meh.. having played hockey my entire life I don't see this being a problem really. At house league and select levels you can barely call it hockey, so they should be focusing on developing their skills rather than trying to hit each other.

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Originally posted by GGM I think it makes sense for house league, but I'd leave it in select as there's a small chance those kids can make it to the NHL where it would be a huge disadvantage not growing up with contact.

there is pretty much 0% chance anyone playing select hockey could ever make the jump to AAA, then to the OHL or university hockey and then into the draft. Jim Parcels, from the Ontario Minor Hockey Association, did a breakdown of making it to the NHL. He used all hockey players, in ontario, with a birth year on 1975 (approximately 30,000) and found out that only 48 players signed NHL contracts and only 6 players played 400 games or more in the nhl. SO basically .16% of all players in ontario for a given birth year even sign an nhl contract let alone even make a career out of it.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced At the house league level there really isn't a need for body checking. Even at ages like 16 there are kids playing who don't have the skill sets to be able to take a check or give a check. At the select level I see no problem with body checking as those kids should have enough skill to handle it.

I still think they should be teaching kids how to take and give proper hits even at this age. They can't not hit at all throughout their careers and start when they get older. It will never work that way.

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Originally posted by Sly_Guy Injury is a risk in any sport. Teach those wanting to play how to play safely with contact, don't take contact out of the game!

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I still think they should be teaching kids how to take and give proper hits even at this age. They can't not hit at all throughout their careers and start when they get older. It will never work that way.

again, if they haven't been playing at the level where they have been hitting their whole lives why do they need to learn later?

no one jumps from midget house league to the OHL

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Nobody also jumps right into AAA. Everyone plays houseleague and/or select first.

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my son plays on the select level and played some MD as well before so I dont agree of taking hitting out of select. Im ok with no hitting in house legaue but most select kids are not too far away from MD or A levels and with no hitting at the select level will hurt their chances of stepping up to MD or higher. He has been playing with contact for 3 years now and its a HUGE part of the game of hockey (skate with your head up, PASS, and make sure you ready for the hit) so now you take away the hitting and some kids develop muscle and growth a bit later but now they dont know how to hit or take a hit and that will hurt them against the kids that been playing with contact. Im fully against dirty hockey and hit from behind (trust me its not a good feeling seeing your kid on the ice flat on his face with a trainer) but hockey is a contact sport and should be played with contact from select to AAA.
I have seen more slashing and dirty play in house legaue then in rep hockey.
So I hope he makes MD this year because hockey is not hockey without contact.

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Originally posted by bcope again, if they haven't been playing at the level where they have been hitting their whole lives why do they need to learn later? no one jumps from midget house league to the OHL

Who's to say their skills don't improve as they get older and they make it past a regular house legal to Rep to AAA? (it has been done)

If it is taught properly to begin with, then it wouldn't be an issue.
I say bench the kids who don't want to play by the rules and are just out there to hurt others and play dirty. It will teach them at an early age they can't be bullies on the ice and it will get them know where in their career.

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Originally posted by bcope i think its fine. how many kids make the jump from house league to AA at an age late enough for this to be a factor? hockey isnt really a sport where people have miraculous jumps in skill level in their late teens...by the time you get to that point chances are you are either good, and have been playing rep for a while, or you're not and you don't.

Epic load of garbage right here.

I went from not knowing hot to skate to playing Jr.A in 5 years and went from AA to Jr.A in one shot. Hockey is a sport where people can excel very quickly, it just depends on a number of factors.

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Originally posted by The Rattler Epic load of garbage right here. I went from not knowing hot to skate to playing Jr.A in 5 years and went from AA to Jr.A in one shot. Hockey is a sport where people can excel very quickly, it just depends on a number of factors.

I would suggest you were the exception and not the rule.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I would suggest you were the exception and not the rule.

Totally. This is a one in how many thousand situation?