Today I was able to attend the pre-tryout bootcamp with the league. First of all, I didn't think I was going to be able to go because I had no one to watch Hailey during the camp. I posted on the board last week and got no replies. Then, this morning, Zook messaged me and asked me if I still needed childcare. I replied with, "sure!" and then I asked her what her rates were and then she said, "Don't worry about it." I was completely surprised, speechless and so grateful for the love and support that came from this gesture.
The boot camp was pretty much what I expected: we ran through the basic minimum skills and ended with some jam starts with different twists. One scenario, we added an O and then another scenario, random people were assigned to go help out or defend against the jammer.
After 4-5 months of officially skating with the league, I feel like my confidence level and skill level have improved so much. I no longer feel like Bambi on skates and usually, I have a pretty good idea of what is going on, on the track. This is a good feeling.
Official try-outs are on October 13th and then there's regular new skater training for about a month and right before Thanksgiving, we find out whether we get drafted onto a team or not.
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