CONN. GC Mite Development & Learn to Play

Why Put Your Mite in Conn. GC?

In our view, hockey is the best sport in the world. It helps build team-oriented, hard-working, mature young people. However, we continue to try and train young players as if they were 18,19,20. Too many games. Too much of an emphasis on outcome. Not allowing kids to develop over time by expecting them to be good at age 10. The results are predictable. Most kids stop playing hockey (and many other sports) by age 12 (read this article on why kids quit playing).

Kids flame out of the sport because they don’t have a rock solid foundational skill set that allows them to keep developing beyond age 12. We are trying to change that approach.

In the Connecticut GC world, hockey is a language. Our mite program won’t start with a novel, but instead starts with the building blocks of our hockey language. In other words, we focus on the A,B,C’s. The objective is to create players who are fluent in the language of the game and are able to solve the problems the game throws at them because they have a high skill set.

Moreover, Conn. GC actually has a development thesis for your young player. We have a specific development approach which focuses on developing your player’s skating foundation and ability to handle a puck.

In short, our approach to Mites is simple.

• Skill development comes first | 3.5 hours of practice a week

• It must be fun | Lots of on-ice games with skills built-in

• No travel | You go to the same two rinks all year long

• No games | Kids play games but they play against each other

• Nearly 90 Hours of ice

• Summer Camp Included in Tuition

• Room for fall sports | Our season doesn’t fully kick off until October

• No tryouts | Effort and behaviour are the only things that can get you removed from Conn GC - you can’t get cut

• 1 Tournament

• Once in You Are In | Players in our mite track are forever part of the Conn GC family and can migrate into our Squirt and Peewee tracks.

A typical practice would consist of:

• 20 to 30 minutes of skill work

• 10 minutes of small area skills

• 20-30 minute small area gameplay

Moreover, Mite players accepted into the program would have first right of refusal to enter our squirt development track. Our program is ideal for the player who typically would be funneled into travel hockey and already has an interest in the game.

Our behavioral expectations for players are high, but appropriate. Space is limited to 22 athletes.

Join the best development program in the Northeast and perhaps beyond.

Cost: $TBD 2023/24

Days: Wed (Cromwell), Saturday & Sunday (ISCC)

Register: Interested? Complete our waitlist here.

Who is it for?: Mites with 2016/2017/2018 birthdates

How to get involved?: Come try a few sessions for free!