Rollerblading
Oct 2 Tip: Rollerblading
- I had another tip scheduled for today but after I read McDavid’s article this morning, I decided to switch today’s tip to Rollerblading.
- I agree with Connor McDavid 100%.
- This is why…
- The summer before my junior year at Lawrence Academy, my dad bought me rollerblades.
- When I got to Lawrence, in the fall, before the hockey season, I noticed the rink did not have the ice in yet. It was concrete.
- I asked if I could rollerblade on it.
- The headmaster and hockey coach said yes.
- Then a couple of my teammates bought rollerblades and joined me.
- We rollerbladed every day for hours after school on our off seasons.
- I had the season of my life that junior year at Lawrence.
- I was drafted that June and committed to my D1 scholarship to Hockey East Providence College. I had many choices of schools, but I did not want to fight Brian Leetch for ice time at BC as a freshman(good choice on my part, I was absolutely right he would have beaten me and I did not want to compete with my brother as a walk on at BU. He was a great player and I wanted the best for him although I loved both BC and BU, PC felt right for me).
- I then rollerbladed every summer there after at the Cape. The bike path in Falmouth to Woods Hole on the ocean.
- 5-7 miles.
- My stride lengthened.
- I became faster.
- Stronger.
- My legs were solid as rocks.
- So was my core.
- A became an even better skater.
- I attribute this to rollerblading.
- As does McDavid.
- I rollerbladed every summer religously on that bike path throughout my college and pro career.
- Rollerblading was a difference maker in my game.
- Not only my stride and speed in skating.
- But my balance.
- I hate to add to your hockey shopping wishlist mom and dad.
- The sport is expensive enough.
- But I must reccommend buying your player’s rollerblades. It helped me A LOT.
- Bauer has a range from under 200$ on up to the Vapor Inlines.
- Thank you Bauer for sending me new Vapor Inlines last spring.
- I hit the bikepath again from Falmouth to Woods Hole this summer.
- Awesome memories on that beautiful bike path.
- Only need to leave a deposit now.
