Mojo Development Information

Desert Hockey Development (DHD) is a community outreach non-profit organization founded in 2013. We are dedicated to building youth hockey in Arizona and, eventually, the rest of the Southwest US. The significant initial equipment investment hockey requires isn't something to be taken lightly just to "see if my kid likes hockey". We offer opportunities to children and their parents to give what we consider the best sport in the world a try without sacrificing monetarily. For example, we provide a light meal after our free hockey clinics. Our group was founded by members of Glendale First!, a group of people who came together and worked hard at the grassroots level to ensure the future of the Coyotes in Glendale. While working on those projects, we saw opportunities to continue working in the community to help satisfy a underserved need for youth recreation. Glendale has an inline skating facility in one of their parks that had been underutilized and is within a Glendale district that can use more youth activities. We're currently building our presence in Glendale and working with the city to improve their facility and increase it's utilization without adding more stress to the already stretched city budget. The sport of hockey builds teamwork and accountability. We emphasize the character of sports as much as the technical skills, we emphasize that sportsmanship is more than just a word. We stress respect as a core component of being a well rounded player and person. One of our coaches said the following in a recent unrelated email. It bears repeating because it exemplifies what we're trying to do and how we want to do it: "Don't get me wrong, they have to work hard to improve but it's about teaching fun.