REEBOK NATS TRY-OUTS

[old goalie85]

They have try-outs Oct. 22,&23. They have an 04 team? How old can those kids be? [Grade] Are other programs starting kids that young?

[brickhouse19]

I believe 04s would be either young first graders or older kindergartners.

[HockeyDad41]

What tournaments are offering an '04 level next year? I imagine most won't even offer an '03.

I know that this year MM offered a program called Fast Forward 03 for a group of 24 2003 level kids. So I wouldn't be surprised to see it offered for the 2004's next summer.

[silentbutdeadly3139]

They have try-outs Oct. 22,&23. They have an 04 team? How old can those kids be? [Grade] Are other programs starting kids that young?

lets see 2010 - 2004 = 6. So I'm guessing 6 or 7 years old.

[old goalie85]

Not sure what the story is. They never had young kids like this before.
I looked on the website and there it was 03,04's. I made the mistake of skating my 02 as a practice player last year- too young!! A least mine was. He's the youngest of five and has been around the rink his whole life, but was not ready.

[brickhouse19]

I have seen a few programs that offer an 03/04 team as a scaled down version of their standard AAA team. One for example offered 20 hours of ice and one tournament. Perhaps Reebok is doing something similar.

[classof79]

RBK NATS was the worst money I spent for my kids development. This whole AAA thing is a waste of money. Now their going after 6-7 yr olds are the kidding.

[HockeyDad41]

The trend does seem to be to try to identify and retain these kids at younger and younger ages.