Sports - Hockey

Hockey Loop and Pin

Tiger, Wolfs, Bears and Webelos Scouts may complete these requirements in a family, den, pack, school, or community environment.

Tiger Cubs must work with their parents or adult partners. Parents and partners do not earn loops or pins.

Requirements for the Hockey Belt Loop

Complete these three requirements:

    1. Explain ways to protect yourself while skating. Demonstrate how to put on all necessary safety equipment. Explain why proper safety equipment is important.

    2. Spend 30 minutes practicing the skills of hockey: skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, and checking. This may be over two different practice periods.

    3. Play a game of hockey while on roller skates or hockey skates.

Requirements for the Hockey Pin

Earn the Hockey belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

    1. Participate in a pack, school, or community hockey tournament or in a supervised hockey league.

    2. Participate in a hockey skills development clinic.

    3. Spend at least 30 minutes practicing the skills of hockey: skating, stick handling, passing, shooting, and checking. This may be over two different practice periods

    4. Draw the layout of the playing surface for a hockey game including the starting positions of the goalie, three forwards (two wings and a center), and two defenders.

    5. Demonstrate foul signals. Explain to your den or team why players should avoid fouls.

    6. Attend a high school, college, or professional hockey game.

    7. Demonstrate hockey terms (for example, assist, breakaway, deke, draw, pulling the goalie, and so on.) to another team member or adult.

    8. Learn about a U.S. Olympic hockey team and report what you learn to your den or family.

    9. Watch an ice resurfacing machine at an ice rink. Report to your den or family about the history of the machine commonly known as the Zamboni and how it is used.

Hockey Online Resources

Steps to Follow:

    1. Download and Print Worksheet at bottom of page

    2. Scout completes Worksheet

    3. Turn completed Worksheet into your Den Leader

    4. Den Leader may have questions for your Scout

    5. Den Leader will enter completion date into Tracking Software

    6. Scout will be awarded Loop a/o Pin at the next Pack Meeting

    7. Limit of Two Loops and Two Pins per Month

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Source: boyscouttrail.com

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