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ARE YOU OFF YOUR "ROCKER"?

2/26/2020

 
​We spend an awful lot of money on new skates for either ourselves or our Athletes. Once you have found the skates that fit your budget and personal preference a couple of things have to happen.

The first thing after being properly fitted is the "Rocker" you choose for your blade. The Rocker or Profile is the curve of your blade from heel to toe that touches the ice.
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Hockey player skate profiles can range from 7′ to 13′ rockers with the most popular being 9′ and 11′, while goalie skates are usually around a 28′ rocker. On average only 60% of the blade will be profiled, centered around the balance point of the skate, which can be placed in the center of the blade or also altered towards the toe or heel of the blade as well for different skating styles. The very front 20% of the skate blade on the toe and very back 20% on the heel are much more rounded to allow for proper starts, stops, and full skating stride extension.
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BALANCING POINT & PROFILE

The Center point of your blade is the Balance point of your skate and knowing this allows you the opportunity to change that point to benefit your skating stride.

Changing this balance point will pitch or feel as your leaning forward if you move it back or have you sit down in your skates if you move the balance point up.

A skater who is leaning forward more will have an increased knee bend, more agility, and quicker acceleration, the downfall is your muscles will tire faster. A forward or puck-moving defenseman would benefit from this Rocker. Contrary as well the movement of your rocker up your blade might benefit the stay at home Defenseman as it keeps you seated in your blades.
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Over time and sharpenings your Rocker will move this will happen because the individuals sharpening your skates are grinding the blade down too much, be aware of this and maintain your Rocker at your preference.

Competitive Edge, always!

2/20/2020

 
Competition makes us better, that is what you always hear, it creates more skill, makes you harder to play against, allows you to make plays in pressure situations. 

Let's take it one step further and discuss what one of if not the most important attributes of being a Great Athlete is....and that is being Ultra Competitive in sport and life.

Great athletes are competitive, make no mistake but they don't just like to win, more importantly, they HATE to lose. 

You see everyone likes to win, it's fun, you feel good being on a winning team, your coach is happy, teammates are happy, Mom and Dad are happy, you might get an ice cream...heck you might even be presented with a trophy, ok, who are we kidding, everyone gets a trophy nowadays, even if you didn't win. 

Now that takes me to my next point, being competitive means HATING to lose or even finish second, it gnaws at you, it drives you to practice or play harder next time. It makes you train harder or longer at the gym, it causes you sometimes to have a restless night. 
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"We always sit with each other, and he has to win," Fleury once said of Sidney Crosby, arguably the best NHL's best player for the last 10 years. "At anything. Throwing a ball of tape at the garbage can. He wants to win that and if he doesn't, he wants to play another game. Fleury joked that "sometimes, it gets annoying," Fleury learned long ago that he shouldn't take Crosby's fierce desire to win personally, after all, it's not only about video games, training camp scrimmages or who can fling a wadded-up piece of tape most accurately. Put Crosby in any setting in which a score is kept or a winner can be determined by any means, and he'll respond the same way. "He doesn't like to lose ... at anything, really," winger Beau Bennett said. "All the best players really have that in common, that competitive edge. Not just in hockey, but whatever they do, they want to win. "Even when we have a three-on-three game and say his team is down or something, we'll take it from a best-of-three to a best-of-five". Crosby's competitive ferocity can't be quantified, but probably contributes as much to his on-ice accomplishments as his exceptional hand skills, instincts, and conditioning. What's more, teammates say, his attitude can go viral. "It pushes everybody else in the room to play hard, in practice or in games" Fluery once said. Crosby said he isn't sure precisely when he realized the passion to compete had consumed him but vows that it's not a trait he plans to shed. "As you get older, you realize that some people shake stuff off a little easier than others," he said. "I just didn't like to lose at all. I didn't really accept that."I'm not saying that it's not going to happen, but I'm definitely going to do everything I can to avoid it".

While there are many attributes that makeup greatness and all of them are important I would argue that the most important one is the will to not lose.

BE EXTRAORDINARY

Looking forward to seeing you at camp!
Coach Vaughan Rody

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