Our Girls Play Hockey: Should Your 9-Year-Old Play Up? (A Hayley Scamurra Mailbag)

About this episode

The episode discusses whether a 9-year-old should play up in hockey or stay at their current level, featuring insights from Olympian Haley Scamurra.

🏒 Should your 9-year-old play up… or just play? This week on Our Girls Play Hockey, we tackle a question every hockey parent faces sooner or later—and it’s not as simple as it seems. A parent writes in with a tough decision: ➡️ Stay at 10U close to home ➡️ Play co-ed locally ➡️ Or accept a 12U opportunity that comes with a 2-hour commute multiple nights a week Sounds like a great opportunity… but is it really? Olympian Haley Scamurra joins Lee and Mike to break down what act...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lee, Mike

Guest: Haley Scamurra

Topics covered

• youth hockey
• parenting decisions
• playing up
• hockey opportunities
• co-ed hockey

Keywords

• youth sports
• hockey parents
• 10U
• 12U
• commute
• hockey opportunities
• co-ed hockey

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