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September 16, 2007 / Sunday
Lardball Tryout
Skated the second of two Blue tryout sessions today. My lardball week has not served me well; I felt noticeably slower and more tired (body tired, not leg tired like last week) than I did last Sunday.
I left feeling like I'd done enough damage to undo any high marks I may have earned in the first session. I wasn't bummed; I quite like playing in Maroon and was pretty happy to visit my friends preparing for their session right after mine. I figured Maroon would be a good place for me to work on some more skills for another couple seasons.
I noticed several things the Blue players were doing that I wanted to work on. For one, they all skate with their head up. Me, I skate with my head down. I can deke around people all I want, but at some point I run out of rink, and because I haven't looked up, I don't know what my options are. Plus, some of them just look GOOD out there. I can pull a fancy move, but I'm trying so hard to do it that it comes out looking all spastic. When they do it, it's precise and effortless. There is so much for me to learn and work on.
Anyway, that wraps up the tryout writeup. I left thinking I'd spend another year in Maroon, and I wondering whose team I'd end up on...
September 16, 2007 10:35 PM | Hockey
Comments
Apparently not so much of a lardball tryout afterall? ;)
Posted by: Snarfdog at September 17, 2007 09:23 AM
Definitely not a lardball miss skinny! Congrats again you definitely impressed folks so trust yourself and learn lots of stuff you can teach us peasants. ;-)
Posted by: Shadow at September 17, 2007 10:35 AM
I am very much looking forward to learning lots.
I'll probably spend the first season all wide eyed like, "Whoa, I wanna be able to do THAT!"
Well, as soon as I'm done exclaiming, "HOLY CRAP!" every ten minutes.
Posted by: Viv at September 17, 2007 01:07 PM