First day on ICE

Last saturday we had a friendly invitation from a local hockey(ice) club (whose coach happened to be a colleague at our clients place) to watch them practising and try our hands on the skates. It was lots of fun. We a group of 4 boys , 3 of our business analysts, and the coach went to the arena on the evening. spent some time watching the ladies hockey team practising there. Then our turn came and we were in a separate dressing room that was
allocated for us.


We got all the kits for us to wear for our first outing (Jersey's, skateshoes, kneepads, helmets etc.,). Wearing the skate shoe was the tough part damn, one has to wear it tightly in such a way that it is compact, or else you could twist your toe.We were all set to go. I was the one to first enter the Ice. I swear its so different from what we see.As soon as i entered i fell down for the first time.Its so hard to get the balance.But the members of the hockey club helped us stand on the ice and taught us a few lessons on how to do skating.We spent some time on the ice.It was fun anyways.

Once the session was over then we got changed and the coach took us to the ladies locker room and where the whole team of playing ladies were present. They shared some drinks and smoke. That was the first time we saw these ladies so casual and it was so different for conservative boys from india.Well, it was a different experience.