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Another thing on warmups - at one point a few years back, I subbed (as a skater) for a goaltender friend's team. I'm not the best skater, but I'm defensively responsible, know the game, and hustle.
Anyhow, I was warming her up - trapper, blocker, pad, pad, trapper, blocker, pad, pad, trapper, blocker, pad, pad, et cetera. I was a goalie coach for years, so one thing I know how to do is get goalies warm.
After the warmup, I went over to the bench, and the captain came up to me and said that I had a really good shot but needed to work on my aim because everything was right into the goalie's equipment.
I tell this as a silly story, but there are a lot of players - and a lot of teams - who don't understand that the point of the warmup is to (wait for it) warm up. I've skated with some teams where half of the guys want to show me how hard they can shoot the puck, and the other half want to show me how great their dekes are.
Anyhow, I was warming her up - trapper, blocker, pad, pad, trapper, blocker, pad, pad, trapper, blocker, pad, pad, et cetera. I was a goalie coach for years, so one thing I know how to do is get goalies warm.
After the warmup, I went over to the bench, and the captain came up to me and said that I had a really good shot but needed to work on my aim because everything was right into the goalie's equipment.
I tell this as a silly story, but there are a lot of players - and a lot of teams - who don't understand that the point of the warmup is to (wait for it) warm up. I've skated with some teams where half of the guys want to show me how hard they can shoot the puck, and the other half want to show me how great their dekes are.
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