Day 90: Checks and Balances

Since hockey is in full swing and it's Camden's new complete obsession, we've been looking for little tools and whatnot for him to practice at home. He's already got his "ice" (plywood with furniture polish), but the gods of Amazon and Pinterest showed me this super awesome balance board you can buy to work on your little wingers' core strength, ankle strength, and well, balance. 

The price tag is a hefty $129. 

But..what if you could make it? It's really nothing more than a strong piece of ply board sitting on top of a PVC pipe. How hard could that be?

So I sent my weekend warrior (aka husband) to Lowes to snag some grip tape and a PVC pipe, and we used some shelving wood that was already in our garage that he sanded down real nice, and put some "plugs" on the bottom so that the pipe would stop once it slid to a certain edge. 

And voila! A balance board!

Camden loves this thing. He wears his helmet, elbow guards and breezers (a fancy word for hockey pants, I've learned), because safety first, and tries to balance while properly holding his stick. Once he gets the balance down in a few weeks, we will introduce a street puck or a weighted hockey ball so he can stick handle (a fancy term for "dribbling" the puck) while balancing. 

I might even toss Calen on that thing for baseball catcher training. I mean why not?

Another homemade win for hockey training in our house. 

crash and burn, baby

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