Breakfast Club: Week Nine with Kirk

Excellent day on the ice today. The big event was the videotaping of the
players stick handling and skating. This can be a humbling experience,
comments could be heard all over the rink, such as, that's not me, I bend
my knees more than that, why is the video playing back in slow motion and
my favorite from Scottie O, I look fat in my hockey pants. It's a good
exercise isn't it, to see yourself skating. I thought over the years, my
knees are finally bent now, not by looking at the video. Some knee bend but
not enough. When Lyle is telling us to bend our knees 15 times each
session, I'm thinking surely he isn't talking to me. Yeah, he's talking to
me also. Okay, Lyle was right.......excuse me....... I just had to give
myself an electrical shock for saying that. I think there are times when we
do have the correct knee bend but it's not consistent, when we get in an
uncomfortable situation on the ice we stand up. What happens when we bend
our knees properly and assuming the rest of our body posture is correct.
Our balance is improved and we control and fully use all four skate edges
much better. When this happens we feel more comfortable on our skates and
therefore we skate better. So, knee bend a simple concept that we probably
think we're doing, maybe not, crank it down another notch. Thanks to
Scottie the camera man also. Good thing he passed AV operations in high
school.

Lyle kept it lively between video shoots. I do like the rapid fire drills,
do it a few times then change sides or do another drill. Are you guys like
me? You may not want to admit that. I like to see the drill a couple times
before doing it. So I slide back in the line a few spots and let the
smarter guys go first. Sometimes by mistake I wind up going first, it's
certain you'll hear the whistle to stop the play, then all eyes on Kirk
while Lyle gently explains the drill once again to us slow learners. Can
you believe next week is our last week? Remember we skate at the Joe next
Thursday. See you guys at the winter session also. We are professional
adult rec players, we skate year round, it's in your contract. Oh, we
officially launched a Laura alert, has anyone seen her? Kirk out.