Gee, thanks...
Now young lady, I’m sure you know what I meant. Even though it was ambiguous.
Easily preventable. Skate more slowly and avoid the fast ones. Sorted.
Unfortunately I cannot do that. In one game a month back I was going slowly, and out of the blue a big lad appeared going at full tilt, and we collided head on. I recall the noise of our helmets colliding. And we verified once more Newton’s Law of the conservation of momentum. I being the smaller object, recoiled the most, and ended up on my back. I had a headache for several days. And it might have been the cause of my sciatica, which is apparently usually due to a herniated disk. To be honest I’m not too happy about that, but as they say, if you can’t stand the heat ...
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. No.
Seriously, no. Most of the skaters I know (especially the coaches) are lifelong avoiders of all forms of "exercise", other than skating. And they only skate because it doesn't feel like exercise!
Many years ago, I actually had this discussion with a fellow pro, prompted by my disgust at the way I was putting on weight although I was at the rink for hours every day. He pointed out that whilst we were, indeed, skating for hours and miles, the amount of energy we expended doing it was relatively low when you compared it with the effort that less skilled skaters had to put in. I was gutted but he was right. (I have to remind myself of this when I'm contemplating eating my body weight in biscuits, which is pretty much hourly!)
I live and learn. So basically coaches are a bunch of slothful gut buckets?
Well, the local ones look pretty healthy. Incidentally there is something called a hockey belly. Some hockey players can be quite well padded.
Incidentally, I am at heart a lard bucket, but I purposefully eat filling food, which takes longer to eat, and provides a feeling of being full. However, you might be surprised by how much beer I drink. Ahem, moving swiftly on ...