I wish I could’ve played this sport when I was younger! 🥳🙏🏼🥰
In 12 weeks I’ve done 21 sessions on the ice and accumulated 25hrs!
I’ve trained with 3 different Clubs until I settled on
my team!
I’ve done 3 Ice Skating only sessions,
I’ve done 6 Learn to play sessions,
I’ve played one Scrim,
I’ve played one game and won (with a few cheeky assists) with my team.
If this is 3 months, I can’t wait to look back in a year and see how far I’ve come, but honestly it’s so much fun to #beabeginner at something again, especially as an adult when many people are stuck in their ways and won’t try anything new!
The ice hockey community in Perth, Australia and Worldwide is so welcoming and awesome and I’m certainly grateful to be a part of it! 🙏🏼💙🤝🏼
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“You mean like this?” As the kid born in 2020 sprays snow in my face and checks me into the boards. ⛸️⛸️🫠🤣😆
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At the ripe old age of 33, and after watching “Face Off” on Amazon prime, in November last year I decided I wanted to play Ice Hockey!
So I bought my gear and had my first skate in Jan!
Since then I’ve been training twice a week and I should hopefully be joining a team! I can’t wait to see how I look in a year!
But man it feels good to #beabeginner
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Since I’ve started this journey at the beginning of the year, I’ve had nothing but overwhelming support and encouragement from everyone here in Perth and around the world! 🌏
I get messages of support daily from here and abroad and it’s epic to see how much us hockey heads love this sport! 🤝🏼
The Ice Hockey community is epic and here’s just a little glimpse of what my daily interactions at the rinks are like! I haven’t met a person I didn’t like! 🥰
Whenever I’m at the rinks now, I have people coming up to me letting me know they love my videos or they watch them with their kids and it’s awesome to know that by someone just committing and giving it a go that it inspires others to chase their goals, no matter how big or small! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
However in Australia there’s a thing called “Tall poppy syndrome” where people for whatever reason feel they should try sabotage or squash somebody’s success because it makes them uncomfortable to see someone doing well. 🤷🏻♂️
It usually stems from insecurity and so it’s important to remember it’s not a “you” thing, it’s usually something going on for them. 🫡
When the support is 99.98% I only have one thing to say:
ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY!
🧊🏒🧊🏒🧊🏒
Man it’s fun to #beabeginner
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The first time I had ever skated in full gear was Feb 7th this year when I rocked up to the learn to play session at PIA. 😱
Since then I’ve amassed 34 sessions on the ice (around 40 hours). 🤝🏼
I’ve joined a team and currently have 7 points through 4 games and I’m ranked 32nd out of all players in all divisions! 🤯
If you treat it like a hobby, it’ll just be a hobby, but if you wanna get good at anything you’ve gotta switch on and put the hours in! 💪🏼
I still have tonnes to work on and improve on but you’ll find me at the rinks, making friends and trying to get 1% better as often as I can! 🙏🏼💙
I’m not trying to get good enough for the AIHL but I’m definitely gonna see how high I can go! 🧊🏒
But in the meantime, it’s heaps of fun to #beabeginner
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I’m sick of these dang kids man. 🤣🤣🤣
Also… HOW DID I MISS THAT?!! 🤦🏻♂️
But hey, it’s still fun to #beabeginner
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Just keep showing up, the more ice time you can manage, the faster your progression will be! 💪🏼🥳
Since starting in Jan I’ve been on the ice 3-5 times a week, consisting of: stick & pucks, trainings, scrims and games! 🧊🏒
But it’s also what you do off ice that matters! 🫡
I also make sure I get 10k steps a day, my nutrition is tracked (protein prioritised), I drink my water, I sleep well, I’m in the gym 4-5 times a week and I move my body purposefully daily with things I love such as boxing, walks in nature and golf when I can!
Follow and DM me at @jpfitonline if you need help building habits and consistency to help you with hockey and life in general! 💪🏼💙
You’ve only got one place to live, so treat it well and it’ll allow you to achieve all the things you want in life, on or off the ice! 🧊🏒
Man it’s fun to #beabeginner 🥳
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YOU WISH! 🤣🥳😂
How good is this sport! 🧊🏒
ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY ICE HOCKEY!
Thanks to all of you who support my journey and do what you can to grow this great sport! 💪🏼💙
Man it’s fun to #beabeginner 🥰🥳☺️
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Oh well, I’ll still wear it at training tonight, you know it’s small when it fits you well without gear on (full popeye forearms in this one) 💪🏼🤣
Fanatics are known for their tacky jobs on jerseys but this one is definitely another level down! 🥴
Just remember, new with tags doesn’t mean the tags are authentic either 🤣
This is what I get for buying another teams jersey! 🥲
I’m usually a pro jersey buyer, but today it seems I might just #beabeginner 😂😅🫠
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CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED THAT ABSOLUTE SITTER! 😂😆🤦🏻♂️
*** Wide open spaces plays*** 🤠
It’s good having a bit of friendly competition out there, it raises the stakes a bit more and makes it that much sweeter when you get one up on your mates!
Great game bro @rhy.blackie 💪🏼🧊🏒
Epic game last night, we went away with the win but it was a hard fought battle!
I got a cheeky assist and another point next to my name 💪🏼💙🍏
Man it’s fun to #beabeginner 😆🙏🏼
#icehockey #icehockeyplayer #icehockeygame #icehockeyteam
