Last Week’s Hockey
May 19, 2006 at 12.43 pmPlatt Fields Hockey the Wednesday before last was pretty well-attended, with 28 whole people playing! Unfortunately, we were a bit short of sticks - I’ll have to fix up the "rubbish ones" that I have at home, i.e. the ones that are in need of repair.
My freshly-purchased goalie leg-guards, which looked suspiciously like black cricket pads, worked nicely too. Well, at £3.14+VAT a pair, I really can’t complain!
They do make you feel a bit like RoboCop, but I found out the hard way that you shouldn’t be too kamikaze unless you’ve got kickers as well. My foot hurts 
I also tried using an anti-perspirant for the first time, as opposed to the usual deodorant. I’d just never been keen on the idea of firing little particles into ones pores. It worked reasonably well, in that I was considerably less of a Great Big Sweaty Beast than usual. However, it was at the expense of me feeling SERIOUSLY warm, and the bits that weren’t anti-perspirant coated (forehead, mainly) getting wetter than a wet thing.
Not sure whether I’ll go down that route again. Sweat’s definitely there for a reason.
The problem with that many people is that there’s no way you can play with just two teams…well, not on that sort of grass…as there WILL be pain. So, splitting into four is the way to go, but then it becomes difficult to do things fairly. The most fair way to do it is by picking teams…but then people get upset when they get picked last. It used to happen to me in the school playground, due to my pathetic footballing skills, so I know how it feels. You’ve just got to accept that you’re better at some things than others, I suppose.
Anyway, I’d best write up the rest of the last fortnight…
