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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But remember by 8 yo, some kids have been skating for 4+ years, so there is a learning curve there as well.[/quote]

True, there is a curve.  For hockey, my son took a few 'learn-to-skate' county classes 1 year.  Then he did a year of instructional league.  Then he played in the house/rec league with full ice games.   He also supplemented with lots of free-skate work and some private lessons.  Nowadays, most 8-yr olds are not even allowed to skate full ice, they just play multiple 'pick-up' games on a divided ice rink.  At age 9, they let the kids into full ice games.   If you look at Rockville, though, the have a 'younger' instructional league and an 'older' instructional league.   Many kids do still start the sport at age 8 or above as evidenced by the 'older' instructional league.

That all said, not every kid can get through the learning curve.   I have one kid that couldn't do it, so this child doesn't play.  My other child almost quit, but stuck it out and now is passionate about the sport.  It all get's back to what the kid wants to do.   
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