Getting in Shape

by | Dec 28, 2011 | clinic, diet, exercise

Next Monday I’ll be getting back on the ice for my first hockey clinic in almost a year.  Since my last clinic (where I had the interesting experience of slamming face-first into the boards), a variety of things we’ll call “Life” conspired with my general...

Monday Clinic

by | Jan 25, 2011 | clinic, equipment, fall

So … yeah … not my most impressive showing at the clinic … On the plus-side, I have a new stick.  The old one was wood, no flex at all and cost $19.99.  New one’s composite, has some flex which may help my shot and was $69 – which is still on the cheap side,...

I’m not the Slowest! (except sometimes)

by | Jan 18, 2011 | clinic, fall

The skating drill at tonight’s clinic was an important milestone for me: I wasn’t the last one across the ice in one of the drills. Yay! So skating drill tonight was goal-line to blue-line forward, then return backward; then the same to the red-line; then the same to...

Monday Clinic

by | Jan 11, 2011 | clinic, fall

Tonight’s clinic started in what I’m going to start calling The Bad Way – that is, goal-line to goal-line skating drills that I’ve described in two of the last three clinic posts.  Not going to elaborate further again. However, they didn’t wear me out as much as...

Monday Clinic

by | Jan 4, 2011 | clinic, equipment

Last night’s clinic started much the same as my first one – that is to say, lots of end-to-end skating drills.  This time, though, I seem to be in a little better shape – I’m still out of breath and dragging at the end, but at least I was able to continue with...

Monday Clinic

by | Dec 29, 2010 | clinic, fall, injury

Made it to my second Monday clinic and it was a much better experience than the first one.  Coach started us off with laps because no one had stretched – four times around, but I was able to stay with the pack and had no foot pain, so I was pretty pleased about...