This is an extract from something I recently wrote to someone:
In ice hockey, the concepts of drills, neural pathways, muscle memory
and 'hockey sense' are very closely related. So, as clumbsy as we might
appear, over rationalisation of the skating per se
is rarely the problem. It's usually trying to do too much, or having
drilled strongly the wrong technique. Our lack of confidence is more
about the higher reaches of the game (our 'hockey sense') than our
technique. It's such a fast sport that there isn't time to think
through the doing of something that your muscles won't do
automatically. The problem is more, what to do.
From
russia, I think I'd love a hockey sweater*. I'll get the name(s) of
the local superteam for St Petersberg (I keep wanting to call it
Leningrad). Where are you staying in Germany? - I might put in an
'order' there too! It's cool to have lots of hockey tops, in mid season we're on the ice five times a week so can go through them pretty quickly.
* 'Sweater' is such an appropriate word for a hockey jersey!
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