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youth sports
Learn to Play Hockey
Need skates? Skate rental is $3, or you can buy a 10-rental pass for $20.
Inquire at the skate shop.
JUNIOR ICE BEARS PROGRESSION CHART
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Parent and Cub
Falling, standing, basic skills to go forwards and backwards.
Mini Cub/Mighty Cub 1
Falling, standing, hockey stance, marching, two foot glides
and dips, forward swizzles, double c-cuts, t-push to a two-foot
glide, snowplow stop, basic stick and puck skills. Parents
attending with the child can consist of legal guardian, older
sibling, family member, neighbor or anyone within the child's
circle comfortable on the ice with them.
Mini Cub/Mighty Cub 2
Forward strides, one-foot push and glides, forward c-cuts
single leg and alternating, backward march and glide,
backward swizzles/double cuts, backward c-cuts, two foot
moving snowplow stops, advanced puck carrying and
shooting.
Mighty Cub 3
Lateral crossover march, forward c-cuts on circle, forward
inside and outside edges on half circle, backward c-cuts,
backward snowplow stops, ΒΌ turn with hockey stop, advanced
shooting.
Mighty Cub 4
Forward v-start, backward one-foot glides, forward and
backward crossover glides and on circle, hockey stops,
advanced shooting and puck carrying.
Ice Bear Prep League
Players learn to apply hockey skills through league play to
begin preparing them for Ice Bears games. Players should also
sign up for skills and drills and their respective mighty cub
level.
Skills and Drills
Focus on hockey specific skills in small class size through fun
and interactive drills. Players should also sign up for IBPL to
gain practical experience in a fun, game-based setting.
Power Skating
Powerful backward c-cut, forward and backward alternating
crossovers, forward power hockey turns, lateral pivots, fast
stops and starts, fast backward skating with quick backward
v-stops. Players should also sign up for IBPL to gain practical
experience in a fun, game-based setting.
Goalie Bears
Introduction to equipment and fundamentals of playing
goalie in a hockey game. Players should also sign up for IBPL
to gain practical experience in a fun, game-based setting.
PARENT + CUB
OPTIONAL
MIGHTY CUB
2
2 - 5 YEARS
6 - 13 YEARS
MINI CUB 1
WITH PARENT
MINI CUB
2
MIGHTY CUB
3
SKILLS AND
DRILLS
ICE BEAR
PREP LEAGUE
MIGHTY CUB
4
SKILLS AND
DRILLS
ICE BEAR
PREP LEAGUE
POWER
SKATING
SKILLS AND
DRILLS
ICE BEAR
PREP LEAGUE
ICE BEARS TEAM
PEE WEE (BIRTH YEARS 2008, 2009)
BANTAM (BIRTH YEARS 2006, 2007)
START MITES (BIRTH YEARS 2012, 2013)
SKILLS TRACK
GAME PLAY
TRACK
CORE TRACK
Students will need to
master skills before
moving to the next level.
START SQUIRT (BIRTH YEARS 2010, 2011)
POWER
SKATING
SKILLS AND
DRILLS
ICE BEAR
PREP LEAGUE
Players interested in starting at Bantam (14U) must minimally complete
requirements for Peewee, but must also be reviewed by the Hockey Coordinator
to determine safety. For details, contact Dan Seltzer (daniel.seltzer@pdop.org)
MIGHTY CUB 1
WITH PARENT
