Play with a Penguin

On Saturday I went over to Blake's place and we did some stick and puck stuff out the back.  We were quite creative with ouselves.  It's not a big space, so we had to be.  He uses the back of an old couch as his target board, pushed up against the roller door and a free space of about 20 square metres in front of it surrounded by the usual garage clutter one would expect.  I came up with the bright idea of using some old squashed cardboard boxes to shield the roller door from the odd stray puck that otherwise gets wacked into it with an otherwise loud CLANG, using a couple broom handles to 'line' the edge of the couch to prevent pucks finding their way under, and using a couple witches hats in various ways for targets.

Having sorted out our space we were soon playing a number of game/drills which, us being boys, were always competitive.  Passing, shooting, one timers, accuracy, speed, forehand, backhand, deking, stickwork into passing lanes, etc.  Our shared methodology gained from ice hockey training meant that we worked well together and our games were constantly evolving.  Before we knew it an hour had gone by.

Really enjoyed myself, and learned a thing or two.  Will do again.