Joel's Goals

[nature boy]

sounds like you guys need a superstar player.

perhaps i can be of some assistance.






























































or not.

[Wetundies]

only if the 2 new white dudes can handle the puck as well as they block shots.

[joel]

Went to my first running room clinic with Joyce last night. 3k run using 10 minute run/ 1 minute walk intervals. Pretty easy going so far.

The class is mostly female, there's only 2 other guys in the class besides me.

[Duncan]

[se7entse7en]

[Duncan]

i have a sudden urge to join the running room now

[joel]

not that satisfied with my current hockey playing level. Out of a 45 second shift give or take, I can maintain a high heart rate for maybe only 30 seconds before the exertion becomes too much.

I would like to be able to keep up pace for my entire shift. Last game I cost our team a goal because i basically gave up on a check at the end of my shift.

I am going to switch back to doing 1 minute( or 45 seconds if i cant last that long) sprint intervals on the bike at least once a week.

I also want to work on my hockey skills. I find myself not having enough poise with the puck in my own end. Too many times just blindly passing the puck up the ice due to forecheck pressure. I know i still am getting used to playing D, but need to get a bit more comfortable skating it up. Not exactly sure how I can work on this... but that's what I am going to try and focus on.

[jeSteR]

You really have to get a lot more comfortable at puck handling and skating by feel without looking at the puck. Especially backwards. The biggest thing that helps is to actually be comfortable turning into a backwards skate before picking up the puck when chasing it back. This opens up a lot of options. I'd work on that first. This is the thing that I'm struggling with the most after an 8 month hiatus.

[Duncan]

Unless we're naturally gifted or we played minor hockey growing up, it's pretty hard to have that kinda poise and skill to be good dmen. what i find the hardest to master for bums like us is skill of skating with your eyes in front and assessing open ice and having your head on a swivel while stick handling the puck without it bobbling off your blade. To compensate for this, a trick i try to drill into my own game is take a good look around you before you pick up the puck. This helps me because we all look down when we pick up the puck and if there isn't time to look up, and you're gonna make a "blind" pass, i know generally where people are already.

[supersuk]

tight running shorts dont hide my bonnar very well

[Duncan]

[geForce]

[nature boy]

lolz that was so random.

[joel]

[tiger]