Half Ice Games, News, Pre-Novice, 2016-2017 (Greater Fort Erie Minor Hockey)

This League is part of the 2016-2017 season, which is not set as the current season.
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Sep 26, 2016 | kmilberry | 1974 views
Half Ice Games
This year all Pre-Novice games will be half-ice with smaller nets. 

When the playing surface is reduced in size, young players are being correctly prepared for the speed and quickness they will encounter as they grow older. Half–ice develops a positive environment, increases puck handling, and teaches puck protection by forcing players to play in smaller, confined areas.

The key playing benefits of half-ice are that it promotes creativity, creates an environment for self-learning hockey, increased player participation, speeds up the learning process, improves decision making skills so the player reads and acts quicker, maximizes skill learning and development, increases tempo, creates a positive environment and a passion to play.

Click here to watch a video about full-ice hockey from a child's view, where adults play hockey on a rink scaled larger

Click here to watch a video about NHL Analytics Tracking of children playing on half-ice vs full-ice

Click Read More to see the Alliance Hockey flyer on half-ice games


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