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Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:54 am Some of you are so naive, doesn’t matter where you play - talent will rise to the top.

No issue with half ice or full ice options, mine played full ice… but just because you learned what an offside was 2 years earlier and where to lineup on a faceoff isn’t going to change your skill level in the long run. Options are great, and of course kids who played full ice earlier will obviously look better earlier on full ice… there were 2014 teams that played full ice the year before and came out the gate extremely well, and then faded into nothing once the others in the loop figured out their positional play.

Do what’s right for you… and leave it at that…. But athletic kids who are on the ice (no matter what type of play) will rise to the top. That’s just how it is.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:14 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:54 am Some of you are so naive, doesn’t matter where you play - talent will rise to the top.

No issue with half ice or full ice options, mine played full ice… but just because you learned what an offside was 2 years earlier and where to lineup on a faceoff isn’t going to change your skill level in the long run. Options are great, and of course kids who played full ice earlier will obviously look better earlier on full ice… there were 2014 teams that played full ice the year before and came out the gate extremely well, and then faded into nothing once the others in the loop figured out their positional play.

Do what’s right for you… and leave it at that…. But athletic kids who are on the ice (no matter what type of play) will rise to the top. That’s just how it is.

You didn't argue a single point to what ANYONE said.

Yes the top kids will make any team they try out for. But, for the kids who aren't top 2 or 3 on the ice. Full-ice is going to give them a huge advantage to making a team. If you think its just about offsides and where to line up on a face-off you know NOTHING of hockey.

Full ice is teaching kids how to:

Break out plays from their own end
Transitional defense through the neutral zone
Defense understanding of when to pinch
forwards carrying the puck through space and making plays with the puck to their line-mates
Understanding line changes and the dynamics of when its appropriate and when its not - also being cognizant of what your line mates are doing
Short handed play
Power play
Using your defense for bump plays in the offensive zone
understanding team defense in the defensive zone
goalie timing (blue line and inwards)
goalie angles
full size nets for them

I could keep going and going.... So I think its absolutely ridiculous for you or anyone to belittle the fact that the kids playing is the KSL aren't being set up for success in the future. But, yes, one last time - the VERY BEST KIDS will still make teams from an MD program.

Once a team is set in U10 - there is very little change from one year to the next. So spots are limited and its much more difficult to make a team.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:09 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:09 pm What’s going on in Mississagua teams? Heard that TRW will look much more competitive against them. Knowing couple of kids that will join MR and MS, I’d agree that TRW are not too bad. Or maybe they still have some top or reasonable talent?

TRW are mostly made up of mid AA talent and players that were cut from other teams. Unfortunately they’re in for a long season.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:41 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:15 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:14 am

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:54 am

You people are so delusional.

Your kids look like crap compared to better kids, that are better prepared, and you can't deal with your poor decision you made. COW made their first round of cuts - not one single MD kid, except a goalie still in.

YSE, no idea what their cuts looked like, but the top half of the kids were ALL KSL kids. I don't think a single MD kid will make it.

Whitby - NO MD

Ajax/Pick - No MD

You can say it doesn't make a difference at tryouts, but you are wrong. Clearly it does. Proven facts.

Above poster not speaking facts. Ajax Pickering has a large majority of MD kids. KSL is great no doubt but playing KSL does not automatically translate to talented kid. There have been kids on many KSL tier 1 teams who just struggled.

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 4:35 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:54 am Some of you are so naive, doesn’t matter where you play - talent will rise to the top.

No issue with half ice or full ice options, mine played full ice… but just because you learned what an offside was 2 years earlier and where to lineup on a faceoff isn’t going to change your skill level in the long run. Options are great, and of course kids who played full ice earlier will obviously look better earlier on full ice… there were 2014 teams that played full ice the year before and came out the gate extremely well, and then faded into nothing once the others in the loop figured out their positional play.

Do what’s right for you… and leave it at that…. But athletic kids who are on the ice (no matter what type of play) will rise to the top. That’s just how it is.

To all the "geniuses" and hockey experts opining on the merits of full ice hockey for 6 7 and 8 years olds, ask yourselves a few questions:

Q) What are the 3 top hockey producing nations in the world ?
A) Canada USA Sweden

Q) Is Canada gaining or losing its ground as the top hockey nation?
A) Losing fast

Q) What do the hockey nations gaining ground do with age groups?
A) They play half ice hockey

To all the "experts" stating "facts" and "book it" - these above, are facts not opinions.

You can draw your own conclusion and determine who has it right, and who has it wrong, but the trend is your friend until it bends
the Canadian trend is bent on a downward trajectory

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:41 pm Will you all shut up already, who cares where people play , half ice full ice all roads lead to the same place

Go have fun just shut up already

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:41 pm Will you all shut up already, who cares where people play , half ice full ice all roads lead to the same place

Go have fun just shut up already

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:41 pm Will you all shut up already, who cares where people play , half ice full ice all roads lead to the same place

Go have fun just shut up already

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:32 pm

Guest wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:41 pm Will you all shut up already, who cares where people play , half ice full ice all roads lead to the same place

Go have fun just shut up already

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