Novice Development League
The Novice Development League (NDL) is a partnership between Hockey Calgary and its 16 community associations in which they operate the Novice age category as a skills based age category. The NDL focuses on skill development and the fundamentals of hockey for kids aged 7 and 8. The purpose of this league is to address the need for more skill development in the novice age category. The NDL is a league in which the associations promote coach, parent, official and player education during the start of each season. The structure of the NDL allows associations to host four weeks of skill development sessions before conducting any evaluations. Each player will be evaluated fairly and placed on a team where they are best suited.
For each of the manuals click the heading you wish to download:
NDL Parent's Overview Document
Purpose and Philosophy of the NDL
The NDL encourages an environment in which children can learn the fundamentals of hockey through skill development and small area games. Coach education and development are integral components of the NDL that directly correlates to better coaching, on and off the ice.
NDL Coach Specialty Skating and Puck Control Clinics
Click Here to be linked to a listing of dates for the Coach Speciality Clinics for the NDL and to register online.
NDL Exhition Tournament Sanction Applications
Click Here to be linked to the NDL Exhibition Tournament Sanction Application Webform.
NDL Evaluations
Hockey Calgary suggests that associations use the Hockey Canada Skills Testing Program (NSST) as a tool for evaluating players skills and abilities in several skill sets. To download more info on the skills testing program and for the skill station diagrams and inputting excel doc please click the heading below.
National Skills Testing Standards Handbook
National Skills Testing Standards Station Posters
National Skills Testing Standards Recording Sheet- PDF Version
National Skills Testing Standards Recording Sheet- Excel Version- very useful!
Hockey Canada has also created a very helpful evaluations manual that can be used to assist associations during evaluations. Please click here to download the document.
Hockey Calgary has also created an evaluations manual to help assist associations during their evaluation processes. To download the Hockey Calgary Evaluations Manual please click here.
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