Hockey - Ice

From the questions I get about my own summer hockey camps, and with so many camps to choose from, I know that there are parents out there who don't know exactly what they are all about and are confused about what makes a really good camp.

A game of ice hockey starts with a face-off at the center-ice face-off circle. When the referee drops the puck, the opposing centers try to gain possession, or direct it to a teammate.

Because skates play such an important part in skating, and are a big investment, it pays to take good care of them.

The National Athletic Trainers' Association has re-released a set of recommendations for precautions that should be followed by parents, coaches, athletic trainers, other health care professionals and participants in secondary school athletics, in order to prevent the spread of communicable and infectious diseases. Due to the nature of competitive sports at the high school level, there is an elevated risk of infectious diseases being spread by skin-to-skin contact and contaminated equipment shared by athletes.

Skating

The act of moving on skates. This includes backwards skating, cross-overs, transitioning from forward to backward skating, and making sharp turns.

Except when a player or players have been sent to the penalty box and are playing shorthanded, each hockey team has six players on the ice at all times. There are three main positions in hockey: goalies, forwards and defensemen.

A visual guide to a referee's hand signals in Ice Hockey

There are a lot of terms in Hockey to familiarize yourself with...