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Doctor Butts posted:Maybe i'm not leaning enough into the turn, but if my one skate just kind of slides to the side when i'm trying to do a turn/crossover at speed, does that mean I might have to get skates sharpened? Is it the inside skate or the outside skate? I'm guessing you probably have the inside foot too far to the outside of your body so you're not really getting up on the edge. Like if you're turning left you want your left foot to be kind of under your center of mass.
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Yea, it is my left skate believe it or not. It's pretty much right under the middle of my body and when i start to lean it just slides to the side.
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Mar 11, 2012 04:15
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It's easy to test.. go near the bench and use a hand to brace yourself, and try to find the angle where you can dig your edge into the ice and put all your weight on it without sliding. If the angle is much over 30 degrees before the skate catches, it's time to sharpen. I think the rule of thumb is to sharpen every 15 hours of skating. More often if you're obsessive about super sharp blades, but I find I can usually get close to 20 hours before things feel slippery. If one skate seems to wear out before the other, that probably means you're favoring that foot for turning and stopping.. more work wears the edge faster. Make a mental note to practice with the other foot too. 
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Mar 11, 2012 05:54
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Geeze. With my flat bottom cut, I feel like I need a sharpen every 4-5 hours. That poo poo gets dull fast.
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Mar 11, 2012 06:20
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Well look at mister moneybags with a fat wad to throw around sharpening skates! (I think everyone has a different threshold, but from what I gather mist casual skaters sharpen once a month)
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Mar 11, 2012 08:14
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Doctor Butts posted:Yea, it is my left skate believe it or not. It's pretty much right under the middle of my body and when i start to lean it just slides to the side. When you're not sure of how to perform a particular skating maneuver, it can be a little scary to balance and lean properly to get good edges, but if you don't, you'll never skate well. On a different note, I got an interference (I think) call last night. Young woman (most of my penalties recently seem to be against women) skating slowly backwards into the crease while they're on offense in our zone. I'm playing D, give her a light push into the back. She ends up falling face first and basically lands flat like a pancake. I mean, I didn't think I pushed her all that hard and the way she landed really seems like she wasn't expecting any contact at all. Which is just...I dunno. It's a no-check league, but if you're gonna go skating around the crease, you should expect to have a bit of a fight on your hands, no? Come to think of it, I've had at least two penalties like this, with women on the drawing end of both of them... Also, when I was skating to the bench, some spectator yelled at me "that's what you get being a prick!!" Some people...
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Mar 11, 2012 14:58
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coldwind posted:Come to think of it, I've had at least two penalties like this, with women on the drawing end of both of them... Why is their gender so important that you had to mention it like 3 times in this post?
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Mar 11, 2012 20:26
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xzzy posted:It's easy to test.. go near the bench and use a hand to brace yourself, and try to find the angle where you can dig your edge into the ice and put all your weight on it without sliding. If the angle is much over 30 degrees before the skate catches, it's time to sharpen. Sharpening is very individual, I've heard somewhere that NHL players vary between sharpening after each game, and sharpening once a season. Henrik Zetterberg posted:Geeze. With my flat bottom cut, I feel like I need a sharpen every 4-5 hours. That poo poo gets dull fast.
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Mar 11, 2012 23:26
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Anders posted:Sharpening is very individual, I've heard somewhere that NHL players vary between sharpening after each game, and sharpening once a season. Some even sharpen between periods.  But pros do all kinds of wacky stuff, it's kind of their job.
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Mar 11, 2012 23:56
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xzzy posted:Some even sharpen between periods. I was actually gonna type that... but I wasn't sure I remembered correctly so I went for the safe understatment.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:00
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Topoisomerase posted:Why is their gender so important that you had to mention it like 3 times in this post? I've gotten as many penalties this season (five) as I have the rest of my admittedly short hockey playing career. Four of them have been drawn by women and one of them was legitimate but the rest have been kinda ticky-tacky. It's been kind of frustrating because it seems like most of the penalties have been drawn because they were skating around the crease as if they weren't going to be touched. Not at all prepared to hold their ground. And then a defenseman (me) comes over and starts to try and move them out and they go down and the bench erupts and I get three minutes and suddenly I'm an rear end in a top hat and the "tough guy" goes out of his way to take runs at me the rest of the game. I unno, that's my best theory.
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Mar 12, 2012 02:13
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Were these women of color by chance?
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Mar 12, 2012 02:26
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If they reflect light they have a color. 
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Mar 12, 2012 02:58
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coldwind posted:I've gotten as many penalties this season (five) as I have the rest of my admittedly short hockey playing career. Four of them have been drawn by women and one of them was legitimate but the rest have been kinda ticky-tacky. It's been kind of frustrating because it seems like most of the penalties have been drawn because they were skating around the crease as if they weren't going to be touched. Not at all prepared to hold their ground. And then a defenseman (me) comes over and starts to try and move them out and they go down and the bench erupts and I get three minutes and suddenly I'm an rear end in a top hat and the "tough guy" goes out of his way to take runs at me the rest of the game. Just as an odd commentary, I also think it's interesting that you continuously use the terminology "drawn by" as if you had no part in any of them. Penalties are a judgement call by the referee. In a beginner non-checking league, most of us are going to be fairly lenient on the bumping around in front of the net and using body positioning and contact to maintain or take control of the puck in most situations. But some key components to when this may not be the case pertain to the skill level and size of the players involved. If it's a beginner league and some dude who should probably know better is out there shoving around another player who can't skate well we're probably going to call it - the better dude already has an advantage there and there's no real game reason why he needs to push the worse player over. Same type of thing when there's a considerable size or strength difference. If someone is standing in the crease and you're going to engage them, that's fine, but try to gauge what level of force is necessarily appropriate to engage them with - if they actually get knocked down you do run the risk of an interference call, because technically you are interfering with the person away from the puck.
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Mar 12, 2012 06:12
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First game playing D trip report: Lost 9-3 to a team with a few ringers but only two of the goals against were while I was on the ice so I feel like my pairing was slightly above average. Made one bad pass coming out of our zone that went for an icing but I don't think I did anything too dumb with the puck in my own end. I fell down a few times transitioning from forward to backward but the clinic I'm taking starting Tuesday should help my skating. On one of the goals scored against us while I was on the ice one of their forwards was carrying the puck deep and I was pushing him into the corner when my D partner came over to try to double team him or something, crashed into me, and left the guy free to make a cross-crease pass to an open guy on the far post 
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Mar 12, 2012 06:33
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We just lost 4-3 in the semis to the 1st place ringer team, who lost 1 game out of 25. It was probably the best game we've ever played so we weren't too disappointed. We had them tied 3-3 in the third too. Last time they beat us 10-2, so I'm pretty sure they didn't expect us to give them much of a game. My line put up all 3 goals too.  Great (but not best) way to end the season. I don't know what to do with myself now. Next season doesn't start for 3 more weeks
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Mar 12, 2012 08:31
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Hitting the gym more is the best thing to do with time off
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Mar 12, 2012 14:22
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sellouts posted:Hitting the gym more is the best thing to do with time off Mucho lunges and squats in your future.
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Mar 12, 2012 14:24
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sellouts posted:Hitting the gym more is the best thing to do with time off Psssh, I'm in there all week anyways. Squats own.
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Mar 12, 2012 15:17
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I have to peel back my gym routine the day of games. If you don't have to do that, more power to you but when all of my games are shut down at the same time it's opens up a ton more time/energy
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Mar 12, 2012 15:36
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I've been terrible about going to the gym the past month. Prior to that I had a great routine going that was getting results, but I was pretty much always sore for some reason. Then the wife and I took a week vacation which broke said routine and I've yet to fully get back on the horse.. mostly because I've started enjoying not having my muscles in a constant rebuild cycle. Stupid vacations.
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Mar 12, 2012 15:42
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I had a late game last night and got like 3 hours of sleep. I'm not sure how my squats are going to go this afternoon, I'm going to guess "poorly".
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Mar 12, 2012 15:47
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I was going to a Crossfit gym but stopped at the start of the new year because it was becoming waaaay too big of a financial burden. I tried going on my own to my school's gym but it became a chore, and once it becomes a chore it's hard to build up the motivation to go and work out. I know there's a lot of criticism out there at Crossfit gyms and their workouts, but guided group workouts should be standard at every gym. (This is why gym memberships and obesity are positively correlated in the US.)
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Mar 12, 2012 17:31
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Gyms are absolutely ridiculous but I can't figure out ay other way to train up.. between my wife and I we spend almost $700 a month on gym+trainers. Deciding not to have kids left us a pile of money to spend though.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:04
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xzzy posted:between my wife and I we spend almost $700 a month on gym+trainers. That is...insane  Free, fully-equipped employee gym 
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Mar 12, 2012 18:08
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Yeah I get sticker shock every time I do the monthly balance, but on the other hand I've never been healthier so that's how I justify it.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:11
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I always get mad that I've never had health insurance that made a real effort to give discounts for gym memberships or exercise equipment. One city I lived in had a rec center, and had pretty good prices if you lived in the city. The rec center was brand new too. Had a sizable free weight area, nice sized treadmill/bike area and a lot of weight machines. One of the coolest parts (that I never utilized) was the track around the entire thing. Then I moved, and the only decent option was the YMCA, which work gave me a little break on new membership fee. Place was new as well. Had a good selection but no track area. I could even walk or drive there! Then I moved again. Nothing usable close by. I don't want an expensive membership downtown, and YMCA got to be a little far. So these days I just hope I can get to a park or try to join some rec sports league. Other than that, I just sit on my rear end and get mad that I don't get discounts on exercise equipment from health insurance.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:11
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xzzy posted:Gyms are absolutely ridiculous but I can't figure out ay other way to train up.. between my wife and I we spend almost $700 a month on gym+trainers. My Crossfit membership was $125/mo., which is really high for a gym. I plan on going back when I make actual money and not college money. Gio fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Mar 12, 2012 |
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Mar 12, 2012 18:15
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Playoffs start tonight. Three guys that haven't showed up for the past 5 games are intent on making their presence known for us tonight. I can't wait till next season when we cut these guys. The team played better as a unit without them, specifically two of them who are just a huge negative presence. The other guy, who I'm replacing on D, would constantly get caught beneath the other team's goal line.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:19
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Yeah, Crossfit is notoriously expensive but if I had to pay for a gym the local YMCA, city rec center, and local college rec center are all between $40-50/month. e: Looks like the local crossfit is $150/mo 
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Mar 12, 2012 18:22
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Thufir posted:That is...insane Yeah, $700 is absolutely insane. Just head over to W&W and pick out a strength program then buy yourself 3 new top-end sticks a month with your newly saved money. Also,  on employee gyms. I use my lunch hour to lift, so I don't have to worry about it eating into my evenings.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:22
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Gio posted:Holy christ, I don't even know how that's possible!  Added bonus: wife's trainer has season tickets for the blackhawks so we get tickets at face value a few times a season.
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Mar 12, 2012 18:27
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I'm a goalie but a lot of my favorite team mates play on a 2nd lower division team that already has a goalie, so I'm thinking of buying a set of forward gear. The cost is hilarious to me; aside from the skates, the whole rest of the gear costs less than what I just payed for my new goalie catching glove. I haven't played out of the net since I was in peewee's though. I'm a good skater and probably fast without the pads on but I have no idea if I'll be hockey-retarded to the point that they don't want me. Its D3 though, not a big deal. Most of all I'm afraid of falling over backwards as soon as I step on the ice because I have been in flat-bladed goalie skates exclusively since I was about 10.
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MANIFEST DESTINY posted:I'm a goalie but a lot of my favorite team mates play on a 2nd lower division team that already has a goalie, so I'm thinking of buying a set of forward gear. The cost is hilarious to me; aside from the skates, the whole rest of the gear costs less than what I just payed for my new goalie catching glove. I haven't played out of the net since I was in peewee's though. I'm a good skater and probably fast without the pads on but I have no idea if I'll be hockey-retarded to the point that they don't want me. Its D3 though, not a big deal. Most of all I'm afraid of falling over backwards as soon as I step on the ice because I have been in flat-bladed goalie skates exclusively since I was about 10. I wouldn't sweat it. I've been skating out since I injured my knee. Last week was the first time I played net in a while and it was ok. Skating out isn't so bad if you're a decent skater and if you have good positioning. Though to be fair I was playing defense before switching over to goalie for the longest time. I think just being aware of the situation and your positioning will help you a lot. I also found that playing net for a while made me better at being aware of positioning and situations. Edit: You guys that have ordered jerseys for your teams what places have you used? Good/bad experiences? Surfing Turtle fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Mar 12, 2012 |
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Mar 12, 2012 18:55
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Thufir posted:Yeah, Crossfit is notoriously expensive but if I had to pay for a gym the local YMCA, city rec center, and local college rec center are all between $40-50/month.
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Topoisomerase posted:Just as an odd commentary, I also think it's interesting that you continuously use the terminology "drawn by" as if you had no part in any of them. Secondofly, in order for your statement to be true, you would have to believe that anytime a penalty is drawn, the penalized player has no part in it. Which I don't think you believe. With regards to your explanation of penalty calling, there is an implication that I should know better than to shove around players who are worse than me. Well, shouldn't the players who are roughly my size and more skilled and experienced than me know better than to expect a free ride when skating backwards directly into the dman covering the net? When i think about it, overall I am just bothered by skaters who don't prepare for contact when skating around the crease. I am not so much bothered over the penalty aspect as I am the mindset. I was just venting about the skaters who beat me around corners one on one or dipsey doodle my legs into a pretzel, then minutes later get all upset because there's resistance when they want to jam a stick into my goalie's padding.
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Hockey Instructional trip report, week3 Had a blast again tonight, we did power skating drills for the first half and then pass-shoot drills for the second. Almost snaked one past the goalie, but the first goal still eludes me. Next week I miss the Monday class (last of my Bruins ticket package), bit I start adult skating class on Sunday afternoon.
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We won our first game of the season, and it was a playoff game  I ended up playing offense too, which was nice. The top pairing hasn't been "clicking" so the one guy offered to switch lines with me, effectively placing himself on the third line and me on the first. We were rewarded with a 2 goal night, each. Wound up winning 9-7, but it was a weird ride. We were up 5-0 when our goalie started letting in softie after softie. We joked afterward about him trying to keep it competitive, but I'm seriously worried about his mindset moving forward. Game 2 of the series is Sunday, can't wait!
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coldwind posted:Firstly, I was mistakenly using the phrase to refer to any player who had a penalty committed against them. I thought it was an easier way to navigate my meaning but i used it wrong. I hate the girl skaters, and the refs, in your league. Divers, the lot of 'em. I'm mid stop last friday, maybe 2 feet from the boards with the puck against the boards to my left. Girl on mott decides to skate from my left between me and the boards and stop to try and block me from the puck. Of course shes 5' and I have about 70lbs on her so she goes flying. I get called for checking. I was already stopping and couldn't stop any faster ref! If I wanted to check her she wouldn't have gotten back up drat it.
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It's a hockey stop not the 5th symphony, how much time/space does it take for you to stop? To be clear, in your story, you are in mid stop and she makes a positional decision, moves there, and comes to a stop. And you still haven't stopped and hit her hard enough to go flying. Maybe I'm not understanding it right. sellouts fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Mar 13, 2012 |
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