Duchess of Cambridge plays hockey with the GB hockey teams at London's Riverside Arena in the Olympic Park
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The Duchess of Cambridge showed off something new Thursday during a surprise visit to London's Olympic Park – hockey skills.Kate, 30, who played hockey in school and even served as her high school's team captain, joined in the game with players from Team GB, as part of her role as ambassador to the British squads.
Confessing to pre-game jitters, she said, "This is going to be so embarrassing. My brain thinks I can do all these wonderful things but my body just doesn't play ball."
Donning coral pink jeans and grey GB sweatshirt and Adidas sneakers, Kate finally scored a goal after three or four attempts.
"Wow, that was no pressure then," Kate said – somewhat sarcastically. "I was determined to keep on going until I scored."
The last time she was seen in public with a hockey stick in hand was during last summer's tour of Canada, and back then she didn't dare shoot a puck. That she left to husband William.
Later Thursday, the Duchess is set to join her father-in-law, Prince Charles, and his wife Camilla at a south London art gallery on behalf of Charles's charitable Foundation for Children and the Arts.