Okay People,
I'm back at it! This is our next installment in the the feature series
of "How your equipment can make you
lose"
Can
we talk? Let's talk about gloves. You know, those giant finger things
at the end
of your
hands. Do you know why they make the fingers
so large? The common misconception is that they are so enormous to
protect your hands from the retaliatory slash that you've got coming,
but in fact there is another purpose. They are that big to soak up
the STANK that accumulates in those moist and dark places.
Rule of
thumb: If your fingers still smell like "glove" a day after
the game then ITS TIME TO WASH THAT S*IT OUT. A little soap down into
the fingers, a good dose of hot water, repeat three or four times,
let air dry and they're good as new. It's also good to put your hand
into them when they're soapy just to make sure it gets into the deepest
crevices of darkness.
Why is this important?
Haven't you ever had your glove come off during play? It's the built
up slime that reduces the
frictional co-efficient
between your fingers and the leather. And then what happens? You
get a slash across the bare hand and that hurts like a Muther. Not
fun.
Very painful too. And just as you're getting your game winning wrist
shot lined up too! Where's the luv? Not in your gloves.
Now a couple of points on gloves...do NOT remove them on the ice during
play for any reason (like someone checks you behind the net and you
think that by throwing your gloves at him that somehow will even up
things??? - You know who you are). Also, when purchasing gloves be
sure that they ride up high enough to cover your forearms. You know,
that vulnerable place between your wrist and your elbow pads. And don't
by some screwed up color like teal. It will only get you mocked. Black,
blue, red and white are acceptable colors. Anything else and it's just
wrong...WRONG.
So hey, let's be careful out there!
That's all for now.
Andy
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