Your child steps onto a full-size real indoor ice rink at Sport Society Mall in Mirdif, a straight drive from Dubai Silicon Oasis and The Villa with no Sheikh Zayed Road in the way. Groups U6 to U16, complete beginners welcome from age 4, gear lent for the first sessions, professional coaches. The first session is free for one child, all September.
This opens WhatsApp with your message written. Tell us your child's age and we answer with a group and a time the same day.
Silicon Oasis, The Villa, Academic City and Nad Al Sheba all sit on the inland side of Dubai, the same side as Mirdif. Sport Society Mall has parking on site, and the rink is inside the mall.
Sport Society Mall in Mirdif holds a full-size 60x30 m sheet of real indoor ice, open all year while it is 45 degrees outside. From Dubai Silicon Oasis or The Villa, plan 20 to 30 minutes by car depending on the hour. The whole run stays on the inland side of the city, so you skip Sheikh Zayed Road and the Downtown crawl, and parking sits right at the mall. Galaxy Arena in Oud Metha, our own arena, is opening soon and will add a second sheet of ice.
Silicon Oasis and The Villa together are the largest single neighbourhood group in our 2026/27 registrations: 13 families, more than any other part of Dubai. Some carpool. Across the academy Galaxy trains 300+ kids from 38 nations, so a new player walks into a locker room where nobody is the only foreigner.
The evening runs in two waves, so bedtime survives. U10 and U12 take Tuesday and Thursday at 18:45, U14 and U16 at 20:00, which leaves a family time for homework and dinner before the drive. Sunday morning ice and Saturday off-ice sessions carry the second half of the week. U6 and U8 times are set for Galaxy Arena, which is opening soon, so send us a message on WhatsApp and we confirm the current slot for the youngest players. Full detail sits on the season 2026/27 page and the after-school hockey page.
Coaches put every new player through skating basics first: balance, edges, stopping, then a stick and a puck. Kids join from age 4. Parents ask about safety before anything else, and the answer is equipment: hockey gear covers a player from head to toe, and real contact does not start until 12 to 14, so the younger groups play a non-contact version of the game. We lend a full set of gear for the first sessions, so you buy nothing to find out whether your child loves it.
Galaxy is an official partner of the UAE Winter Sports Federation, and in 2027 the UAE hosts the IIHF Division II-A World Championship in Al Ain. A real international tournament, in this country, in a sport most of the neighbourhood has never tried. A child starting now gets in early on something with a bigger stage ahead of it than the average after-school class. Our juniors already play a league season and travel to tournaments, and skills assessments through the year show parents exactly how their child is progressing.
Prices for 2026/27 are open. A single term runs AED 6,900 for term 1 (September to December), AED 5,900 for term 2 (January to March) and AED 5,600 for term 3 (April to June). The full season costs AED 17,500. Add 5% VAT to any of them. The breakdown of what a season includes sits on the pricing page.
The first session is free for one child, all September. Message us on WhatsApp with your child's age, we confirm a group and a slot, and your child skates that week. Ready now? Book the free first session, or read what a training week looks like in the Kids Academy.
Season 2026/27 at Sport Society Mall, Mirdif. We confirm the exact slot for your child's group on WhatsApp before the first session.
| Group | Born | Weekday ice | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|
| U6 | From 2 Sep 2020 | Times are set for Galaxy Arena, opening soon. Message us on WhatsApp and we confirm the current slot. | |
| U8 | 1 Sep 2018 to 31 Aug 2020 | Times are set for Galaxy Arena, opening soon. Message us on WhatsApp and we confirm the current slot. | |
| U10 | 1 Sep 2016 to 31 Aug 2018 | Tue and Thu, 18:45 | Sun ice 8:00 · Sat off-ice 9:15 |
| U12 | 1 Sep 2014 to 31 Aug 2016 | Tue and Thu, 18:45 | Sun ice 8:00 · Sat off-ice 9:15 |
| U14 | 1 Sep 2012 to 31 Aug 2014 | Tue and Thu, 20:00 | Sun ice 9:15 · Sat off-ice 10:30 |
| U16 | 1 Sep 2010 to 31 Aug 2012 | Tue and Thu, 20:00 | Sun ice 9:15 · Sat off-ice 10:30 |
Add 5% VAT to every figure. Payment covers ice, coaching and the season programme.
September to December, the term that is running now.
January to March.
April to June.
Silicon Oasis and The Villa are full of football pitches, pools and padel courts. Real ice is 20 to 30 minutes away and nowhere near as crowded.
Full-size 60×30 m sheet, year-round, whatever the desert is doing outside.
300+ kids training together, an international group of teammates.
Official partner of the UAE Winter Sports Federation, with IIHF 2027 coming to the UAE.
Gear lent for the first sessions, so the first class is about trying it.
From a first-ever skate to years of club hockey back home, there is a group for your child, close enough to reach on a school night.
One message on WhatsApp starts it. Here is the whole process.
Send your child's age and any experience on WhatsApp, straight to our coaches.
We match your child to a group and confirm a session at Sport Society Mall.
Gear is ready at the rink. Warm clothes your child can move in is all you bring.
Join by term or by season and train year-round on full-size 60×30 ice.
Fill this in, it goes straight to our coaches on WhatsApp.
First session free for one child, all September · gear lent · U6 to U16 · Sport Society Mall, Mirdif.
In official cooperation with the UAE Winter Sports Federation · IIHF member association