Breakfast Club: Session II - Week 2.5
Yes, fellow (and sister) hockey-phites, this is week two point five. I neglected to promptly post post-practice, so I can't in good conscience call this post week two point oh. Don'cha hate it when silly things like work and family and viral influenza get in the way of important things like hockey? Makes me a grumpy girl, and trust me, I'm much more entertaining when I'm not grumpy.
As best as I can recall about what happened at "the club" four days ago, we were supposed to be doing some two-on-O's and two-on-ones. There were two goalies this past week, which lent itself nicely to those kind of drills. Pass it behind the net, give your partner an outlet while also drawing the forechecker into a corner. Unless, of course, the forechecker reads you too well and beats the puck from you :-) I personally prefer defending on those kinds of drills because I usually play D and sometimes feel lost on offense. But that's why we're here, to get out of that comfort zone and to, in fact, expand that comfort zone.
Speaking of expanding reminds me of expanding waistlines. Which prompts me to ask, how's your new year's resolution progressing? Aw, come on! Don't tell me you didn't make ANY resolutions? You don't have to go public with your resolutions like I did (lost three, six to go), but if you are willing to 'go public' I bet you'll have a club full of clubbers rootin' for ya!
You were probably wondering when I was going to update the chick count, right? Fine, let's get that bit of census data out of the way then. Statistically speaking, we're up by almost 200%. There's me, that being "the other Laura", and Emily as returning players, and new clubbers Rochelle, Fiona and Liz. I leave it up to you to match the names to the faces.
Which, by the way, if I ask you what your name is, don't immediately fear that I'm gonna flame you in this blog. It's just good hockey etiquette to know names. And it sure helps during the scrimmage to be able to talk on the ice. If there is one thing that sets the lines apart during our little stop-whistle end-of-practices scrimmages, it's when you have a handful out on the ice who know each other's names and can "one on!" "got time" talk to each other.
In about two weeks, throughout the country we'll be celebrating "Hockey Day". What are you doing to do to celebrate? Check CCHA.com for details. I'm going to try hitting the Red Wings' open practice. I have three bags full of "my kids grew out of them" hockey equipment that will be collected and donated so inner-city kids can get started. Cool. Cleans out my basement and makes me feel good, all at the same time.
So there you go, week two point five. Late and rambling, but there you go anyway. Keep you head up!
As best as I can recall about what happened at "the club" four days ago, we were supposed to be doing some two-on-O's and two-on-ones. There were two goalies this past week, which lent itself nicely to those kind of drills. Pass it behind the net, give your partner an outlet while also drawing the forechecker into a corner. Unless, of course, the forechecker reads you too well and beats the puck from you :-) I personally prefer defending on those kinds of drills because I usually play D and sometimes feel lost on offense. But that's why we're here, to get out of that comfort zone and to, in fact, expand that comfort zone.
Speaking of expanding reminds me of expanding waistlines. Which prompts me to ask, how's your new year's resolution progressing? Aw, come on! Don't tell me you didn't make ANY resolutions? You don't have to go public with your resolutions like I did (lost three, six to go), but if you are willing to 'go public' I bet you'll have a club full of clubbers rootin' for ya!
You were probably wondering when I was going to update the chick count, right? Fine, let's get that bit of census data out of the way then. Statistically speaking, we're up by almost 200%. There's me, that being "the other Laura", and Emily as returning players, and new clubbers Rochelle, Fiona and Liz. I leave it up to you to match the names to the faces.
Which, by the way, if I ask you what your name is, don't immediately fear that I'm gonna flame you in this blog. It's just good hockey etiquette to know names. And it sure helps during the scrimmage to be able to talk on the ice. If there is one thing that sets the lines apart during our little stop-whistle end-of-practices scrimmages, it's when you have a handful out on the ice who know each other's names and can "one on!" "got time" talk to each other.
In about two weeks, throughout the country we'll be celebrating "Hockey Day". What are you doing to do to celebrate? Check CCHA.com for details. I'm going to try hitting the Red Wings' open practice. I have three bags full of "my kids grew out of them" hockey equipment that will be collected and donated so inner-city kids can get started. Cool. Cleans out my basement and makes me feel good, all at the same time.
So there you go, week two point five. Late and rambling, but there you go anyway. Keep you head up!
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