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While Kingberg is much smaller than the average defenseman, she makes up for her size with her speed--"I can force players to the outside if I can't make the tackle."--and her ability to fake. Also, Kingsberg has grown more aggressive over the past two years and has improved her kick so that now she feels confident at fullback...
...hardest part of changing from an offensive to a defensive position was mental not physical. Kingsberg says, "Last year I always felt nostalgic when the forward would score and I had to run 100 yards to pat their backs...
...Kingsberg also had difficulty adapting to the fullback's preventive role. "A forward gets to do something positive by scoring but a fullback can only do something wrong. It's more of a failure to let a goal go through than to miss a shot," she says...
Scalise credits Kingsberg's successful transition to fullback to her "good spirits--she doesn't get frustrated when things go wrong but keeps going at it until she improves her game...
...Still, Kingsberg's devotion to her defensive position wanes on Wednesdays when the team scrimmages and she insists on playing forward...