29/5/10

29/5/10


This weekend my family and I went up to Wellington for a roller hockey tournament. It was my first tournament because I've only just started.  I played in the under 10's and the under 12's. I scored 1 goal when I was playing with the under 12's - YAY!


We have to wear lots of padding and gear because it's quite  a rough sport, like....
padded pants
knee/shin pads
over pants
skates
gloves
elbow pads
helmet
hockey stick


It's a lot of gear - the goalies have to wear even more!


You get very hot in all the gear because you're skating around so much. I usually play defence but I probably enjoy playing attack more. In roller hockey if the puck's against the wall or anywhere on the rink you can kick it with your feet as well as using your stick. If you're really skilled you can flick the puck onto your stick and throw it into the goal. There's 4 players on the rink but you sub nearly every 2 whistles which when you're on the rink seems a very short time but when you're on the bench it seems to take forever and you want the next whistle to blow so you can go back out on the rink.  People say that with the skating it has the same sort of movements as skiing and I really enjoy skiing and I really enjoy roller hockey!


The next tournament is in New Plymouth this school holidays which I'm really looking forward to!!!!!!!!!
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Ella