whaaa happened?

before the next practice rolls around, i figured i had better get around to writing about the last red practice, which i meant to do immediately afterward. oops.

i chose to work on skating for a good portion of the practice since i know it needs work. i was able to find my (forward) counterclockwise crossover pretty fast. i’m much more comfortable with that one that the opposite direction; i just wish i’d use it in game situations without having to force myself to.

i later did get my clockwise crossover going eventually, and Gina assured me that it looked okay even though i felt like my ankle was going to touch the ice each time. takes me 3 or 4 consecutive in this direction to really feel comfortable with it, and that usually doesn’t happen in a game. fortunately, that direction is the one in which i can “tight” turn better. and tight is in quotation marks because it’s not really tight at all.

anyhow, Marci gave me some pointers on how to get more speed on my shot while still being gimpified with my shoulder. the main thing was to turn my hips so that i wasn’t facing the net. i’ve gotten in a bad habit of getting comfortable shooting this way. could only work on that for so long, but they were good tips and i will try to implement them if/when my shoulder feels up to it.

overall, i was bummed that i couldn’t work on my shot much but did leave feeling really good about my crossovers. backwards ones are sorta happening, but only in drill situations. i find myself in prime position to use them in a game situation but instead just turn out of it. wish i wouldn’t do that, but all in good time, i guess.