First Hockey Skating Practice

She's a little black and blue, that's the downside....she has all of her teeth, and can't get the smile off her face - that's the upside, and so the first hockey skate practice was a resounding success. Tonight's lessons - in a group of about 30 kids - split into groups, defined by their different colored shirts - consisted of a learning the proper way to fall, the proper way to get back up, how to spin on your knees and pop up, and then concluded with a mock hockey game between groups. Sarah's group is the Red Hawks. She took right to the stick handling, fell with the best of them, and had several Olympic-style knee spins. She also ripped off a couple of blazing slap shots during the mock game at the end of practice. Mom and Dad have decided that we need to invest in knee pads for our rising ice devil, and maybe remember to wear fleece next time to observe practice!