheel.
Teach them how to tighten their own skates.
Play hockey with them, where they want and when they want to.
Make them wear their equipment until it’s been outgrown, then buy new equipment.
Buy them new skates when they needthem, not when they want them.
Buy second-hand skates and save yourself a fortune.
Teach them not to hate other teams.
Win or lose, remind them to love the game, and the game will love

When to sharpen your skates...

http://www.hockeygiant.com/how-often-should-i-sharpen-my-skates.html

I recomend before each game &/or tourney... at the very least, weekly. Pooling the boys during the last tourney, the average would be 2 weeks - thats not enough.

http://www.northlandhockeygroup.com/aaa-hockey/ice-bucks.php

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