The incredible experience of the SDOHL camp came to an end last night. The drills we did were almost completely beyond my skill- lots of pivots and backwards skating stuff. I have cracked that though! I can skate backwards! I even did a passing drill while skating backwards. I say I cracked it, because I figured out how to do the C cuts with both feet and can move down the ice with some confidence. I need to continue to work on it- and get the transitions and crossovers, but I'm closer than ever before. Like I said after the DU camp- I can do this. There's a slight difference than how I see that statement now though. Before it was the realization that I have the passion and can develop the skills to play. Now I see that I need to get into some games to improve. I'm going to continue skating a couple of times a week and try to get to a stick and puck or two- and then I sign up as a free agent at Big Bear.
As an aside- I grabbed a Champion athletic shirt from Target for about $10- it really did make playing more comfortable. At the end of the night, I wasn't left with a soaking wet t-shirt.
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