T’s First Game of the New Season
So T had his first game of the new season this afternoon and we got to see whether the extra skating he’s done over the last month and a half has really improved his skills or not. It wasn’t a…
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Friday Skate & Shoot
A simple skate & shoot last night and I practiced some of the things I need to work on. First I worked on something I noticed at Monday’s clinic. From a standing start, I can start moving forward or backward…
I’m not the Slowest! (except sometimes)
The skating drill at tonight’s clinic was an important milestone for me: I wasn’t the last one across the ice in one of the drills. Yay! So skating drill tonight was goal-line to blue-line forward, then return backward; then the…
Boy-child’s Draft Skate
The boy-child’s draft skate was tonight, so we got to see him in context with the other players in his league again and there was some improvement over the first draft – which I didn’t blog about because it was…
Monday Clinic
Tonight’s clinic started in what I’m going to start calling The Bad Way – that is, goal-line to goal-line skating drills that I’ve described in two of the last three clinic posts. Not going to elaborate further again. However, they…
Monday Clinic
Last night’s clinic started much the same as my first one – that is to say, lots of end-to-end skating drills. This time, though, I seem to be in a little better shape – I’m still out of breath and…
Skate & Shoot
Friday skate & shoot with the boy-child went well. I got some good skating in along with some practice handling the puck. Even practiced my tickle-shot a little … Okay, I’ll explain – some people have a slapshot – well,…
Monday Clinic
Made it to my second Monday clinic and it was a much better experience than the first one. Coach started us off with laps because no one had stretched – four times around, but I was able to stay with…
New Skates, Old Legs
So after a break for the holidays I was able to get on the ice today with the new skates and the Super Feetinserts. Awesome result – the pain in the outside of the left skate is gone completely and…
New Skates
Well, I didn’t make it to the lesson this week because I took the kids to dinner with my dad – holidays and all that – but I did make it to skate and shoot last Friday. I had a…