Friday, 3 September 2010

Octopush - Friday Night session, Orkney

Time played: 50 minutes
attacking?: occasionally
New skill used in game: some dummies attempted, 1 successful
Goals scored: 0 :-(

Had two games at hockey tonight, so played ~50 minutes in total.  Didn't manage to push forward very much, but that was more to do with the style of the games, than laziness.  Right Achilles heel has been a bit sore today, so that may have subconsciously stopped me from swimming hard.  Right hand is quite achy, especially the big thumb joint; not sure why, but it might be something to do with the bike handlebars as I noticed my hand were sore after a while.

Spent time between games practising puck handling, particularly whilst moving and overall it wasn't bad; just need to figure out why I don't do the skills I can do whilst in a game.  Perhaps playing forward for a while when I get back to Edinburgh will help, because that way I'll know there will be someone behind me should I lose the puck.

'Twas my last night at a proper Orkney session (ladies session on Sunday) and I'm kinda glad because I was getting annoyed at the lack of tactics tonight; I think the tournament raised my expectations a bit.  On the other hand, I think it's good for me to play in Orkney; it encourages me to do things on my own more, such as tonight when I tried several dummies.  Apart from the dummies, it was a pretty poor session for me.

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