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Interesting talk with the man behind the custom pro CCM gear

Howdy, The only protocol that matters is that you shouldn't listen to idiots like that. Mark

Bauer N2700 + Alkali Magnesium

Where I live you have to wear at least a visor to play in any of the leagues, but many wear full cages. I did the half shield for a few years but after taking a soft deflection off the lip and a few close calls with high sticks I came to my senses and realized I wasn't making millions playing and remembered how much dental work sucks, so the full cage came out of retirement. The only time chirping a guy with a cage is ok is if they're constantly running around trying to start stuff with other guys knowing they're nice and safe behind a cage, otherwise everyone has to go to work in the morning and a cage makes sure your face still looks pretty.

Rejuvenating this thread a bit as we have just finished year one of hockey. We did learn to play and spring ADM last year, just skated and did a little camp over the summer, and regular ADM this year. A couple things. One, our ADM program is very nice. The organization that runs it has coaches who are on the ice for all the practices, so when you take your team out there everything is set up and organized. No wasted time, parents run the clock to change stations, we get the practice plan every week two days in advance, and you can tell the whole season was planned out. For example, early in the season they were doing stationary forehand passes. Eventually backhand passing was added, then passing and receiving when moving. Same with skating skills. I know that not all ADM programs are like this (my brother’s kids are in a much smaller program and he isn’t real pleased with how things are run there). So I think I was a little rambunctious at the beginning. I knew not to push and that more wasn’t better, but it took some effort and I didn’t always succeed. I kind of “really encouraged” him to come to stick time or play in the driveway, but I wasn’t too bad. My son kind of wandered around the ice at times and didn’t pay attention to the coaches a lot of the season. He is almost 8. Then something happened. I don’t know what, maybe just a jump in maturity. One, his schoolwork started to make pretty significant strides. Second, he started “getting into” hockey. He paid attention to the Pens on TV. He wanted to make his stick bend like the video I showed him of Kessel (this had a big effect, he stopped “swinging” his stick at the puck and figured out how to put some pressure on his bottom hand, passes and shots were way better). He saw that pic for Daryl Evans and wants to skate with no laces, etc. Every little success made him want to do more. He got his fwd crossovers, went to bday parties for kids on the team, etc. Now he wants to play spring but I didn’t sign him up! 😊 Still a good move I think. We will play baseball and the closest rink has some sign up small group coaching sessions with a guy who is great with little kids. We will just do that a la carte and work on his skating. He should be excited next year to get back into it by the time it ramps up the end of August. So I have learned to lay back even more. Last night HE asked me to go out and play hockey in the driveway! And lastly, he has quit saying he wants to be a ref!

That's how the home machines should be used. A refresh before every time you skate.

If you continue having arch pain after a few skates, you can try this which helped with my arch pain in my True's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCsrDNuSis

I had a feeling that would be the case as I wrote about a year ago.

The only rule is what you're comfortable with. If you're being an ass, you'll get chirped. If you get chirped for doing nothing, that person is the ass. There's a difference between playing with high level players vs low level players. High level players are in control most of the time, from where they shoot to how they wield their stick. They tend to be aware of what's going on. Low level players are wildcards. They'll aim low stick and send it into the rafters. They'll skate like they're baling hay, poking and jabbing guys all the way up the ice and not even realize what they're doing. In general, they can be menaces to others and themselves. So if you're playing with low level players, strap a cage on. Hell strap two cages on.

450g is light enough for me. But my Kovalev gamer is almost 600g and so beautifully balanced that it doesn't feel heavy at all. Balance is king. So is having more than a Warp handful of pattern options.

Thanks, that makes sense. He is in ADM and I am his coach. Practices are uber organized by the guy who runs it. Stations and no wasted time so we can't tweak skates between drills. Then game days are separate. I will have to see how that works out but the season just ended and he will just be doing free skate and some little stuff over the summer so I will have a lot of control over what we do for the next 5-6 months. BTW, he saw the picture of Daryl Evans and thinks it's really cool, so he's into doing this.

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