
Learn to Play can help your child learn and grow in all aspects of life. Playing hockey helps improve children’s physical fitness while strengthening their mental health, encouraging leadership behaviors, fostering character development, and teaching important life lessons.
Learn to Play Hockey
Our hockey professionals guide you or your player from your first steps on the ice to playing full games. For 1st time players, we provide all the equipment needed to play*!
The Fall 2023 session of the DIA Learn to Play will begin on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
The program will consist of 8 weekly sessions.
DIA Learn to Play Hockey
Fall 2023
Saturdays 9:00-10:00am
Cost $170.00
Session Dates:
Session 1: August 19, 2023
Session 2: August 26, 2023
No class September 2, 2023
Session 3: September 9, 2023
Session 4: September 16, 2023
Session 5: September 23, 2023
Session 6: September 30, 2023
Session 7: October 7, 2023
Session 8: October 14, 2023
Learn To Play Requirements:
- For players ages 5 and older
- Must have skating experience
- Completed either Learn to Skate or Learn to Skate Hockey
- Has not taken formal skating lessons, but has experience skating and can skate forward and across the ice with little to no difficulty
- If you do not have equipment, you will be fitted for equipment that you can borrow for this session that will be kept at the arena
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Karen Perrin, Hockey Administrator, at karen.perrin@daytonaicearena.com.

Rookie League
The focus and goal of the Rookie League curriculum is designed to teach beginner players the fundamentals of hockey. After completion of Learn to Play Hockey, or a similar basic hockey program, players can continue to work on their fundamental hockey skills using the ADM model recommended by USA Hockey. Participants will learn basic game and team concepts.
The Fall 2023 Session of the DIA Rookie League (Youth) will begin on Saturday, August 19, 2023.
The program will consist of 8 weekly sessions.
DIA Rookie League
Fall 2023
Saturdays 10:00-11:00am
Cost $160.00
Session Dates
Session 1: August 19, 2023
Session 2: August 26, 2023
No class September 2, 2023
Session 3: September 9, 2023
Session 4: September 16, 2023
Session 5: September 23, 2023
Session 6: September 30, 2023
Session 7: October 7, 2023
Session 8: October 14, 2023
Requirements:
· For players ages 11 and up or those who have completed the Learn to Play program
· If needed, you will be fitted for equipment that you can borrow for this session that will be kept at the arena
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Karen Perrin, Hockey Administrator, at karen.perrin@daytonaicearena.com
Superstars Learn to Skate and Learn to Play Hockey Summer Camp
Information coming soon!