The wait is over, as the "lite" version of the Bantam B team took the ice together for the 1st time. No one was more excited, or ready to be photo'd than none other than Coach Harry!
Once the players took to the ice, Coach Joe set some expectations, and "better-skating" Coach Joe started to put them through their paces. As Blake said, having less players meant it was your turn again a little sooner in the drills, as we were about five or six players short of a full group. Nonetheless, hard work, lots of explanation, some ground-rules, and some good old fashion hustle punctuated the 1st hour together as a team.
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| Coach Joe Francis inspires the team on opening night of practice at Paramount |
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Puck protection and the ability to body the player off of the puck are two points of emphasis from the coaching staff, and some good work was done in some half ice drills to learn the finer points of that skill. After practice, a final parting thought sent the kids on their way with some things to think about and build upon.
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| No two ordinary Joe's indeed! |
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A couple extra photos for nostalgic purposes...in the future I will use the nicer camera and won't shoot too many at practice..but I got 'em, so why in the world not??
It's either my computer of the rink lighting was bad.
ReplyDeleteOr..my camera--technical difficulties..will strive for continued improvements! Like never using the mini-camera again!
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