tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post2770381368135398477..comments2023-06-24T03:29:48.721-05:00Comments on Ms. Conduct: Hockey Weekend Wrap-up/CatharsisMs. Conducthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06998363658537935772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post-59217556768945650322008-10-15T00:07:00.000-05:002008-10-15T00:07:00.000-05:00Yeah, you'd start as a forward and move to D when ...Yeah, you'd start as a forward and move to D when your skating is good enough. That's what Coach Stalin did on our team. You have to be a pretty good/fast skater to be an effective D and be able to skate backwards pretty well. Forward is easier to learn at first and less risky for the team. In our league, the newest people play wing, the better players can play center, and the best players (coaches, mentor-types) play D.Ms. Conducthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998363658537935772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post-83668493288416889432008-10-14T23:56:00.000-05:002008-10-14T23:56:00.000-05:00Stick with it, sooner or later it will all come to...Stick with it, sooner or later it will all come together and you will be on a hockey high. (someone beat me to all the good advice :P)<BR/><BR/>I was talking to my friend the other day and she thinks I would be a forward. I was disappointed, I want to be a dman (or would it be dwoman?).hipcheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426517700642297873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post-5523822326489248262008-10-14T07:55:00.000-05:002008-10-14T07:55:00.000-05:0022 Wallaby Way, Sidney.22 Wallaby Way, Sidney.BReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999914749902756848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post-72196126996487704812008-10-13T22:33:00.000-05:002008-10-13T22:33:00.000-05:00Thanks for the pep talk, coach. :) I emailed you y...Thanks for the pep talk, coach. :) I emailed you your gold star, yo!<BR/><BR/>And yeah, I played saxophone as a youngster, but it came to me pretty easily. That's the thing... I don't usually stick with anything that doesn't come to me naturally, so I'm way way out of my comfort zone. <BR/><BR/>I'm in Dory mode about it... Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. :)Ms. Conducthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998363658537935772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705820500334920463.post-72427278876235064062008-10-13T10:15:00.000-05:002008-10-13T10:15:00.000-05:00First, I would like my gold star as soon as possib...First, I would like my gold star as soon as possible, please. <BR/><BR/>Second, puck handling takes time. A lot of time. Ridiculous amounts of time. Do you play an instrument? If not, have you ever tried to learn? It's the same idea. You are teaching yourself to do something the mind and body to not naturally do.<BR/><BR/>All I can say is practice. Go out witha ball and stick in the drive way. Practice, practice, practice.<BR/><BR/>As for the killer instinct, and needing to be slow and deliberate. Slow and deliberate are what you should be in practice. Especially as a novice. Again, back to the instrument... say a guitar. You don't pick up a guitar and play Clapton. You pick it up and play "g". Once you learn how to play, you rip Clapton a new one. <BR/><BR/>Thinking during practice is OK. During the games, let it all out, quit being afraid to make a mistake (you learn better from them anyways) and play with your heart. Skate hard, and leave it out there, and your team will be just fine with your progress.<BR/><BR/>No one is asking you to be Ovechkin, are they?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and don't dread going to hockey. Hockey should be a release, not a stressor.BReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999914749902756848noreply@blogger.com