Puckracer31
10-19-2005, 02:12 PM
I just joined this board. I'm a 32 yr old female goalie who plays both ice and inline. Mostly rec leagues but on travel teams and in tournaments when possible. I have played in various levels and both on men's and women's teams.
Although I'm comfortable playing with both the guys and the gals, I play better in the higher levels. Unfortunately, in my area I haven't found any women's inline leagues. And our women's ice leagues are not usually seperated into skill levels, just "women".
Although I play in women's leagues because I have ties and friendships there, I prefer to play with the guys. I know several others that feel the same, but many who won't play against the men because some of them can get pretty chippy when a girl outplays them.
Anyhow, I've noticed after playing in mainly women's leagues (C/D level play) for the last couple of seasons that my performance has gotten worse. I'm now on a men's "D" level league and although doing well, I was playing B level travel ice and A/B level inline not so long ago and I'm working on getting back to that.
Just wondering if any of you have similar experiences...
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Although I'm comfortable playing with both the guys and the gals, I play better in the higher levels. Unfortunately, in my area I haven't found any women's inline leagues. And our women's ice leagues are not usually seperated into skill levels, just "women".
Although I play in women's leagues because I have ties and friendships there, I prefer to play with the guys. I know several others that feel the same, but many who won't play against the men because some of them can get pretty chippy when a girl outplays them.
Anyhow, I've noticed after playing in mainly women's leagues (C/D level play) for the last couple of seasons that my performance has gotten worse. I'm now on a men's "D" level league and although doing well, I was playing B level travel ice and A/B level inline not so long ago and I'm working on getting back to that.
Just wondering if any of you have similar experiences...
Puckracer #31
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