Dryland Facility

All Coaches need to complete this Coaches Agreement before using the dryland facility.

See this Mission and Rules sheet for more information and expectations of all users of the facility.

All players using the facility should bring dry shoes, hockey gloves and a hockey stick WITHOUT tape.

THANK YOU to all the volunteers who helped with their time, efforts and donations on the CRYHA Dryland Facility.  Please see this list for all those who helped and should be thanked!

Question raised by an association Coach:  I've been to different places for dry land and they let us put a white sock over our stick blade or white accross the bottom of your stick.  Are these an option? 
Response from Duane: Good question.  I benchmarked Fogerty on their rules since they have a lot of experience.  When I asked them this question, they stated that it was best to have no tape on a stick. I did some experiments at the shooting station to see what would happen.  I used my stick (with black tape), took three shots,  and saw that a residue was left on the plastic mat  thus making the mat sticky and the pucks did not slide as well.  If this is done with 100 shots, the puck would slide less efficiently.  I then had to remove the residue with lacker thinner and a lot of elbow grease.  Next, I tried a stick with white tape and found that while it didn't leave a mark, it still left residue on the plastic mat and impacted the performance of the puck.  I again had to use lacker thinner to clean the mat.  As for the sock,  one of my players did this and I did allow it. I have not tested this at the shooting station to see how it would work.  But, I did notice it was more cumbersome for him at the stick handling station while using the wooden ball.  It is my opinion that it is best to have no tape at all.  For my own kids, I took an old stick and designated that as their dryland stick.  I think that this is the best solution.