First practice went great. I get to retain my Asst. Coach status, but will work hand in had with the Head Coach/Manager. I’m just not that great of a leader and even with 7 year olds. At least it was warm for our first practice. We have a good bunch of kids and they all seem to have a good understanding of the basics, so it should be fun to get them to play at good level. Last year we have a few kids that we really had to work with, which kind of slowed the rest of the players down.
The back was a little sore after 1 1/2 hours of throwing balls to the boys and bending over to pick up the ones they threw short or jumping to catch the ones that they threw over my head. Today it doesn’t hurt at all, so maybe with more movement I can get past the pain and get back to the skinny shape I once had and get back to the ice, I miss slapping the puck around.
