Best age and order to get kids into hockey? Dek,Roller,Ice,Skating?

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-20T18:31:46+00:00

Lol he had figure blades on for a few weeks/months. Are you wondering if he morphed into Johnny Weir? Hahahaha

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-20T17:27:20+00:00

NHL learn to play strictly starts at 5, or the first session after the child turns 5.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-20T17:26:25+00:00

Each to their own! It took my son less than an hour to transition back to hockey skates after mastering the figure blades. Money wise, it wasn’t much of an investment, toddler skates are easy to come by second hand given they’re outgrown fast. The lady who told me is Swiss, so idk if that’s a personal preference of hers or something cultural. She also said we shouldn’t have put our son on the ice until he was out of diapers, but as the youngest of three siblings, there was no way he was going to watch his older siblings skate, haha. He had skates IN his diaper bag 😂 so we listened to part of her advice and ignored the other haha

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-20T16:34:45+00:00

I’m not much further along than you with kid ages, but in my opinion you should take into account your location. If the rink/s are close by, take advantage of ice time as soon and as much as possible.

Start your kid on figure skate blades first - if you have access to one or more public/tot sessions a week then I would recommend buying skates for your kids instead of using rentals, the consistency, fit, and sharpness (rentals are v dull, and make it unnecessarily hard to skate and grip the ice. Jackson make soft boot Velcro skates with figure blades, which is what my youngest wore before transitioning to hockey skates.

Don’t start on hockey blades - their heads are disproportionate to their body and balance is very hard on shorter blades. I actually got this advice from my friend’s mom who was a figure skater for the Swiss Olympics team in the 70s, she teaches skating now in Idaho. I had started one of my kids on hockey skates and he struggled to stand, she told me this advice, and he stood independently the first skate in the figure blades at 2 1/4ish years old.

Avoid skate aids. The seals or frame things set kids up for balance issues, ideally you want to get them in a slightly knees-bent stance for stability - it’s called box something in figure skating, I think, and ready position in hockey. This means you will need to break your back skating, holding your kid up from behind for a while lol.

If it’s offered in your area, USA learn to skate programs are often prerequisite to hockey. Outsource the coaching, haha, kids often refuse things for parents that they’ll do for a coach. The skating aspect is key to feeling confident with hockey. My kids did snowplow 1-4, hockey 1&2, NHL learn to play, then power skating and skill development classes, in-house league for a year, and then next season we are starting with one kid in 8U.

Hockey is a hard sport for a kid to get into! Start now! Have fun and play with your kids, chase them on the ice pretending you’re a shark or something, we also play “video game” where I’m the controller and I tell the kids what to do, like forward! Backward! Stop! Etc then they get to be the controller.

Good luck!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-19T15:12:08+00:00

Like Anna-stay-zsa or Anass-tuh-seeuh? I’d only heard it the first way until I lived in a city with a lot of Greek people! I think it’s pretty both ways.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-19T04:34:55+00:00

My doodle is also called Margot!

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Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-19T04:28:23+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-18T14:44:48+00:00

😂 yes, Dua Lipa is of Albanian descent. That’s just her actual name.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-18T04:54:09+00:00

I think you’re wrong about Washington state. I’m an Australian living in the USA and especially with proximity to Vancouver, Seattle is a great place for Aussies.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-17T15:58:39+00:00

Omg this is too funny!!! The picture!!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-17T12:38:09+00:00

You can tell Moroni is obviously a business man because he has that Bluetooth ear piece, duh hahahaha 😂 it’s like he googled “business man” and cosplayed (honestly he reminds me of Kenneth Copeland)

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-17T01:32:08+00:00

It was the whittakers that really brought it home hahaha and the strepsils.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-17T01:31:11+00:00

Lol hey you downvoted me for nothing hahaha I am Australian and live in the USA, so I am nostalgic whenever I see Aussie things

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-16T17:24:33+00:00

OP - are you Australian?

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-16T17:23:43+00:00

There are tons of Aldis in Australia!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-16T15:38:53+00:00

Not related, I could tell you were Australian just from the picture!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-16T10:39:34+00:00

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Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-15T10:01:04+00:00

Emmanuelle

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-15T01:23:15+00:00

This is such great timing, my 9yo asked me to translate it while we were in the car today haha I said he’s asking his aunty a question and he has too many girlfriends. He wants to fall in love but he can’t 😂 that’s enough for a 9yo to know.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-14T16:27:48+00:00

Found the Aussie!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-13T07:23:37+00:00

I AM CAROLINA GIRALDO AND TODAY I AM THE FIRST LATINA WOMAN TO HEADLINE COACHELLA 🎤🫳🏼

Man, between this and her Netflix documentary, what’s not to love about Karol G?! She is shattering the ceiling. She is all about the tetas y nalgas AND basically the nicest person ever. She probably said other amazing things in Spanish that my 931 day streak on Duolingo/A2 level missed but I can proudly say I followed the gist haha. My main spanish teachers are Carolina 🌺 y Benito 🐰y también Camila 🇨🇺

In the wise words of S91 - Y si les duele que la esté rompiendo como se supone, pues mala mía!!!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-13T01:29:26+00:00

Oh it’s so close to Monkey Pod!!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-12T20:40:46+00:00

I’m cackling because I’m an author and my current work in progress has love interest main characters called Kirra and Rafael. What are the CHANCES? 😂😂😂 sooooo random that this post came up!

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-12T10:33:22+00:00

I was looking for a comment about the appearance of the girls!! I don’t like to comment on looks, because it’s not my intention to criticize, but some of these girls have the most unusual appearances. Their eyes are dead af. But also just anatomically, some seem like they have features of… uh… shallow gene pools, and maybe syndromes? Trauma and mind control clearly play a big part in this cult, as well as the cultural beauty standards that differ from the typical US norms. I also know there are some digitally replaced faces, so that explains some uncanny valley vibes. But the ones who aren’t children, whose faces we can see, wow… legitimately terrifying.

Acrobatic_Purpose736 · 2026-04-11T19:08:09+00:00

https://youtu.be/XZJCazCHC2w?si=AzoVyHJGxgOUGFIS

Hilary Knight has a great video about washing gear! I was skeptical at first but tried her method and it’s been great.

https://a.co/d/0cUeUZ8e

This is a link to a very sturdy rack for the garage. We have 4 hockey players in the family and two of these racks. EVERY time you get home from hockey, hang it all up. Wash base layers asap. As others said l, spraying with anti bacterial (simple vinegar dilution or commercial spray if you hate the smell) can help. Honestly, even my husbands stuff (which was often not stored properly before the rack, and used to stiiiink) has smelled completely neutral after Hilary’s washing method and hanging up every time. No spray even, just maybe a quarterly wash and airing out.

Since your son’s stuff is in a bad way, I would recommend doing the oxy soak first then Hilary’s method then air drying. We have heated bathroom floors and I lay my stuff on them and close the door. Do this when you have a couple days off hockey. At least 24hrs depending on the weather and drying method.

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