Had a Stick and Puck hockey session last night, and Mark - the coach - has started giving us far more drills before the scrimmage, which is excellent. In the past he would normally do very few drills, then scrimmage which the more experienced players prefer. Last night we did a simple skate in kit with a stick from one corner of the rink, going round each large circle, the first clockwise, the second anti clockwise, the third CW and so on until we reached the far corner. In the past I've always felt uncomfortable in the CW direction. Last night I felt really stable and comfortable in both directions.
I'm sure my crossovers were not of the highest order, but nevertheless lots of practicing CW and ACW crossovers when not in hockey kit is paying off.
We did another drill, which was turning with a stick and a puck, both CW and ACW, and tight turns with a stick and a puck both CW and ACW. I really cannot do either. I can do tight turns without a stick and puck. But throw in both stick and puck, and it all goes to pieces!
Ah well, something left to work on, although getting ice time in hockey kit with stick and puck is not easy.