The Get Out and Learn! Program

Next dates:
Mondays, December 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 4:45-5:25 p.m. at A-Game Sportsplex 215 Gothic Court, Franklin

Registration for the December session is now closed. Contact us to be placed on the waitlist.”

The next session (tentatively scheduled for spring) will be held at Centennial Sportsplex, Nashville. Information will be posted here as it becomes available.


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The Nashville Predators have introduced Get Out And Learn! (G.O.A.L!), a FREE on-ice youth hockey program presented by Delta Dental of Tennessee, in association with Centennial Sportsplex and Southern Ice Arena as part of the Predators commitment to the development of youth hockey.

G.O.A.L! has been created to offer youngsters the opportunity to experience the excitement of hockey without the cost of purchasing equipment.  Designed for boys and girls ages 4 to 9 years old with no prior hockey or skating experience, this free four-week ice hockey program will introduce the exciting sport of hockey to kids while teaching life experiences of teamwork, sportsmanship and self-confidence as a child develops through athletic participation. 

Click here for complete photo gallery of JP Dumont's guest appearance at the May 2008 G.O.A.L. session Video of Dumont at May 2008 G.O.A.L. Session  Video of Tootoo at Oct. 2009 G.O.A.L. Session GOAL Program with Tootoo & Franson

G.O.A.L! provides beginner players the opportunity to learn the basic skills of ice hockey through four one-hour on-ice sessions at Nashville area rinks.  Participants will learn forward strides, stops/starts, turns and crossovers, backward skating, stickhandling, passing, shooting, fun games and more! Each session will encourage participants to actively partake in fun drills geared towards their skill progress.  Once the 4-week session is complete, there are hockey programs available at the rinks for continued development.

Participants of G.O.A.L! will receive on-ice instruction by USA Hockey certified coaches, complimentary hockey equipment, stick and skates to check-out during the 4-week program, official G.O.A.L! hockey jersey to keep as a souvenir, graduation certificate signed by Predators Head Coach Barry Trotz, progression sheet from local rink and much more!

Predators G.O.A.L! is intended for new skaters, not those already in a hockey program.  Children currently participating in a league or program are not eligible. Graduates of the G.O.A.L! program may not register for additional four-week sessions.

If you have questions regarding the program, please contact Predators Amateur & Youth Hockey Manager, Andee Boiman at (615) 770-2372 or aboiman@nashvillepredators.com.