Full day in the lab of testing #3dprinting filaments and playing #hockey for the first time in months!!!
I got a ton of content to go through but I got some good failures today!
#MaterialScience #student
Thank you for the insight, I've probably just been away from this side of the game to really see the stagnation in goaltending. I've been watching equipment evolve over the last 4-5 years wanting to get back out on the ice. The more time I spend back in the game I'm sure I will pick up on the change in development.
I do see the goalies being neglected in practice, I'm teaching my kids (mostly U10) how I got started. We're just focusing on basic skating skills on public skates. Just get them moving in the gear, they don't get any work on this stuff in practices and are ignored for a good portion of their practice.
I'm trying to figure out what I should be doing for them, people want me to work on just butterfly slides and how to stop the Michigan... Not the foundation of a goaltender, tpushes shuffles and getting up and down.
I wonder if I am doing it wrong sometimes.
Really?! Is it pretty recent, I am curious about this. The things we are teaching my players vs what Im expected to know for my goalies, the goalie skills have me trying to learn on the fly while player skills are very run of the mill.
My biggest issue I'm having with player skating skills right now is doing the skills again after being off the ice for 10+ yrs after career ending surgeries.
Funniest thing is when I tell my skaters I'm working with a goalie coach and they responed with "but you're a coach, why do you need a coach?"
We need to continue to improve ourselves, different coaches bring different concepts and skills to the table. Hockey goaltending has changed so much since the 90s, the gear and how you play the position is the fastest evolving position in any sport.
#hockey #goalie #NeverStopLearning #AdultsSkateToo
Cat treat gun, it works surprisingly well!
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Dice Catapult... You mean #cat treat catapult😎😸
#caturday #3dprinting
I think the only reason the internet was invented is for #caturday and #catstr
One of the most practical prongs I've seen in a while, looks like it came out great!
The Artillery and Fokoos are purring away on some weekend projects.
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Happy #caturday everyone😺
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Awww such a beautiful Blue😻
Sharkbait hoo haha
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I don't think our director realized who she was talking to when she said I should think about printing my own business cards 😹
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The uncertified cateye cage, because fuck your eyes! Don't get me wrong, I loved the vision this mask but I couldn't use in in Jr hockey for many reasons!
1991 unknown custom goalie mask.
#hockey
My masks from my 30+years playing. Kinda fun seeing mask evolution over the years.
#hockey #PlayLikeAGirl #womenshockey
Shark beds are the best beds!
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Another day of skating instruction in the books! Even laced up the figure skates for 25min, managed to avoid the toe picks😎
#LearnToSkate #hockey #coaching #AdultsSkateToo
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You can spin in hockey skates but it is much harder. Figure skates have a wider blade and are sharpened with a shallower hollow. This creates less drag in their spin. Hockey skates have a thinner blade and have a deeper hollow.
Ice skates have whats called a radiud, its the shape that runs from the heel to toe of the blade. This determines how much blade is in contains t with the ice at any given time. Hockey players have to be able to turn a corner really tight and fast vs a figures skater who tend to take wider turns in order to set up for jumps and spins. Hockey skates have a tighter radius so less blade on the ice.
Next is the body position over the skate blade itself. Figure skaters skate more up right so they are more centered between the back of the ball of the foot and the front of the arch, hockey players have deeper knee bends and skate more towards their toes and the front of the ball of the foot.
Spinning in hockey skates is very awkward, your weight is too far forward. I have to stand more on my heels, once mastering that balance you can try to go faster using basic physics. Centripetal force, start with arms and free leg away from your body and slowly bring them in closer to go faster.
To really go fast though having a new radius put on the skates and having them sharpened with a shallower hollow is needed.
Hope that helps a bit, unfortunately I have to run😊
