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Hi Folded Sheets, and other non scrunched paper.
Well for a while now, some of my readers have been asking to see the photos of me playing hockey.
So with out further ado, I bring you the said photos. Now the blurriness of some of these pics has nothing to do with the excellent photographic skills of Cazzie. The problem is, like the Loch Ness Monster, I am very allusive, and hard to capture on film.
Early in the game, on our way to scoring one of six goals for the game. I scored none this round, curse playing at fullback.
Getting ready to block the attack of the opposition. As the high fullback, I run most of the field. Thankfully this game, our goalkeeper didn't get too much of a work out.
Just getting to the line of the ball, felling pretty stuffed at this stage. Too much running around.
I'm in this photo somewhere, just proving there are other on the field, and these photos were not a set up.
Head down, arse up, hit the ball. People can stand 5 yards away from a ball being hit, in the hope of stopping it, when a free hit is taken. After one or two hits from me, they tend to stand 20-30 yards away. I haven't earned the nickname "The Ten Foot Tall Woman, With The Big Hit" for nothing you know.
Warning: The over use of ventolin, can have side effects. I had to take a break after everything started spinning. a few minutes later, I wanted back into the action, this is me waiting to get back on, secretly thinking "I hope someone gets injured soon". The thing above my head is my last ounce of energy, drifting off into the night.
Bit of leg work for those who are interested. The white things in my socks are my shinguards, and they get a bit of a work out during a game. The other lump is my ventolin pump, something that also gets quite a work out during a game.
As you can see, one of Cazzies kids is quite ashamed at having to be seen at one of my hockey games. I don't blame him. Another is trying to run away, but I paid her brother $1 to make sure it didn't happen. Poor kid, she will be scarred for life now.
Proving that Cazzie was also there, one of her kids stole the camera. He didn't know where the delete button is though, hence you all have to put up with these photos.
Finally a "Where's Becky". I am in this photo somewhere. The angle is due to the kids fighting over the camera. I think it was concerning who had the better throw in their arm, in hope of knocking me out.
Well there you all go. I hope that is enough for you all. If not, well tough, I doubt there will be anymore taken, especially since for the next few weeks, I will be wearing the goalkeeping gear for the games, and that really is a scary thing to see.
Blog Out,
HooRoo,
Rebecca
33 Comments:
You are very Tall!!
Bravo!!! I loved that. You do look like there would be no one playing the equivalent of "silly mid on" (I think I got that right) when you've got a free hit.
Tell Cazzie thanks much, and I now expect weekly updates.
And I would just love to see you as a keeper, if that were possible.
And I know I should not dwell on this kind of thing, but jesus woman... nose... bones... ligaments... and a ventolin pump?!? Between you, Rachel, Rhino, and the gang, I will never ever be able to complain again.
The last pic was taken by 5 yr old Sarah, as I held her high into the air..as people who know me know, I am verticaly challenged so SArah was only held about...oh...25cm off the ground!!
Becc forgot to say that we joined into the Tigers theme song and sang out loud, "fight and fight and win" ...and let's not forget, "Yellow and black"!!!
Very cool!!!
Good to see you at your game!!
By the way, I like a babe in uniform!!!
Rebecca,
You are cool! I thought hockey was ice hockey. I thouht you played ice hockey. I have ever seen grass hockey in Japan.
Cazzie's kids are cute. It is winter in your town. It is opposite in Japan.
Hi Anthony,
Well thank you Captain Obvious.
Hi Tom,
Yeah, even our own goal keepers hate me hitting the ball at them in training. Now I only push the ball at them, and they still say it is too fast.
What do you mean by wanting weekly updates Tom?
We will see what we can do to get you a photo of me as a goaly. I will work something out soon.
You can also complain all you like Tom, anything you like here.
Hi Cazzie,
You are 25cm tall? I thought you were much shorter than that. :-P
Nice to hear you joining in with the theme song too, I seem to be the only one in the team that knows the words, and it is only my first season there with that club.
Hi Mark,
Why thank you. But as much as you like a babe in uniform, I kind of know you prefer a babe out of her uniform.
Hi Dr Evil,
Thanks, I hope these photos don't make you home sick for the astro turf.
I hate the shoes, but they are the only ones which were in my size. I wish they had an orange pair, but the blue ones had to do.
As for slide tackles as the goalie, I will try and get something happening for you guys.
Hi Lucy,
No, definately not Ice Hockey, I have a problem standing up in skates. Yes it is winter here, not long to go now until we are into spring. Cazzie's kids are cute, but like all kids, they have their moments. lol
HooRoo
Rebecca
Geee, given some of the cold nights we're been having, it must be an effort to get out there...
Your knees don't look scarred, but didn't you have an op on them?
Cute kids :-)
It's too early for me to be thinking up crass comments, I'm sad to say. Even when there's a leg shot, I've got nothin.
Regardless, I'm impressed that everyone walks off the field at the end of the game... you guys look like you're going to kill someone, if not yourselves.
Cazzie, you're the awesome sauce for supplying the pics.
I get the 'gee you're tall' thing a lot too. I feel bonded to you already.
Does anyone know what a Japanese man does with his erection?
He votes, of course!
I hope Lucy has a good sense of humour.
Sorry Tom, a weekly photo shoot of hockey was out of the question this weekend...I was home cooking a webber rolled roast complete with veggies and gravy :) I really do want to take pics of Becc as goalkeeper though, so more in the next two weeks or so..if she so permits :)
Hi Lantern,
Once the bloodgets flowing, I don't notice the cold too much, but yeah, it can be a struggle at times.
The scars on my knees are clearing up pretty well, but they are out of sight in the photo of my legs. One op on the left, two on the right, and I am pretty close to needing them both done again.
Hi Stewed,
It does get pretty heated out there at times. Just think of a Stocktake sale, but only worse.
Yes Cazzie is awesome, and makes a nice cupcake too.
Hi Comic Mummy,
In a previous post I decided that whenever anyone asks me how tall I am, it will cost them a dollar to find out, with all money going to the Royal Childrens Hospital. So far this year, I have made $17 for the hospital, and that is only from the few people willing to pay. There are lots more that just get pissed off at me.
Hi Mark,
Ummm, thanks.
Hi Cazzie,
If you were turning up each week, we would be putting a uniform on you, a stick in your hand, and getting you out on the field also.
Actually, just thinking, next time we will have to get a photo of YOU in the hockey uniform, that will set the tongues wagging.
As for photos of me as a Goalie, we will get something happening for all the peeps.
HooRoo
Rebecca
Yeah, sure I do not mind being the photographer, but will protest at having a uniform on me....in fact, I think I would have to stand on a step ladder, or even get up on a cherry picker to be able to wear your uniform....duck syndrome :(
Gasp! That's a once-in-a-lifetime offer you're passing up there Cazzie. Just imagine how many guys would kill to get into Rebecca's pants...
But I am not a guy Stewie, LOL
With photo "hockey 010", my initial thought that the stick could be replaced with a swing blade. But then I thought, it's hockey anyway...
I like your photos. What is that dude in the grey jacket in the background of photo two doing ? He looks out of place.
A nice photo of Cazzie and the kids as well.
Hi Cazzie,
But if you wore my uniform, it would swim on you. Kind of like the fashions that have come back from the dead of the 1980's. All you would have to do is tie your hair off to one side, and dance around to Madonna music. I think it is a goer.
Hi Stewie,
I agree with Cazzie, last thing I want is her in my pants. I get branded a lesbian enough as it is. After all, assumptions must be right. Tall chick who rides a motorbike, she has to be a lesbian. Just ask the three drunk (husband wife and their never leave home mid 40's daughter) who started abusing me tonight when they saw me.
Hi Cazzie,
Are you sure? After all, didn't you reply to one of those emails for pills that will enlarge your penis? I'm sure if you took enough of them, one could grow from nothing. It's amazing what you can do on the internet these days you know.
Hi Lantern,
If I took photos of how busted up I am after the game, you would see why a blade is not needed.
Hi Mr Huggies,
The "dude" is the umpire, and a crap one at that. Apparently he thought there was no longer such a rule as obstruction, and short corners only apply to his team. Doesn't matter, we still kicked arse that week.
HooRoo
Rebecca
This is awesome. I am really enjoying hearing about your hockey universe, Rebecca, and the pics are cool.
Are all the games on astroturf? I noticed when they put in a new field at my local university, it was astroturf as well, and when anyone missed a ball, it rolled, and rolled, and rolled...
How do you decide who's in goal? Have you had a chance to blast away at the opposition goalie? You might make an awesome striker, or whatever they call it in hockey.
Hi Tom,
Thanks for your kind words.
Yes all the games are played on astroturf here in the Hockey Victoria league. SOme grounds are a wet surface, as used in all olympic grade games. If fact we sometimes play on the actual grounds used during the recent Melbourne Commonwealth Games. The majority of grounds are sand based though, and some of them are crap. I long for the days of playing on grass, but those days are long gone.
Who is in goals is pretty easy to work out. I use to be a goalkeeper in my glory days, but with the number of injuries I have had, I'm better off playing on the field these days. But whenever our goalie can't be at games, as she is in the State team, then I go in the goals. While I don't have the flexability of my youth, it is better than someone who has never done it before. I love playing in the goals, but for me, I am trying to get my fitness back, which is why I am not doing the role full time. But if asked by the club to do it, then I would.
As for playing as a Forward, I do that quite often too. This is my 26th year involved in the game in some way (if you exclude the 4 years of injury time I have had), so for me, I play anywhere. The reason I am playing at full back for the last few weeks, is our regular high full back got injured, after a player, who looks very much like myself ran into her. She should be back this week though.
This year as a forward, I have scored five goals, not a bad effort given it took me seven years to get my first ever goal, and at my previous club, I only got goals in 1987, 1989, and two in 2003. We generally have the younger players on the forward line, so as to have a more experienced defence, but I still get up there a fair bit.
HooRoo
Rebecca
I'm figuring, I'm figuring!!! But I just ran out of fingers and toes, so I'm giving up. Niner's rule!
Rebecca, that is awesome! 26 yrs? Wow. Yeah, I can see why you could play any of the positions, and probably counsel the others (patiently?) from time to time.
I'm thinking with a player on the State team, your team is actually a really good one. And we used to do the same thing on our university soccer team, putting the young tykes onto the attack. They seemed to think they couldn't be hurt, and would fling themselves about in the most amazing fashion.
A question: how long does your season last, and do you do any specific off-season training or practice?
Hi Dr Evil,
Many people tried to get me onto a Basketball Court in my time. SOmething to do with being tall, somehow meant I could play the game. I beg to differ. We need to know your fixture so some cheersquad action can be arranged.
Hi Tom.
My first game was in 1980, when I was 5 years old. I played for the Footscray Under 10 Girls team, I was on the Left Wing, and had no idea what I was doing. I was just happy to get a run on the field, but it really pisse dmy sister off, so much so, she stopped playing the next season.
When I say State Team, it is in the Over 40's comp, but still, good enough for State. She has also been keeper for Australia as well. We put the young ones up front mainly because they can't be trusted to put in the effort required to play the game. Many a time they have let a ball go past them, instead of moving two yards towards it.
A season lasts for 18 rounds, with three weeks of finals. Preseason training starts about 10 weeks before the season starts, but I only joined the club two weeks before the first game. As for off season training, I usually play cricket, and the occasional Summer Hockey game. My problem with the Summer games is the heat, so I tend to only play in the night fixtures if I do. Mind you, this is my first season back at sport since 2003, so I am trying to get the body moving again. Curse injuries.
HooRoo
Rebecca
Sounds like you're having a great time getting back into it; good for you.
Is your cricket playing on the competitive side as well, or just sort of pickup games (if there is such a thing)?
Dang, a 5yr old on the field with that ball whizzing around...
Hi Tom,
This is beginning to sound to me like you want to go play the game yourself. :-)
The time spent out of the game was pure hell. I had a falling out with my (then) club half way through the 2003 season, then for medical and work related reasons I had to sit out 2004 and 2005. Going to a different club this season was a little strange, I had wanted to go back to my old club, but that would not happen. In fact, I still will not play games which are played at their home ground. I told my club the reasons why, a they support me 100% in my decision. I am really liking this club.
As for my cricket, it is competitive. My problem now is trying to find a club that only plays one day fixtures, because I work on weekends, so I couldn't commit to a full game. My cricket stats are more impressive than my hockey stats, but they can wait until the photos of me in my Cricket Whites.
Waaaaayyyyy back when I was five, the game was very different. We had a Bully to start games (Hockey One, Hockey Two....), there was an off side rule, the game was played on grass, and back then the ball was a white version of a cricket ball. The funny thing is, for years after hockey balls became plastic, they still printed a seam on the balls. Oh the memories..., but I wont go on anymore.
HooRoo
Rebecca
The ball seems to have no seam yet they seem to have printed a seam on it..oh wow...that seems sooooo seemly :)
Feel free to go on as you work on your memoirs. I have a feeling that there's a lot of good stuff there, waiting to be mined.
The idea of me playing field hockey is just this side of hilarious. It would be like curling, I have to say. Give me a broom and I can move the world.
Can't wait to see cricket photos! Where do you play on the field? I would think a bowler (that's what they're called right?) would take one look at you and hand the ball to someone else to pitch.
You know, the cheap rubber versions of the American baseball also had seams printed on them. But in that case it was important, because you can't put any decent curve on the ball without them. I'm thinking you could hit some truly wicked, twisting shots if your ball had a seam on it.
Does a keeper wear some kind of face mask at least? Do your league results get printed in the paper, etc? Oh, wait, I've hit my question quota for one post, time to rest.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention; when I was in college (yes, they had universities even that far back), I had some friends on the women's field hockey team so I got to watch a few matches. I was pretty amazed. How the heck did the get that little stick to meet up with a ball moving that fast, as well as running, turning, and keeping an eye on a bunch of other stuff?
Hi Cazzie,
You seemed to have lost it. :-P
Hi Tom,
Bloody hell, here we go again.....
There are some good memories there, but unfortunately too many bad ones in the way. I wish I could talk about my past, but it is just too painful to do in the most part.
Watching people who have no idea how to play hockey is fun. Good thing is I get to see it in the lower grades most weeks. In a few weeks time, I get to play in those said grades, I'm going to have a ball.
In cricket I am a bowler, a fast medium pace seamer. I also wicketkeep as needed in cricket too. Fielding, I general end up in the outfield, because I can throw a cricket ball about 70 yards.
As for my batting, that is left best unsaid.
I have thrown a Baseball a few times, got clocked at about 70Mph when I was about. I know how to throw a knuckle ball, and that is about it.
Whenyou see the photos of me as a keeper, I will also do one topless so everyone can see what I have to wear.
Results are online if you are interested Tom. Drop an email into Mitch, and I will send you the address.
Ball control is hard to learn, but is possible. You can feel the ball through the stick quite well, so you know where it is.
HooRoo
Rebecca
"Ball control is hard to learn, but is possible. You can feel the ball through the stick quite well, so you know where it is."
Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!
Ball control is easy to learn, I can teach you ball control in one eight-hour session!
Um, you are talking about sex, not hockey, right?
Only 376 posts to go to match the "The Boob-a-riffic Files" post... :-)
Form is a good concept, Dr E, but highly overrated in Certain Cases.
Rebecca, thanks much for all the info, and don't write stuff that is painful! I'm not meaning to push in that direction, but I just have a zillion questions as usual.
A seamer... does that refer to how you hold the ball when bowling? And what does "fast medium" mean? I would think you would be either fast or medium, but not both.
The knuckle ball is a wonderful pitch; it was my (tiny) claim to fame way back when. I had some special physical assets which made it easy to throw, too, but I won't go into them because they are too gross. :)
Hi Mark,
Sorry to have gotten your hopes up, but this is about hockey and nothing else.
Hi Lantern,
Don't worry, this posting win not be getting anywhere near that number of replies.
Hi Tom,
No problems with the questions, as I said, there are some good memories in there too, so your questions help me to find those bits. On the rollercoaster of life, I am in one of the dips at the moment, things will improve I know, I just with it would hurry up, because this is a bloody big dip.
OK, now to explain cricket terms.
You have your basic Slow, Medium, and Fast paced bowlers. But that is also broken up into sub stages, giving you; Slow, Slow Medium, Medium, Fast Medium, Slow Fast, Medium Fast, Fast, and Express Pace bowlers.
Generally, if you bowl at 80km/h or less, you are a slow bowler, medium is 100km/h, fast is 140km/h and Express is above 150km/h. Most of my bowls go through at about 115-120km/h, making me a Fast Medium Bowler. It is about a standard pace for most bowlers who are pace bowlers.
Being a seam bowler, it means that then I bowl, the ball will go straight, until it bounces, but then can move "off the seam" either towards or away from the batsman. What it means is I hit the edge of the bat a fair bit, making the ball hard to play, and presenting catches for our team. You sort of have to see it in action to understand it, maybe I should find some diagrams somehwere.
As for Knuckle Balls, I haven't thrown a Baseball in years, maybe I should try and find one, the footage would be good for a laugh.
HooRoo
Rebecca
Diagrams would be good! I'm thinking when you bat, if you really catch one nicely, given your hockey power, it might travel a good distance, right? If you do that, and it goes over a fence or something, do you have to run back and forth, or do you get to just stand there and say "I scored a bunch of points just now, shall be break for tea?"
Uh... lessee... 120kph... (figuring madly) that's like 70mph! Not bad for not being allowed to bend your arm. Every time I see it, I cringe. It looks like it should hurt, somewhere.
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