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Women-in-Hockey Digest      Sunday, May 14 2000      Volume 01 : Number 672



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   Re: Dry land practicing
   Re: Dry land practicing

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Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 09:25:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Susanica Tam 
Subject: Re: Dry land practicing

Karen,
 When i first started playing, i realized that i was
going to practice more to get up to the level of the
team. My boyfriend stickhandle and shoot a street
hockey ball indoors, to the backdrop of a mattress
against the wall. It wasn't too loud. Then i managed
to get an old pair of Missions roller blades and i
have a nice strip of concrete outside my house that i
would glide around on and stickhandle. Keep in mind
though that roller doesn't have the same feel as ice;
if you get too used to one it will be hard to readjust
to the other. Although, having skates on gets you more
used to moving at a faster speed with the puck.
  Some nights, especially when i was frustrated by my
parents, i would go outside at night and stickhandle
blindfolded. we also have two huge plastic trash cans
that i would line up and shoot at, although that was
pretty loud. There are also these things called "slide
boards" that i've seen people use that are basically i
sheet of smooth plastic that you slide around in your
socks, simulating ice, and you can stickhandle or do
weights while you're sliding. There are a lot of
things you could do off ice, even if they aren't
really like hockey, you could at least get a good feel
for the puck.
~Susan

- --- Karen Harker  wrote:
> When I have limited ice-time, what are some good
> dry-land ways to practice shooting, puck handling,
> etc.?  Should I get roller-blades?  What about some
> relatively quiet and non-destructive ways?
> 
> Thanks.
> Karen Harker
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Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:38:23 -0400
From: Louise 
Subject: Re: Dry land practicing

I used to shoot pucks on asphalt against a target I chalked on a brick
wall.  (Shooting on asphalt is hard on stick blades, but it makes you work
hard to shoot.)  

Louise

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