by mary malvagna posted 12/14/2009
LONG ISLAND GULLS / GREEN MACHINE ICECATS
CROSS ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM
ENROLL YOUR DAUGHTER OR SON IN OUR CROSS ICE DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM TO BE HELD
MONDAYS (8) AT NEWBRIDGE ARENA IN BELLMORE
AGES: 3 ½ to7
HOCKEY EXPERIENCE IS NOT REQUIRED. HOWEVER, PARTICIPANTS MUST BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND MOVE FORWARD ON THEIR SKATES.
EXPERIENCED MITE AGE HOCKEY PLAYERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ENROLL.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE EVALUATED BY OUR COACHING STAFF ON THEIR SKATING ABILITY IN OUR FIRST TWO CLINICS
AND THEN BE PLACED IN APPROPRIATE GROUPINGS BASED UPON AGE AND SKILL LEVEL.
OUR PROGRAM’S PHILOSOPHY FOLLOWS THE AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL (ADM) OF USA HOCKEY
AND EMPHASIZES SKATING AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN A FUN ATMOSPHERE.
From Joe Doyle – ADM Regional Manager for the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Districts
and former Division I head hockey coach at Brown University: Coaches and parents
need to “embrace the chaos” that comes with players this age “skating, shooting and
handling pucks at the same time. If kids bump into each other all the better as they will
have been introduced to the concept of ‘awareness’ and ‘heads up hockey’ without even
knowing it”.
PROGRAM COST: $200.00 (DUE IN FULL ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 4th. PAYABLE TO LONG ISLAND GULLS.)
DATES: January 4, 11, 18, 25 ● February 1, 8, 15 ● March 1
TIME: 5:00 TO 6:00PM
EQUIPMENT NEEDED: SKATES, STICKS, GLOVES, HELMET with FACEMASK, SHIN GUARDS,
HOCKEY PANTS AND SOCKS, PRACTICE JERSEY (DARK or LIGHT)
INSTRUCTION BY DAN MARSHALL and CHARLIE GENTILE
along with
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LONG ISLAND GULLS AND GREEN MACHINE ICECATS COACHING STAFFS
