CanucksSayEh
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Great to see so many people starting late. It may seem intimidating, but well worth it. This thread is proof!
Great to see so many people starting late. It may seem intimidating, but well worth it. This thread is proof!
I'm 33 and my be a player class has 8+ in their 40s including three women and a mom and her son. Pretty cool!
On another topic, the regulars at stick time are pretty closed off and clique-ish. Especially some goalies that won't square up or try on your shot if you don't have a 100 mph clapper. (Calling out the Quick wanna be's at the Toyota Sports Center). Anyone else experience this?
I'm 49 and started learn to play last summer. And I'm not the oldest there - the 65 year old dude came back to the latest sessions.Great to see so many people starting late. It may seem intimidating, but well worth it. This thread is proof!
I had a rough set of games this past weekend. My coaches have been playing me as a center the last two weeks and doing some positional drills like that, but they played me as a winger in games (except for the one face-off where I ended up as the center on a penalty kill, which we're done absolutely no work on), and they weren't at these games so I couldn't ask then for help during the games. I'm not offensively minded, I hate taking shots, and I am hopeless at carrying the puck so playing wing is hard for me at any time, but especially when I don't know where I'm supposed to be, or what I'm supposed to be doing if I get the puck, and have my teammates yelling at me when I do something wrong on top of all that.
Playing wing makes a lot more sense for me at drop-in where I'm not really getting the puck and I'm just focused on finding open ice somewhere close enough to block a defenders passing lane and making sure I'm not on the same side as the other two forwards. Granted, I tend to unintentionally get myself into drop-ins that have a lot of significantly more advanced players, but I rarely feel as completely lost in those situations as I did in my games. I'm going to talk to my skating coach (who used to help coach the team I'm on) tomorrow and see what he suggests, abd I've been reading a bunch of articles about positioning, but understanding positioning in theory isn't restarting over well to getting things done physically.
Just appreciate the learning experience, the versatility and diversity it adds to your skill set.
Things you hate - taking shots, etc are just part of the game. When opportunities present themselves you cannot look to the bench for a replacement. You have to step up and do your best.
Coaches seem to have faith and appreciation of your skills. They trust your ability to at least try and eventually succeed.
Do your best.
I'm just getting into skating at the age of 20. Went to Stick and Puck on Tuesday and my back hurts so bad... Everything else went fine. I've gotten better since the last time I went. I don't know how to stop or how to skate backwards yet though.
ALSO, should I buy new skates? I have a pair of Sherwood 6000's that you can't even buy anymore...
I have the money to go and buy BRAND NEW top of the line skates. But should I if I'm just a beginner?
I'm just getting into skating at the age of 20. Went to Stick and Puck on Tuesday and my back hurts so bad... Everything else went fine. I've gotten better since the last time I went. I don't know how to stop or how to skate backwards yet though.
ALSO, should I buy new skates? I have a pair of Sherwood 6000's that you can't even buy anymore...
I have the money to go and buy BRAND NEW top of the line skates. But should I if I'm just a beginner?
I'm just getting into skating at the age of 20. Went to Stick and Puck on Tuesday and my back hurts so bad... Everything else went fine. I've gotten better since the last time I went. I don't know how to stop or how to skate backwards yet though.
ALSO, should I buy new skates? I have a pair of Sherwood 6000's that you can't even buy anymore...
I have the money to go and buy BRAND NEW top of the line skates. But should I if I'm just a beginner?
This place is great for picking up advice on that sort of stuff. I used to have to adjust and re-tie my laces two or three times a game. Now using waxed laces and they're definitely the solution to that, tie them once and that's it.
Steev. I started at 47. Based on my LTP class as well as a few skills classes I attended in another city, you'd be fine. Forwards, turning and stopping are key in the intro class. Occasionally we'd have a drill that involved backwards skating and I would be surprised at some of the (relatively) better skaters who when made to skate backwards looked liked they had never been on skates before.
I suspect that a lot of people who learn hockey as adults will early on devote their rare ice time to getting better at forwards, turning and stopping since those are used the most in the beginner leagues. Although I'm one of the worst players on my low-level team, I'm above average on defense simply due to being able to skate backwards.
You'll be fine, but work on the backwards on your own time as it does provide you with the option of playing defense.
Wow Reilly, 47, kudos to you my friend! I've decided to go in for some skating lessons just to get my skating tight, then I'm gonna head straight from that into some Hockey Prep.
I'm just real excited to get out there and play, but I guess all things in due time.