Sunday Clinic
I made it through about half of today’s clinic before leaving the ice with an equipment problem. First we started off skating the face-off dots forward – two reps of that, then another two reps carrying a puck. With the…
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Sunday Clinic
Today’s clinic started with a High-Low drill: Two skaters from the goal-line along either side. Take the puck around cones set on the face-off dots – either far or near, depending on which side you’re starting from – then into…
Monday Clinic
Only seven skaters at the start and eleven when the late arrivals finally showed, so Coach went easy on us as far as the end-to-end skating went. Tonight we stayed around the net, practicing deflections. First off, taking position between…
Clinic Catch Up
There was no Sunday clinic last week (4/8) because the rink was closed for Easter. Monday’s clinic ended abruptly in the following manner. After a brief skating drill, the first puck drill was to carry the puck from the goal-line,…
Monday Clinic
This week’s clinic got off to a rocky start. The regular goalie was out of town, but no one at the rink knew to find a replacement and the Zamboni dumped a lake of water on the ice – so…
Sunday Clinic
Yes, Sunday. I’ve added a second clinic to my week, this one at the other ice rink in town. Conveniently, I live about the same distance from each, so can take advantage of both. This rink is more crowded, though,…
Monday Clinic
Tonight’s clinic was a lot of fun and I’m happy with my performance, despite a number of falls. Since the falls were because I was pushing things, I’m good with that. Skating drill started with coach putting us on the…
Monday Clinic
I skipped blogging about the clinic the last two weeks, but might make the posts later. Tonight’s clinic was lightly attended with only nine skaters. Coach went easy on us for the skating drill, just a couple times up and…
Monday Clinic
I made it all the way through tonight’s clinic, missing no reps; but it was a light crowd, so the coach went pretty easy on us – no end-to-end after the skating drill. I’m still happy I made it through…
Blame it on the Blood Bank
So … Monday night clinic … yeah … Not a good performance this week. I knew going in that it would be bad, but had no idea, really. Last week I donated blood. And it was a double-red donation, so…