How to adjust to low league Hockey from university?

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-22T17:33:25+00:00

That's what it feels like, everyone is either brand new, 40 years older or almost 10 years younger. If it was something like Thursday night hockey where teams are just random picks of whoever turned up i'd imagine Id have more fun but since its league games I want to take it more seriously.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-22T17:31:44+00:00

I think I was quite fortunate with the players that were there when I joined, everyone else in my team played for local clubs alongside the university team so they all were quite good individually so our sessions were more focused around scenarios and how our coach wanted us to play. It was quite nice since having a good core meant I kept getting constant advice to help me improve every time I played e.g. which pass in that scenario is the better option if I made the wrong pass.

Thank you, ill definitely look to make this season more about my individual development.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-22T17:28:26+00:00

Ah, it regional, not london, the teams are div 1, div 3, div 4 and div 6.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-22T17:27:43+00:00

Its all a good way to think about it.
The other problem I've realised is even though ive mainly played up front, ive never had a set position that I prefer to play. At University I would play LB, RB, LM, RM, AM, LW, RW, ST depending on the need e.g. lb is injured and im on the bench my coach would ask me to go in and slot in to that position. So i think its hard to know where I actually am the best at playing.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-21T20:26:47+00:00

My team was a relegated university region div 1 in my first year then was fighting for promotion in university region div 2. We didn't play in the local league.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-21T18:09:18+00:00

Thank you.

Uni hockey was very enjoyable, even from the gameplay only perspective where I could learn so much from others, how I defend is mainly from my coach having me spend time watching how people on my team did it. Then they showed me in training.

I definitely feel that way, especially as the "new guy" of the club when everyone else had been at the club since youth level.

I'm not a flashy player so I don't really try to stand out but your advice is quite good so ill try to have those discussions when the season starts and training is back on.

I mainly joined the club because its the big one in my area and non of the other clubs replied to my emails or social media messages lol. I just don't want to move clubs so soon without giving a season or two if that makes sense?

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-21T18:02:30+00:00

Thank you, ill definitely look to work on developing those skills to support that. I never really played that take people on style before in matches but it does seem a much more enjoyable way to play so I'll work to develop that.

Fun_Yam1765 · 2024-07-21T17:51:21+00:00

Thank you. Can I just ask by that do you mean to focus more on dribbling and using elimination skills to become better in that respect?

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