OWHA Season Structure for U9 (Novice) and U11 (Atom)
The 2020/21
Season will see additions to the OWHA Player development model with further
season structure changes.
These
changes focus on the development of the player by laying out how the phases of
the season will be delivered.
1.
Preparation Phase/Evaluation Phase: typically 4 weeks
2.
Development Phase: time period after try-outs and before regular
season
3.
Regular Season:
from 1st regular season game to start of play-offs
4.
Play-offs
5.
Off-season Phase: time from end of play-offs to start of
Preparation Phase
Charts have been created for quick reference: U9 (Novice) and U11 (Atom)
Here are some common changes for both groups:
- For players wanting to try-out for representative teams – there will be no evaluations (try-outs) from March/April to August. This also includes the first week of school.
- Prior to evaluations (try-outs) there will be 4 practices/skill sessions
- Following team selection, there will be a period of development prior to the beginning of the regular season (Rep & HL).
To read more about these changes:
OWHA entire document – click here
U9 (Novice) specific (pulled from above OWHA document) click here
U9 (Novice) Season Structure chart
U11 (Atom) specific (pulled from above OWHA document) click here
U11 (Atom) Season Structure chart
All of these documents can be found in the Representative & House League Category Home Page under Category Pages in the left hand side of the page.
If you have questions, please contact Lisa
These Seasonal Structure Pathways also include U7 (Tykes) which will be posted at a later time.