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Youth Hockey: Making Sure the Helmet Fits

Angela Ruggiero, US Women's National Hockey Team Member and three time
Olympian, discusses how parents can make sure their child's ice hockey helmet fits properly:

 

Ice Hockey Helmet Safety

Angela Ruggiero, US Women's National Hockey Team Member and three time Olympian, discusses how properly fit an Ice Hockey helmet.

Girls Playing Boys' Ice Hockey

Angela Ruggiero, four-time Olympian, three-time medalist, and longtime U.S. Women's National Hockey Team member, discusses the pros and cons of girls playing ice hockey with boys.

Picking a Youth Hockey Camp: Advice for Parents

Angela Ruggiero, US Women's National Hockey Team member and four-time Olympic medalist, discusses what parents should look for in picking a youth hockey camp.

 

 

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Rock Climbing: An Adventure Sports Alternative

Welcome to my Rock Climbing and Adventure Sports blog! I am starting this blog because, after having played almost every available team sport as a kid, my sports interests funnelled down to rock climbing, a sport that is not plagued by many of the issues that run rampant in organized youth sports. Through this blog I hope to get parents interested in a fun, growing sport for their children.

Spalding Rookie Gear™

Spalding's Rookie Gear™ line of soccer balls, basketballs, and footballs are specifically designed for a young child's small size and weight.  They help children learn proper techniques and mechanics, build confidence, and have more fun than with standard-sized youth balls.

New Gymnastics Scoring System: A move forward or an irrelevant change?

In 2006, the IGF (International Gymnastics Federation) changed to a new scoring system for gymnastics, one that does not use 10 as the “perfect” score. For those that might not be familiar with either system, gymnastics used to be scored from 0 – 10 points with 10 being considered perfect. In order to simplify how this worked, let’s just say that there were requirements, including difficulty of skill, which had to be met for a routine to be worth a 10.0 mark. This was considered the start value of the routine.

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