* Initiation - 5 & 6
* Novice - 7 & 8
* Atom - 9 & 10
* Pee Wee - 11 & 12
* Bantam - 13 & 14
* Midget - 15-17
* Juvenile - 18 & 19
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Initiation, Age 0-7 depending on area and association by-laws
Mites, Age 8-9 (Some Associations call this Novice)
Squirts, Age 10-11 (Some Associations call this Atom)
Pee-Wee, Age 12-13
Bantam, Age 14-15
Midget, Age 16-17
Junior, Age 18-21
In local association, divisions are often based on age and then by skill. Thus you may have groups of 'mini' (from beginning to age 7 or 8), youth/primary (from 7 or 8 to around 13), secondary (14 to 18), 'senior' (including any adult players, but often mixed with secondary) and 'Masters' (usually age 40+). In each of these, grades are often described as premier/first division, premier reserve/second division, third division, etc. Some areas also split these age groups further and may also retrict certain teams to playing each other, such as university and high school teams in the US, where it is also divided into high school, junior university and senior university.
In national and international level, division is similar; by age then skill level. National will often start at U13, then progress to U15/U16 (where international starts), then U18, U21 - junior national teams may combine these into one - then general teams (where most players are adult, but may include U21 or U18 players that are good enough), and Masters again. At national levels, some countries may also have subdivisions at each level; at international, this is very rare.
In the UK there are NISA levels which you have to pass, they go from Level 1-10 and each level consists of three individual test which are fields moves, element and free.
In kids hockey, there are levels. there are 5 levels which are Novice, Atom, Peewee, Bantam, and Midget.