Basics is a great place to learn how to play ice hockey! It features non-contact classes for the beginning hockey player who has
limited ice-skating or ice hockey experience. It's fun, safe and will get your player zipping around the ice in no time!
Ready to try ice hockey for the first time? Then the Basics Hockey program is the right place for you! Here's what you need to know:
Next Session: The next Basics Hockey session begins January 8, 2012 and runs for 8 weeks. Practices will be on Sunday mornings from 7:00am - 8:15am.
Costs: The cost for the Basics Hockey session is $150.
USA Hockey: Every player must become a member of USA Hockey before they can register to play in the Basics Hockey program. The cost is $35, and the membership is valid for 1 year. You
can become a member online by clicking here.Please be sure to print out your confirmation receipt and bring it to registration.
Equipment: Each player needs a helmet, stick, gloves and jersey to play. The Club has an equipment package for new players that is available for $90. Snoopy's Home Ice provides skates for free. If you have questions about equipment, please email Chris Woida, the club's equipment director.
THE BASICS PROGRAM OVERVIEW The Basics program is a non-contact class for the beginning hockey player who has limited ice-skating or ice hockey experience. It is suitable both for novice ice skaters with no hockey background and for roller hockey players making the transition to ice. Basics provides a fun, safe place to learn the rudiments of the game and to develop skating proficiency. Graduates of the program are generally ready to enjoy playing on a House team or to try out for a travel team.
A typical Basics program consists of eight, one-hour sessions over a period of ten weeks. The club provides a complete equipment package (helmet, gloves and a hockey stick) for you to purchase and keep for $85. The Redwood Empire Ice Arena provides skates, free of charge. Parents may want to consider having their players wear roller hockey elbow and kneepads to help protect against falls. The intent of the equipment-lending facility is to let the players have a chance to enjoy the sport and get the feel of the gear before they invest in a set of their own.
The instructors in the Basics program are coaches trained in the USA Hockey Coaching Education Program and certified by USA Hockey. In addition, the coaches often use veteran travel team players to assist with instruction and to demonstrate techniques.
The focus of the program is on learning hockey skills for which skating proficiency is the foundation. It is helpful to participants to have some confidence on their skates before enrolling, but all skaters are welcome. Regardless of a player's skating proficiency, the club encourages them to simultaneously enroll in the group hockey skating lessons offered by the Redwood Empire Ice Arena. We have found that even a few sessions of professional skating instruction are a great confidence-builder and increase the player's enjoyment of the game.
See the registration forms for costs, which includes weekly skate rental from the rink and a jersey to keep. Please contact Shanna Jimenez at sjimenez@santarosaflyers.org or call (707) 836-0872 with questions regarding registration or for any other information about the program.
NOTE: BASICS PLAYERS must register with USA HOCKEY prior to getting on the ice. To do so, please visit the Online Registration
section of the USA Hockey website. You will be guided through the
process. Have a Visa or Mastercard ready, the cost is $35. Print out
the confirmation receipt and bring it iwth you to registration.
Contact Heidi Pabros (Registrar) at hpabros@santarosaflyers.org with any questions.
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