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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Hockey Clinic

Jonathan attended a free hockey clinic today and he really enjoyed it.  He basically was just learning how to skate and get comfortable on skates and with the ice.  Of course Brad made me go out with him, since I am a Minnesotan (like that means anything for me...the non-winter loving person).  Luckily for me, a coach came over and rescued both Jonathan and I.  Jonathan took off with the coach, Shep, and his kid glider (the red PVC pipe thing).  Eventually he came over to the wall by us and he said I don't think I need this anymore and put the kid glider against the wall.  Shep was great and came and grabbed his hand and off he went.  He then let go of Jonathan's hand and Jonathan "skated" (it was more like walking on skates) all by himself.  As one of the mom's running the clinic said, at this age, it's just amazing if they can stand on 5 mm of metal.  Jonathan would periodically come of the ice and take a "break" but he pretty much was out on the ice the entire 50 min of the clinic.  I did convince him though that he would be able to go faster if he used the glider and that was all he needed to hear.  The kid has no fear!  He went out and tried to skate as fast as he possibly could.  He did quite well.  He fell a couple of times but he got right back up.  I was so proud of him.  Even Coach Shep said, "Look at Jonathan, he is tearing it up out there!"  Jonathan complained once that his feet hurt from the skates and I told him hockey skates aren't the most comfortable things to wear on your feet and that was the end of the complaining.  In the car on the way home, Jonathan did complain that his bottom hurt.  Ha!

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