Why do parents hate cross ice hockey??

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In most cases it’s broken up into station work. It’s now being done the way it should be. Smaller playing area to ensure everyone gets to play and it’s not just about the fastest or best skaters. Practice is all about skill work. Get the skills down and then work on doing them on a full ice surface. This is how mast sports, around the world, have been training for years.

Exactly this. 8&U and even 10&U often shares the practice ice with other teams to have multiple coaches at different stations. Allows the kids to alternate stations. Renforcing techniques and skills at the same time.

Barry Smith has done a lot of presentations about this. He talks about learning a lot from spending time in the Czech Republic one summer.