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  1. All sound advice Something no one else mentioned is....how interested is your kid in improving his stride? If you are forcing him to do off ice and go to lessons, you might as well give me that money, for as much good as it will do.
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  2. I would start off the ice first and see if his stride is limited by a hip or some other mobility issue that doesn't allow him to get deep enough in his stride. If he can't stand on dry land with feet straight forward (not angled out to the side, perfectly straight forward) at shoulder width apart and basically squat down with feet flat on the floor (heels in contact with the ground) and his butt basically on the back of his shoes, no amount of on ice work is going to get him a good stride. In addition to hip mobility issues, this can also help identify issues with ankle stability and mobility. He could also have some knee valgus or over pronation of the feet. I would try to get an assessment by one of the trainers at UPMC in Cranberry or by Michael Durkin in Moon. You can find him by googling Durkin Sports Performance. The off ice assessment work will for sure find some issues or areas of improvement. Then once you have a plan to address those issues, I would then find the skating instructor. As long as there are no physical limitations a skating instructor can help with posture, full extension, leg recovery, etc. I think the on ice part will be easier/quicker than addressing the root cause of the issues off the ice.
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  3. I replied earlier, not sure why it didn’t take. if nothing has changed, ppe is just the host. The ushl puts on this promotion showcase for their leauge. They do a few of these a year in different cities. They only invite the “top” youth programs. The ushl coaches and scouts will be there. This is another reason in a long list why PPE is where your kid needs to play in western pa if you or your kid think they have a chance at anything after youth hockey. I don’t really like saying it, it’s just the truth.
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  4. no if he played PIHL as a freshman at that size he would get his head taken off by a big as senior head hunting. pihl is alot like the goon league ( the FED)
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  5. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. We've had a few dealings as a PPE customer. It was good. At times. But not always. One kid tried out, made a black team. Placement was fair. Liked the program, and the practices. Liked it all, except the power skating. In our second season - again, liked it all. Had a better coach, good manager, good practices, competitive games. Had another good year and got great experience. Unfortunately, during the season, had a disagreement with the organization about a policy. Can't elaborate here, but the next season, our player was cut. Was our kid legitimately overtaken by better players? Possibly. Watched that team the following year and their two new additions. One was better. One was not better. But such is life. It is a hard conversation to have with your child - but we did, and we moved on. Another kid tried out a few times, couldn't break in. Felt most who made it were rightfully placed. All except one - who couldn't keep up. How this one made the team every year is a mystery. After a few rounds of tryouts, our kid observed that many of the incumbents don't even try at tryouts. Eventually stopped trying out; felt it was a fix. Again, we moved on. So in the end, our time in the organization was good. It is not easy to get in. At times, felt like bystanders, maybe victims, of politics. Is that unique to PPE? Probably no. We didn't agree with the way they did everything, but youth hockey is not run as a democracy.
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  6. New poster. Had to jump in. Definitely have experience with a child in PPE and also one elsewhere. There are pros and cons, as with every team and organization. But isn’t 99% of youth hockey development about practice and coaching? Practicing with appropriate practice plan designed by a coach who knows how to develop kids? Practicing with peers who make you better? Getting instant and constant feedback by a good coach or coaching staff? Generally, PPE is reliable in providing this at the youth level we seem to be talking about quite a bit here. However, if you’re fortunate enough to have a great coach/parent/group of kids outside of PPE, you can get the same thing. Problem is, that’s very inconsistent. I think the bigger problem is parents setting unrealistic expectations for their 7 year old kid, and ruining it for both the parents and the kid. This is mostly noise. Do the kids really have an opinion on what we’re talking about? If they do, that’s our fault. Not any organization’s fault. Also, this discussion has been ignoring girls hockey. That’s fine, but what PPE, and some of the original influences in the girls side from Pittsburgh, has done for girls hockey is something we can be proud of.
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  7. Don't we always love to hate the perceived to be best programs? Patriots, Yankees, PPE, Etc. Maybe PPE has lot there way in what should be there mission. But would we bash them if they couldn't win with all local talent?
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  8. This amazes me. PPE covers like 5% or less of the kids playing hockey in WPA and this board seems to focus 95% of its time on PPE. Have at it of course it’s just amazing to me. My kid never played PPE. Coming from a smaller non Pittsburgh organization I didn’t even really know what it was. When we figured it out it just didn’t appeal to us. In all reality my kid probably wasn’t good enough like the vast majority of local kids.
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