u/ThePony23

I bought new skates about a week ago. I prefer a performance fit. The manager at Pure Hockey did a wonderful job fitting me. Skates were baked and fit wonderfully for length, width, and volume, with the skates wrapping perfectly around my foot. Skated in these last weekend and it was fine. Then I noticed within the last couple days when I was trying these on at home to further break the skates in, the volume on the top of my feet seems bigger, especially near my ankles. My period is due so not sure if my feet swell? Shouldn't the foams be packing out as I wear these so that the skates get looser? Anyone else experience this with their gear?

I play in a weekly private pickup that is a mixed level ranging from people who've played their whole lives to people starting out, 20 skaters max. It's a 1:1 in for out. Lately the mix has been about 75% newbies.

The newbies tend to stay out way too long (3 to 5+ minute shifts) because they're not skating fast enough to be tired, plus it seems they have the mentality of staying out there until they touch the puck. The person running the pickup makes announcements to keep the shifts short. Not sure if it's a lack of self awareness how long they're out there, but the long shifts continue. Some of these people have been told nicely multiple times on the bench. Then people get frustrated on the bench from sitting too long, and yell at individual players to come off. Advice?

I'm a woman who started playing in the late 90s using 80 or 100 flex sticks when Easton aluminum was still a thing, and composites were just starting to come out (remember Innovativ sticks?). I'm a 5'2" forward and have been playing with 65 flex intermediate sticks since. I have to cut sticks down several inches. Tried a Bauer junior stick with a 50 Flex that I had to cut down only a little bit, and I hated the " noodly" feeling when stickhandling. To best explain it, it felt like my hands were faster than the stick.

2 questions: 1) What flex should I look at if I don't want the noodly feeling, but want more power from a shot? 2) If I'm cutting an intermediate 65 down, what is the flex I'm playing with? My sticks get cut down at least 4 inches. As I've gotten older I'm not as strong.

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My big toe (Morton's toe) is much shorter than the rest of my toes. This has always been an issue in footwear for sports. I used Powerfoot toe inserts on my previous skates to stabilize that toe from moving forward. I just bought Flylites and fitted it for a performance fit, but because of the big toe it's not quite a perfect ankle lock, and the toe box is too small for Powerfoot inserts.

Are there any footbed inserts that will grip to keep my feet in place so it doesn't move around as much?

I'm a childfree adult and constantly see these kids being yelled at by parents. At a recent stick & puck the kid seemed scared of his dad. His dad wasn't even out there with him and was yelling from a side door. Feel bad for the kids with parents like this.

EDIT: A coworker whose son plays AA said parents don't treat the other parents well either. Lots of cliques, cattiness, and shit talking about kids other than their own.