Well last Friday night was a "real first". I did attend two-drop in's prior to Friday night but they were "weak" to say the least. The first drop-in was a total failure as it seems my new goalie skates were way over-sharpened by our good friends at the Stars Center. I had them re-done and did manage to get the pads on for a brief yet tiresome workout mid last week.
So Friday night I felt was my first real experience between the pipes! I attended the Friday night I-League session over in Grapevine. The other Stars Center really need to take a look at what is going on over there.
Every friday night you can drop-in or pay for the entire 12 week session, the I-League runs from 9:00pm to 10:15pm....or until they need the ice. The cost is $20 but there are usually 3 or 4 coaches who will run drills and then run a simulated game. Wow was it awesome, I had 2 goalie coaches!
The next couple of weeks will be straight games, you guys really should attend this!
So back to me....it is all about me anyway!
So I slapped on my new RBK 8K pads and hit the ice, the first 30 minutes was pretty tough, it's not like I'm 25 anymore! Vinny spent most of the night shadowing me as he was the coach assigned to teach me the ropes. We worked on all kinds of stuff, in fact almost too much stuff!
He really helped with some basic technique as well as positioning, the cool thing is the positioning and "marks" he showed me will really help me as a "player" not just as a goalie.
Well the hardest part of being a goalie is not the 100 mph heaters....it is actually the motion of going into the butterfly and then having to get backup quickly. If you could only imagine adding about 30 lbs of gear and doing the squats for an hour and a half. I never thought of that in this quest to be a net minder.
Well more updates will come later, I can't attend this Friday night due to shooting a wedding....
You guys need to join me!
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