Reply To: Diary of a Season 2016-17

Practices Thirty-eight and Thirty-nine

Practices Thirty-eight

Wednesday night practice. We had Mental Training for 75 minutes before. The focus was to plan ahead to avoid anxiety. The players are drained after 5 games in three days last weekend. Two didn't come because they have the flu and another left practice feeling sick and another had to stop practicing because she could feel a reoccurring injury starting up again. The last two seasons her knee cap has been displaced. We have one D and one F both out with concussions, so without them when everyone else is there we have 15 skaters. So the practice focused more on technique with the puck and puck support. We did a lot of wrist passing and games.

We have two more 90' practices Thursday and Friday before two weekend games.

Practice Thirty-nine

Focus on this practice will be shooting one timers and one touch passing. High level skills for a U18 F team but they are ready to push their tool box.

Post practice comment: We got everything in the practice plan done and I think it was one of the best practices of the season because we worked on one touch passing and shooting which are high level skills that the modern game of hockey demands. The girl's improved as the practice progressed and were required to use the skills in the games we played. Girls at this level are generally really good skaters and can handle the puck but not many can shoot slap shots on the fly or one touch pass and time shoot. So it is a chance for our players to take a big step to becoming elite players.