by sutherland | Mar 27, 2012 | clinic, equipment, exercise, fall
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 goal-line and having us crouch as low as we...
by sutherland | Mar 20, 2012 | clinic, equipment, injury
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 down the ice and then on to...
by sutherland | Feb 28, 2012 | clinic, equipment
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 the whole thing and I learned why we wear our facemask. So...
by sutherland | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Especially after my latest clinic experience, a friend or two has questioned why I write this blog. After all, it’s not like my kayaking blog, where I actually know what I’m doing; or my programming blog, where I’m writing about a field I have some expertise...
by sutherland | Feb 21, 2012 | clinic, fall
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 they took twice as many red-blood cells as a regular donation...