All over the post soviet countries, the ice hockey is one of the most prestigious sports and it requires big dedication from a young age. At the same time it requires finances as the equipment is not that cheap. Danila started his first ice hockey practices when he was just 5 years old. I mean if you could even call that a practice. It was more trying to stay on the skates and learn how to skate. It starts so early to get the kids to the lifestyle what is - ice hockey. Practice before school, then school, then practice after school. Danila's father wanted him to be a forward, but that is another reason why kids start so early, so the coaches can see where you would fit in the best. If you start older, you have made your choice for whatever reason you want to play that position, when in reality you might not be good in it. So the coach saw how good Danila's defensive game was with positioning himself in the right positions to stop the rivals and also he saw his bad shot that was lacking precision and power. Around age of 8 Danila started properly train as a defenseman and in merely 5-6 years he was one of the best young defense players in his age category in the whole Ukraine.