Fremitus Borealis
Flügelstürmer
It gets a bit different when there are a bunch of guys trying to get it back from you, but yeah ![grin :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/grin.gif)
The more often you can get out and work on stuff, the better. Definitely the muscle memory thing is key; you really do need to get to a point where you aren't thinking about what your damned feet are doing so you can just focus on the puck, but that can take a while. Really the main thing is not to be afraid to fall. If you are, you'll just be shimmying around not moving your feet and never get any better. This is 100% the main reason kids who learn to skate at 3 1/2 years old have a much better shot at playing hockey competitively when they're get older: they got all the learning to skate out of the way at a time of their lives when they were already falling down all the time anyway, so falling down on ice didn't faze them the way it can with us oldies![laugh :laugh: :laugh:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laff.gif)
![grin :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/grin.gif)
The more often you can get out and work on stuff, the better. Definitely the muscle memory thing is key; you really do need to get to a point where you aren't thinking about what your damned feet are doing so you can just focus on the puck, but that can take a while. Really the main thing is not to be afraid to fall. If you are, you'll just be shimmying around not moving your feet and never get any better. This is 100% the main reason kids who learn to skate at 3 1/2 years old have a much better shot at playing hockey competitively when they're get older: they got all the learning to skate out of the way at a time of their lives when they were already falling down all the time anyway, so falling down on ice didn't faze them the way it can with us oldies
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