The Girls Play Hockey

In a bid to improve their skating skills, we signed our two oldest girls up for pre-novice hockey. The play two days per week, for a total of 2.5 hours. There aren't any teams or goalies yet, but eventually there will be one practice per week, and one game per week. For now, they are just learning how to hold a stick, and how to pass a puck, all the while playing games and improving their skating skills. They have also picked up some new vocabulary, including "stick-handling" and "passing a puck". Our littlest one watched intently, exclaiming "I can't play hockey yet because I am too young".  Our youngest one will continue her once weekly skating lessons which start in mid-October. After just two weeks of hockey, our oldest one has said on several occasions that she enjoys the sport, while the middle one not so much, although she isn't a strong skater. We are hoping that she will enjoy the game more as her skating improves, but more than anything, we are hoping that both girls continue to play at the same time each week and that they will be placed on the same team once the teams are assigned in January.