Mites

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• Skills focused on are skating, puck control, passing, shooting, positioning (offense/defense), checking/body contact
• Level 1
• Skating - Ready position, forward start, forward stride, stops, backward skating, backwards stop and edge control
• Puck control - side to side
• Level 2 (all level 1 skills should be sufficient)
• Skating - Skating with the puck, forward crossover, backward crossover
• Puck control - front to back
• Passing - Forehand and receiving
• Shooting - Wrist shot, backhand
• Level 3 (all level 1 & 2 skills should be sufficient)
• Skating - Power turns, transitions
• Puck control - diagonal
• Passing - backhand, passing while skating
• Shooting - Quick shots/rebounds
• Checking/Body contact - Stick check, stick lift, poke check, body position/coverage
• Positioning - Forecheck and breakout
• Level 4 (all level 1, 2 & 3 skills should be sufficient)
• Skating - Speed and agility
• Puck control - toe-drag front and back
• Passing - Saucer
• Shooting - Snapshot
• Checking/Body contact - Angles of approach to gain possession of puck, protect puck possession
• Positioning - Into to basic systems
• All levels have a 2:1 practice/game ratio and will have 2-3 practices per week