The Roller Hockey sport was brought to Israel in 1957 by "a handful of fanatics" led by Mr. Aaron Jordan. The founders of the league were Jordan Aaron, Aba Beker, Abraham Moses, Mordechai Sas, Sorkin Arthur (deceased), Phillip Abud, Ramon Irit, Tzvi Shot and Zora Auliven.[citation needed] Honorary Members are Yoav Kadosh, Judit Schumacher, Isaac Ashkenazi, Galiichagoets Sima, Holtzberg Ida (z), Wexler Janna, Efraim Levin, Eliezer Elkin, Luptin Ethel, Flatzor Ester (deceased), Pulber Rivi, Shemko Nathan and Sar Haya.[citation needed]
The association was founded in 1973 by organized skaters, who later grew and developed under the name Association of skates in Israel. Today, the association contains more than 800 members from 30 registered clubs. It also provides guidance and support to union workers, and contributes to the development of skating sports such as figure skating, Rink Hockey, inline skating and roller speed skating. All registered clubs are subject to local management committees consisting of corporate professionals. Each year the organization produces and distributes guidelines to suggest courses of action according to the needs of the area and the international guidelines for the organization. As a full-fledged member of the International Roller Sports Federation and the European Confederation of Roller Skating, the Israeli union is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and maintains a full professional cooperation with the Wingate Institute as well as the Ministry of Science Council of the gambling culture and sports.
So far,[when?] six courses were held in artistic skating instructors - summer projects in the school's coaches and instructors at the Wingate Institute.
In 1997-1999 held the first course of its kind accredited training course for judges and coaches at school graduate of the Institute in cooperation with the International Federation Wegyet artistic skating.
Hockey industry is so far only two courses and instructors can say as of today is clear and urgent need arises additional training manuals, they can provide an answer to growing demand in recent years.
In Israel, the Juniors league divided to 2. north and south.
The south league administered by Radan Reis and Lior Uliel. There are a few teams, as Tzur Hadasa,Bee'r Tuvia,Nataf, etc.'.
The north league administered by Alon Vizman. There are a few teams, some of them are competitiveness and some are there not.
example for some competitiveness teams : Kiryat Bialik, Ramat Yishai, Nofit, The Academia for Galgiliot, Hayogev, Maalot, Bet Lehem.
The junior league is divided to age strata: U16 (15-16), U14 (13-14), U12 (11-12), and U10 (9-10).
Some of the junior U16 league play with their senior clubs.
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