Thorhild Fun Hockey is a great alternative

By Brandie Majeau
Thorhild Fun Hockey is pleased to offer a lower commitment, lower cost
alternative to participate in Canada’s national sport. With practices being held once a
week and generally games occurring once a month, the Fun Hockey teams allow
families time to breathe and enjoy the sport of hockey, with an emphasis on fun. The
purpose of Fun Hockey is to practice skills and the art of scrimmage at a more relaxed
pace.
This design encourages a strengthening of family bonds by emphasizing parent
interaction and help. Parents may help on and off the ice with no experience required.
Even refereeing is a parent option with training available (when the score is actually
kept). “We are not just hillbilly.” Joked one of the parents. There is always at least one
coach with their coaching level 1 and the game is not just shinny. Thorhild Fun Hockey
is a structured sport offering a set schedule and games.
The idea is to create a life including hockey that supports a healthy life and sport
balance. Parents will not be pulled in opposite directions with siblings tagging along as
games consume entire weekends. For team members of Fun Hockey, games are
generally staged close to home, attempting to limit travel to within 1.5 hours of Thorhild.
Games are also generally scheduled on Saturday mornings, leaving the rest of the
weekend to be free for family. And games are never scheduled on back-to-back
weekends.
Thorhild Fun Hockey must be addressing a need in the community, as
approximately forty players between the ages of 4 – 17 take to the ice each week. The
parents are happy and enjoy the leisurely pace that fun hockey focuses on. Teams are
split by age and skill and are not required to have a set level of players per team,
creating three levels of Fun Hockey teams for the 2023/2024 year. Thorhild Fun Hockey
is always looking for fresh players to join their hockey family. The last game of the
season will be held on March 16 th , but Thorhild Fun Hockey looks forward to welcoming
any new faces when registration opens again in the fall, mid-October.
To understand more about the vision and mission of FunTeam sports, visit
www.funteamalberta.com.