I've been playing ice hockey for the past 6+ months now and I think it is going really well. The range of options for adults to get ice time during the summer is pretty amazing. I was so used to playing in all different pick up games and hockey clinics that I feel like I am now going through some kind of withdrawal. I haven't been on the ice in almost two weeks and I'm getting the itch.
School is back in session and school and travel teams are going back into pre-season. Even if I can sign up for all of the hockey options available to me, I probably won't have more than one or two days a week of hockey instruction and skills time. This sharp decrease in my activity level is difficult to adjust to.
I've been considering roller derby again. A few years ago, I went through the process of preparing for tryouts, but I was accepted to graduate school and chose that instead. Now that I have been skating on ice for a solid year and a half, I am re-considering derby.
Tonight we went and saw the Steel City Derby Demons scrimmage and it was a lot of fun! Those ladies get better every time I see them! A few weeks ago, I talked to one of my friends who plays on their "A" team, the Steel Hurtin', and I have been window-shopping online for skates ever since. Even if I don't end up trying out in 2011, I figure that everyone can use a solid pair of recreational skates, right? I think I want the blue ones, but I saw that they also come in purple.
One of my biggest fears is that the skills from one sport will not transfer to the other and I will end up being bad at both. For now, the best I can do is skate and see, though I have already dreamed up a kick-ass derby name.
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