:ithe thing is this, kids mature between 6 and 8 step one and alot of people will be in for surprises cause there some kids that i saw skate that are difinetly natural but just not matured yet meaning there not as handy with a puck for now but by far the greatest skaters ! i fell bad for the parents that are bragging about kids this early cause next year for alot of them it will be a hole diffrent story