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| As a proponent of free play in his facility, Dave Gleason, owner of Athletes Acceleration, recently was working with a group of 6-to-9-year-olds and decided to let them choose any activity they wanted to do that day. Those youngsters were frozen by the opportunity to choose, which so often is not part of their daily athletic reality. Gleason didn’t like what he was seeing. Here are a handful of the ways in which he believes free play is beneficial to young athletes. |
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Q: Is it too early to begin off-ice training at 8U?
A: Absolutely not. In fact, most experts in physical education encourage all youth to be very active in the ABCs (agility, balance and coordination). This is the perfect stage in a young athlete’s development to be working on these principles.
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Years. Our children have many ahead of them and we'd like them to be healthy, happy years. |
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