A few days ago, I posted a video about my son getting new hockey skates.  He was a proud little boy with those new skates.  At “not quite 4” he has decided that he wants to play hockey, and he has enthusiastically gone to skating lessons for the last 14 weeks.  We have also gone skating at least half a dozen times on Friday mornings at the Duluth Ice Forum (we skate at the Friday morning public skating session, feel free to join us).

This morning was the first opportunity for Garrett to skate on his new hockey skates.

You might have seen in the video that Garrett was wearing yellow rental skates.  Not only are they a bit ugly and dull, but they are figure skates.  Because of a design difference in the blades, figure skates and hockey skates are very different to skate on.  The result is that Garrett spent a lot of time on his butt…

On the figure skates, there is a straight tail off the back of the skate.  This allowed him to lean back and support himself without bending his knees.  Now, we all know that figure skaters don’t skate like that, and neither do hockey skaters.

But Garrett had found something that was working for him.  He was the fastest kid in his class… and not skating correctly at all.  He was getting a good result, but the result was temporary because his “work-around” wasn’t going to allow more performance.  He already had issues with skating backwards and a few other things he needed to do to pass the class. 

So, real estate, Lane… Real Estate…

There are a lot of agents that dived in and started with faulty methods.  They have achieved performance, but that doesn’t mean they are doing it right.  In fact, it isn’t limited to agents.

So, now Garrett is having to re-learn how to skate.  Not just that, he is having to un-learn how to skate the wrong way and then learn how to skate the right way.

Luckily, we have a little time, and there are not only good teachers, but we have a secret weapon.  He wants to play hockey, and one of the Thrashers is giving him some tips…