Baby's first bodycheck!
Mar. 18th, 2013 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyriacarlisleIn retrospect, we should have known what was going to happen as soon as he said, "don't worry too much about what you're doing, just don't let me by you to get the shot."
A few seconds and two passes later...
"No, that was exactly the right play*," he said, while we were picking ourselves back up off the ice, "but, uh, we should probably switch to a safer drill now."
If there had been a thought bubble over my head, it would have read something like, "MY SPACE, and who the *#5#$@5& are you?!?" Which seems to translate in action to SKATE INTO HIM, NOW NOW NOW.
He didn't get the shot.
It makes perfect sense now that I think about it, but pads are a lot bouncier than I expected them to be - they remind me of the way a ladybug's wing casing looks, so I've always half imagined that they feel just as chitinous and unyielding. I'm told there are harder kinds, but he has the foam sort, which my hoodie and I appreciated very much while we were ricocheting off of them. No bruises bad enough to keep me awake!
And he didn't get the shot. Partly because he didn't barrel through me when he could have, because he's a nice guy, but whatever:
He didn't get the shot.
* spoken like a man in a checking league
A few seconds and two passes later...
"No, that was exactly the right play*," he said, while we were picking ourselves back up off the ice, "but, uh, we should probably switch to a safer drill now."
If there had been a thought bubble over my head, it would have read something like, "MY SPACE, and who the *#5#$@5& are you?!?" Which seems to translate in action to SKATE INTO HIM, NOW NOW NOW.
He didn't get the shot.
It makes perfect sense now that I think about it, but pads are a lot bouncier than I expected them to be - they remind me of the way a ladybug's wing casing looks, so I've always half imagined that they feel just as chitinous and unyielding. I'm told there are harder kinds, but he has the foam sort, which my hoodie and I appreciated very much while we were ricocheting off of them. No bruises bad enough to keep me awake!
And he didn't get the shot. Partly because he didn't barrel through me when he could have, because he's a nice guy, but whatever:
He didn't get the shot.
* spoken like a man in a checking league
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