Winterhurst Warriors - In-House : Welcome

PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON!
Our house program is made up of kids of many ages, from 3 on up. The group you will be looking at for your son will consist of kids in the age range of 3 - 8, most or all of whom are first time to hockey. We are also putting together a house program for those older kids that are new to hockey. Some of these kids will have done ice time before, whether in learn to skate, tot hockey or or summer house program, and some of them will be new to skating also. Our program is designed to help kids of all ages and abilities to progress at their pace in an environment of others at their same level. Our coaches work to break the kids into groups on the ice according to where they are at in their learning stage. Each child is worked with at their own level and encouraged to progress at their pace with a group that is working on the same things they are working on. What this means to you and your player is that he will not be with a group of kids that are just learning to skate and he will not be with a group of kids that are working on skills he hasn't quite reached, he will be working with a group of kids that are at the same point in learning that he is.

We work to keep a low child/adult ratio on the ice as much as we can to allow each child the individual attention they need and deserve. Our coaches focus on the core skills of hockey and the foundation to the next level, and while helping each child gain what they need for the next step in the sport, allowing them to still have fun on the ice while learning.

I will be looking into getting in touch with other associations some time in the December January area to schedule some fun games for the kids as well. This will allow them to play the game of hockey with other kids; kids that are at the same level of play as they are also. We are also talking of forming a Mite C team out of a core group of our in-house kids that seem to be ready for that level of play. This, however, will take place I believe in December, after the kids have had a chance to practice and learn more as a group. December is usually the time that the Mite C teams start scheduling their games. At that time our coaches will talk to families about this and give families the option of having their child play at this level if the coaches believe they are ready for it.

In the end, both groups, the in-house and Mite C group will continue to practice together, learning and gaining from eachother, and both groups will have game time scheduled come the end of 2007 beginning of 2008.

WINTERHURST HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
In-House Program / Upcoming Practice/Game Schedule

Day                         Date                       Time        Rink
Saturday     September 15, 2007     8:00a-9:00a     2
Sunday        September 16, 2007     4:15p-5:15p     2
Saturday     September 22, 2007     8:00a-9:00a     2
Sunday        September 23, 2007     4:30-5:30p       1