Hockey 101 for Megan

Megan sits watching all of the other kids getting their hockey gear on. Mark has gotten really good at quickly getting her gear on, which comes in handy on the early mornings when the alarms don't go off!

Megan watching the Zamboni clean the ice before her first hockey practice. A.K.A. the first time Megan would try to skate without holding our hand AND in full hockey gear!

She didn't want to let go of Mark's hand so a coach came over to help her. Mark quickly got of the ice and Megan has been fine ever since.

Megan following directions from Coach Nick. (last one still standing)

Here is Megan skating during the first week of practice. I was so proud of her! She was all smiles.

She needed a break after that long skate!

She was ready to come off of the ice a few minutes early, but still all smiles! Her skates weren't staying on so she had to work extra hard and the coaches kept trying to tighten them. After week 1, Megan needed "new" ice skates.

Week 2: Megan's "new" skates didn't have long enough laces so her ankles were very wobbly. Of course it was the week when lots of people came to watch her...she sat most of the time.

Week 3: New skates, new pink laces and she was ready to go! Here she is skating around the net, following her coach where ever he went.

Going into week 4, Megan set a goal of trying to skate the whole time without holding onto anyone. She did it!!! And I think she told everyone she cold that she skated without holding onto anyone :)

After skating most of the time, she needed to rest next to her friend Grace. I think they are the only girls on the ice during this skating time.

Here (should have been) a video of Megan skating during the fourth week of hockey, nice improvement huh!?! It was after this success that Megan really starting liking hockey practice. She is a very proud girl and was starting to get frustrated but now she has the hang of things and loves going. She said her next goal is to shoot a puck, hopefully before week ten,this will happen! The video was too long. I will take a short video next week to post so you can see her improvement.