“Club has really helped me grow as a player since I started at such a young age,” Hamilton says. “It made me a competitive player in the right way.” Playing club hockey is a yearround sport for Hamilton and she’s playing either in tournaments or games in the fall, winter, and spring on the weekends. “She always wants to get there early and she’s one of the last ones to leave,” says Hamilton’s mother Sam. “It’s something she’s always really enjoyed doing. She’s gotten so much training and a lot of great experience.” When Hamilton isn’t playing club hockey or for her high school team, she’s practicing on the 15 by 15-foot turf in the backyard of her Odenton house. “I set up cones and go around them to improve my stick skills,” Hamilton says. “I also shoot about 100 times at the goal often and it helps me get my shot off faster.”
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