Rematch a blow-out
Jan. 2nd, 2004 12:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wildravenAfter a close win a week-and-a-half ago... I had 3 practices with them... three practices to work on all sorts of things: Reversing on the break-outs, being aggressive and using your body to win control of a lose puck, balance, kicking the puck when it's at your feet, passing, reading the other team's forecheck before your break-out, stickhandling, stopping on your "weak" side. I got to work on so much in just over a week.
It was wonderful. To be able to see them get better right before your eyes.
We then had a rematch with AB, a team we had just barely beaten last week 5-4 at their place. This time, with my #1 goalie having been called up, we dominated 7-1. It was never close and it could have been much worse if I hadn't called them off a bit in the 3rd period.
Wow...
Facing the same team a week later, it was especially obvious to both the players and the fans how much they improved in just that one week.
I worked them hard at times the past week, but they got to see almost instant results.
One more tough one coming up. Saturday night... possibly our toughest of the season. Before the season, I looked at this coming Saturday as a blow-out against us... now... heck... with the way we are looking, do we maybe... have a chance?
Heck... I'm almost sounding confident.
This is so weird, so new to have us be this good.
I'm enjoying this... a lot... :-)
It was wonderful. To be able to see them get better right before your eyes.
We then had a rematch with AB, a team we had just barely beaten last week 5-4 at their place. This time, with my #1 goalie having been called up, we dominated 7-1. It was never close and it could have been much worse if I hadn't called them off a bit in the 3rd period.
Wow...
Facing the same team a week later, it was especially obvious to both the players and the fans how much they improved in just that one week.
I worked them hard at times the past week, but they got to see almost instant results.
One more tough one coming up. Saturday night... possibly our toughest of the season. Before the season, I looked at this coming Saturday as a blow-out against us... now... heck... with the way we are looking, do we maybe... have a chance?
Heck... I'm almost sounding confident.
This is so weird, so new to have us be this good.
I'm enjoying this... a lot... :-)
