Ice Hockey - Beginner, tips, advice and some friendly words!?
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Im a 19 yr old girl, started ice hockey for my University team this year. unfortunately its an all boys team, and not only that, there is only me and one other girl on the squad. She's been playing since she was 7 - shes 23 now. Ive made a lot of friends, and like me, a lot of us are beginners. Unfortunately, I am terrible! My skating has come a long way (crossovers, pivots, backwards) - none of these i could do in september. Im very dedicated and i love the game, but i am DREADFUL at it. I cant help making myself keep going - be strong, keep practising, it will pay off. But being the only girl, being rubbish, i feel like people may look at me and think what da heeeelllllll she doin' here?! thats one of the reasons i want to carry on - to PROVE i have what it takes, and I can prove everyone wrong when they thought I was rubbish and not needed. ive only ever played in 2 scrims - Defense. Anyone got any tips for how to improve as an all round hockey player? shall i focus on speed, skating or puck handling? or all 3? or does a good hockey player have one specialty? my stops are coming along nicely pivotting needs some work puck handling - a lot of work. my passing and shooting are terrible! (aka why i feel most comfortable in defense) what are your views? i know its a game, but im putting so much of myself into it and feeling like its not paying off right now. shall i stick to it, or walk away? any advice, even some tough love would be appreciated. im a strong person, very willfully minded, but even those people can have shakey moments sometimes.
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Answer:
Practice practice and guess what practice
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Other answers
Go skating every day, find different ways to skate more, get a street hockey puck,if there are ponds around and you live in the North, try to go to the pond and get some friends. Good Luck
Meeka(Lets Go Rangers!)
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