Reasons to GET YOUR KID INTO HOCKEY
- Hockey is a fantastic exercise
Hockey players are alternating between skating and rest at very rapid rates, which makes hockey one of the best cardiovascular interval training sports. This training improves the speed at which your child’s body brings oxygen to their muscles while burning tons of calories. Hockey requires a high level of coordination; regular play can develop a child’s gross motor skills, which leads to improvement with the more difficult fine motor skills and improves hand-eye coordination, which can translate to a better understanding of spatial relationships.
- Hockey builds character
Since hockey is a team sport, kids learn the value of working with others. They will learn really quickly to rely on teammates and understand that cooperation is the key to success. Kids on hockey teams experience a team spirit that encourages trust, responsibility, sportsmanship and a strong sense of accomplishment. These skills are essential as teammates turn into colleagues.
- Hockey improves mental agility
Hockey is an extremely fast sport in which kids have to cope with changes in split-seconds. Plays develop, momentum shifts and opportunities open and close in a blink of an eye. A child in this sport will quickly adapt their mental agility to be able to recognize these opportunities and their concentration will improve. In addition, hockey players will quickly begin to project mental imagery of not just what is going to happen, but what will happen next leading towards greater mental agility as well.
- It’s The State of Hockey
As Minnesotans, just as ice is part of our life in nature, ice runs native through our veins. The very culture of winter sports bonds our communities together and accounts for the reason why Minnesota is #1 in physical activity in the nation. Our hero’s of our winter sports are known to us all and our ability to attract you into our skating programs really knows no bounds.
