Small Frys
In 2018, the Arizona Coyotes teamed up with Arizona native and Olympic silver medalist Lyndsey Fry to provide a place for young girls to fall in love with the sport of hockey, build confidence on and off the ice, connect with female role models and create lifelong friendships with girls just like them! That is how Small Frys, the premier girls hockey development program in Arizona, was born.
Small Frys is intended for young girls ages 6-12 who have gone through a Learn to Play/Skate program (such as Little Leightons or Shott's Tots) and want to continue growing as a hockey player.
Girls will be taught hockey-specific skating skills, stickhandling, passing, shooting, positioning, and game-play. Most importantly, the girls will be challenged with a new sport and given life skills that they will carry with them forever!
All Small Frys Sessions will be located at Coyotes Community Ice Center in Mesa, AZ.
1st Stride:
Focus is spent on fine tuning your player's basic, individual skating, stick handling, and shooting skills. This Stride is intended to help further your daughter's skill development and give them the confidence to play hockey at a slightly faster pace!
1st Stride will include a Try Goalie For Free event to give everyone a chance at playing goalie. Check back soon for additional information on our Lil Gibbers program for goalie development.
Stride 1 (April 9th - May 14th): $200
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2nd Stride:
Focus is spent on team skills such as passing, hockey awareness, body contact and hockey positioning. This Stride is designed to help girls transition from basic skills into being game-ready players!
2nd Stride will include Kachinas Development Evaluations which will introduce all families to our Kachinas Development Director and the Arizona Kachinas Hockey Association. For more info regarding Kachinas Development Program, click here.
Stride 2 (May 21st - June 22nd): $200
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3rd Stride:
The focus will be to prepare them for gameplay! The 3rd (and most fun) Stride will consist of a weekly "practice" to review of skills learned in earlier Strides and also include weekly cross ice games! This Stride develops players so that they can easily transition into their local rink's house leagues after they graduate from Small Frys!
Stride 3 (June 25th - July 27th): $200
Schedule:
Small Frys
Small Frys Continue to Play Program
Small Frys will consist of three segments or "Strides" as we like to call them.
Stride 1 - April 9th - May 14th
Stride 2 - May 21st - June 22nd
Stride 3 - June 25th - July 27th