Greg Revak is a Certified Level 4 USA Hockey Coach. You can find him on Twitter @CoachRevak. or sign up for his Hockey IQ Newsletter.
If players don’t have a base for their hockey sense by age 11-12, it’s very difficult to put many of those intuitive hockey sense elements into their game.
Author - Greg Revak
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