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I got, baked, and skated on my new rpd teams. No regrets here. Previous skates were missions and ccm tacks converted. All I can say I say is wow! I was a little hesitant about the all 80mm set up as I am a size seven. It took no time to transition and boots are so comfortable (I am a sockless type).

first action shot of me, this was my 2nd time on the ice as tendy. had a great workout, lots of skating drills, then 2 on 0, 2 on 1, and 3 on 3 o'zone scrimmage. i was the only goalie out there tonight and didnt receive any extra goalie instruction. the goalie instructor had a game that conflicted with our clinic. my wife took multiple videos and i can tell i need to keep my glove hand up higher, and my overall posture needs to be more upright. im having fun so far and look forward to improving with each session.

Great to hear you had fun! The soccer drill (I hesitate to say 'drill') is fun as all-get out. I've done it with the kids and it really does take your mind off the fact that you have skates on and you might fall. As in being a forward, everything stems from movement and being comfortable in your skates and gear. Between drills, besides watching the other goalies, I like to flop around and practice getting up, or just flop and stretch, wiggle my feet around, flail like a turtle, just, as you might say 'become one with my gear'. Nice thing about practice is no one cares if you mess up or try something new (and mess up), not like in a game or pickup. At the end of clinic, the coaches have us play this game (which you might get to try, or maybe suggest) where one of us stands in net, and the other goalies (and/or another coach) are off to the sides, and the coach takes shots. Goalie makes a save, he gets a point. Coach scores, he gets a point. Rebounds are live, so the other goalies and/or coaches can fire one in, too. There's a lot of scrambling, occasional deliberate falling, frequent accidental falling. It's a quick game - play til five or win by two.

Tonights clinic at KHS was awesome! The coach really knows how to run these things, and genuinely cares about everyone that is on the ice. We started off with about 5 minutes of dicking around with pucks, shooting on us goalies. (4 goalies total tonight) We then went into various skating drills for the next 15-20 minutes or so...and he customized the drills to the goalies, which was sweet! After the skating drills we broke off into groups, with a goalie at each net (4 nets set up cross ice from each other in each zone. He had everyone (including goalies) put their sticks on the bench. We proceeded to do 2 on 2 with a soccer ball, that was fun! It really emphasized skating. After about 10 minutes of that we did 2 on 2 cross ice scrimmage. In order to shoot and have possealsion you had to pass the puck to the coach on the blue line, then he would pass it back into play...this then rolled into 3 on 3. I had a blast and am feeling more comfortable on the ice with each session. I really believe having a solid background in skating out has really helped me transition into goalie. Im still wanting to get instruction on the different types of pad slides and what not. I did practice VH and reverse VH during the scrimmage, so that was cool.I also worked on keeping my legs a bit wider, knees more bent, and a straighter back. Overall I felt great, I also was doing a great job keeping my stick down on the ice, it is slowly but surely becoming habit. I will be there next Wednesday for sure!

Registered my daughter for LTP Hockey, and my 2yo wanted in on the action. So, I bought him a pair of NOS one20 skates.