Tomorrow there are three Roller Hockey games.
YMCA teams play at Skateland in Olympia.
Local boys & girls ages 7-18 have been playing Roller Hockey here for at least the past 7 years. Fall, Winter & Spring sessions through the YMCA youth programs with scholarships available.
Novices pick up the skating pretty fast, then work on shooting skills.The regulars get pretty competitive by the time they are into high school teams. Kids use hockey or street in line skates with no brakes, don't need no brakes in your way to slow you down when you are skating backward, forward, turning, reversing and stopping on a dime to get or block a shot.
Equipment is a scramble to pull together. Lots of players pass equipment to the next group coming in and I have seen a coach or two who regularly scour the thrift stores for hard to find items in good condition.
Lots of families find this sport a good fit, with siblings playing on the different aged teams. Kids from around town get to know each other and catch up on each season.
YMCA teams play at Skateland in Olympia.
Novices pick up the skating pretty fast, then work on shooting skills.The regulars get pretty competitive by the time they are into high school teams. Kids use hockey or street in line skates with no brakes, don't need no brakes in your way to slow you down when you are skating backward, forward, turning, reversing and stopping on a dime to get or block a shot.
Equipment is a scramble to pull together. Lots of players pass equipment to the next group coming in and I have seen a coach or two who regularly scour the thrift stores for hard to find items in good condition.
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