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Originally Posted by CrispyGriz
I would recommend the cheaper version and hit as many games of shinny as possible, The better the competition the quicker he will improve, its how i learned to play so i can speak to the effectiveness.
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Thatis what I did. I hadn't played ice hockey in 17 years. The only type of hockey I had played was ball hockey and it had been 5 years since I played that too.
A group of friends played some pickup hockey every week so I got some skates, helmet, gloves and and a stick and I went out to play. We played once per week and I slowly got into the swing of things. The first year I would've been lucky to get 10 goals in 20+ games, which is rather pathetic because now I average 3 goals per game and I'm far from the most productive scorer (its shinny, we don't play defense).
If your friend can do it once per week he'll slowly improve with time. If he isn't confident on his skates then he may want to also add an outing at a public skate every week or two on top of playing hockey. Skill and confidence in your skating goes a long way in your game.
edit: I guess I should've read through the entire thread to realize I was responding to an old old post.