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DCYH Parents Guide

Welcome to the DCYH Parents Page!!

Please read through the items below. These are important roles we need our DCYH parents to be a part of.

USA Hockey - 24 Tips for Raising Young Hockey Player


Volunteer requirements can be completed by:

  • Working in the DCYH Concession Stand.

  • Coaching one our youth teams (pending assignment by the DCYH Hockey Oversight Committee).

  • Team Manager (pending assignment of the team head coach and approval of the DCYH Hockey Oversight Committee).

  • Other volunteer opportunities as set forth by the DCYH Board of Directors.

DCYH Concession Stand Page

Visit the DCYH Concession Stand Page for information.


2023-2024 Fundraising Requirements

Fundraising is a vital function of the DCYH program.  The proceeds generated  are crucial in keeping costs affordable.  All skaters are required to participate in a youth hockey fundraiser or pay a buy-out fee determined by DCYH.

Fundraiser Raffle

**Raffle tickets MUST be picked up and paid for PRIOR to tryouts (or first 2 days of Mites practices)**

Pickup Dates at the Rink:

  • Wednesday 9/27 7-8 PM
  • Monday 10/2 6:30-8:30  PM
  • Saturday 10/7 4-6PM
  • Monday 10/9 5-7PM
  • Wednesday 10/11 - 4:30-7PM
  • **First two mites practices** November 4

Raffle tickets for sale with cash only prizes:

Cash prizes are as follows:

1st - $2,500

2nd - $1,000

3rd - $1,000

4th - $1,000

5th - $500

6th - $500

7th - $500

8th -$500

9th - 19th - $100

20th - 24th - $50

25th - 30th  - $25

Each player will sell 15 tickets for $20 each=  total of $300.  Need to purchase the tickets and then sell.  No multi-player discounts. You will pay for tickets upon pick up and collect money as tickets are sold.

 All ticket stubs must be returned by December 10, 2023 to be included for the drawing on December 16, 2023. 

Place ticket stubs in the DCYH mailbox at the rink any time between now and December 10, 2023.  

Please DO NOT REMOVE the staple on the ticket stubs.

Write clearly on the ticket stub so we can contact the winners!

Questions:  

Summer Cano summer.cano@dcyh.org

Dodge County Youth Hockey Discipline, Grievance, and Codes of Conduct Policies

2023-24 DCYH Incident/Grievance Form

This link will take you to the online form.


Filing Grievances,or Conduct issues

PLEASE NOTE:

District 9: Only ONE person from DCYH can send in a grievance or conduct issue to District 9.  If you send on your own it will not be opened and deleted.  There will be no video challenges with District 9.

If DCYH Grievance form is submitted without contact information, it will be deleted. 


Should Parents Help from the Sidelines?

Parents are comfortable giving instructions to their child and this comfort naturally spills over into athletic competitions. However, when it comes to game time instruction, coaches, league staff, officials and sports psychologists all have one word of advice – DON’T!

Although it seems like a good idea to yell "pass" or "hustle" from the sidelines, studies show that these instructions cause more distraction than help. These instructions interfere with coach-to-player and player-to-player communications and, more importantly, interfere with children’s ability to learn to think for themselves.
Kids are going to make mistakes while playing sports. But professional athletes do too. Michael Jordan missed three times as many game winning shots as he made and Joe Montana completed only about half of his pass attempts. Kids still learning their sport aren’t going to perform any better and there are many more games ahead in which to improve.
 

So what can parents do along the sidelines? The answer is cheering and not much else. Parents must let their kids play the game for themselves and develop their own experiences working with peers and coaches. If children make mistakes, learning to deal with those mistakes with their teammates and coaches is just part of the process of growing into a better adult.

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Sports Esteem for this article.

USA Hockey Links for On Ice Officials

all links updated (May 2021)