That was my question when we decided to let Luke play floor hockey. Our family doesn't really follow hockey even though we live in a state that eats, sleep and breathes hockey. He wanted to play, but I just couldn't stomach the idea of the cost and with your work schedules the time commitment isn't doable for us. Oh yeah, and I can't bring myself to left him play a sport where they start ramming each other into walls before they are remotely done growing. That being said, when we got the flyer from the YMCA about fall youth activities we gave Luke the choice. (Kenna doesn't want to play sports) Soccer or floor hoc key? The chose floor hockey. A good compromise on the hockey thing and it's held that the elementary school the kids attend so it's only a mile from home.
Well, today was his first day and it turns out that giving a bunch of 4, 5, and 6 year-olds sticks isn't to bad. No one got seriously injured. They give the children safety goggles to wear so they don't get a stick in the eye. So, aside from some spills from the kids tripping over one another and some accidental hits to the shins everyone walked away virtually unharmed.
Luke's team is actually pretty good. He did really good to his first time. His hand eye coordination is much better that I expected and he handled the puck pretty well. He even scored the first goal of the game. We can't wait to see how things go next week.
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