This creates a more ridged playing style where some players don't go all over the field. ... This far more open playing style makes hockey a more fluid and fast game. ... My next point is that in both hockey and lacrosse goalies are babied. ... In lacrosse the goalie has the opportunity to join the rush up field and try to create an oddman situation much like a power play. ... Hockey goalies wear considerably more equipment than their lacrosse counterparts. ...

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But then in 1880, the All Women's Hockey Association was born ("Field Hockey" World). ... In 1887, the very first women's hockey club was established in East Mosley and not too much later the All England Women's Hockey Association was formed in 1889 ("Field Hockey" US Field). ... Applebee of the British College of Physical Education promoted the sport of field hockey in the US in the early 1900's ("Field Hockey" US Field) The United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA) for women was established in 1922 the game was featured again in Amsterdam's program in1928. ... ...

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I can relate this to my personal experiences with ice hockey. ... I worked hard every practice (like in hockey), and I started to improve all my skills. ... My whole team ran onto the field and picked me up at home plate, I was so proud. ...

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The entrance to the field from the bench area was just like that of a hockey rink in that it was a low-wall with a small door leading onto the field. ... The substitutions are made just as they are seen in a hockey game. ... There was one referee on the field as we lined up to start the game. ... The game was extremely fast-paced, just as a hockey game is, with the ball legally played off the walls that were about ten feet tall with a plexi-glass section where the spectators sit. ... The team walked off the field, not really talking about the win, but more about what our plans were for th...

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Lacrosse Speech There are professional hockey players, professional football players, and professional soccer players. ... Lacrosse is a mixture of three sports hockey, football, and soccer. ... Each group of players must stay on their section of the field. ... Much like hockey, lacrosse starts with a face off at the center of the field. Field players are only allowed to touch the ball with their crosses. ...

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Hockey is just about the worst sport I have ever speculated. ... If they see their parents acting in a hostile and violent way, and encouraging them to act the same on the field, they will inevitably act in the same manner, creating a vicious circle. ... Hockey ruins lives for kids in Canada. Canadian hockey fans are among the most bizarre, giving the hockey players their blind faith. Hockey followers promote selfish players, violence and encourage innocent victims to take part in the violence of hockey. ...

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In what was one of the most influential and important concepts ever published in the broader psychological field, Leon Festinger's creation of cognitive dissonance completely changed the way psychologists understood decision-making and behavior. ... As most hockey players know, the team you play for and the individuals that make it up is the most important aspect of the sport that I had come to love. ... The cognition's of my love for hockey, and the importance of joining successful and close teams were not only related, but perfectly consistent with who I was as a person, and my beh...

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This is no surprise, seeing how player salaries have skyrocketed over the past few decades in the major sports such as basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. ... Just a few years ago, two adults got into a fight at their sons" little league hockey game and one ended up dead. ... Many reports can be seen on the news of parents running onto the field and attacking the referee, or umpire. ...

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Football and hockey are two sports, which there is a lot of hitting, and there is the problem of telling who is an aggressive athlete or who is an assertive athlete. ... The players that have good morals are the ones that you see involved in a large collision, but gets up off of the playing field and helps the other player up, and did not wish any harm to them or their teammates. ... Males compete in more contact sports than females do, but you never see females taking their field hockey sticks and hitting another athlete in the head with it like you would see at a male hockey outing. ...

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When I was fourteen, I injured my back playing competitive hockey. ... I played everything from volleyball to hockey and even some contact games, for example, rugby and football. ... I am looking for a development position in the chiropractic field where I can practice on the general public but also witness the intricate techniques performed on top-level athletes. ... My practice would employ the best in their fields and I would ensure that I would have the latest technological advances for every field to ensure that only the best was given to all patients. ... In parallel with classes in bioc...

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"What it takes to be a regular guy" In our modern day culture there are many characteristics that a man is expected to possess to be considered masculine. I am sure there are many different views by different men on which traits one must hold to be considered a regular guy. This paper will give ma...

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An example of this is when men participate on field hockey teams dominated by women, creating positive and negative results to the game and also socially. ... Those who oppose men participating in field hockey claim that their presence on the field will change the nature of the "women's" game. ... An additional argument in opposition to men participating in field hockey, as well as other female dominated sports is associated with equality. ... Although, this point is also important in the argument for those who see the participation of men in field hockey as a positive aspect to the gam...

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(Kupelian,1997) Whether it's a hockey player intentionally slashing an opponent across the face with a hockey stick or a boxer biting an opponent's ear, the newspaper headlines are dominated by stories of athletes and their violent actions. Of course, contact sports such as football, hockey, and especially boxing require the use of aggressive bodily force against opponents and are violent by their very natures, but where do we draw the line? ... Recently, athletes have faced criminal charges for their violent acts on the field of play. One example is hockey player Marty McSor...

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Seeing the Mayor in the front row, considering all that he had done during and after the attacks, also provided some emotion and pride for the players on the field. ... Than came the 1980 Olympics and the United States men's hockey team. ... What the hockey team and sports showed was to never give up and that if you want it bad enough, anything is possible. That hockey game gave all Americans a boost in their spirits and hope for the future. ...

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My grandfather never attended sporting events in person, except for some soccer games played by amateurs in open dirt fields and barefoot. ... My dad use to attend hockey games in person, he also would follow hockey through the newspaper, radio, and TV. ... "I like the way soccer does it, with banners around the field, a little logo on the corner of the screen and no interruption during the game." ... I have attended sporting events such as, soccer, basketball, baseball, hockey, football, and Formula One Racing. ...

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It is somewhat of a combination of basketball, soccer, and hockey. ... It is a game that is full of long field sprints with precision passing and dodging. ... Box lacrosse is different from field lacrosse in that the field is much smaller, usually a hockey rink covered with Astroturf, and there are six players on a team. The Canadians developed this variation of lacrosse and played it more than traditional field lacrosse so that they could make use of unused hockey rinks in the summer. ... The league's violent play has subsided since its first year, but it is still far more violent than ...

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Second, Americans love violence, and soccer doesn't deliver on that subject the way that American football and hockey do. ... Finally, the field in soccer is enormous. Considerably larger than the American football field, the soccer field could contain at least a dozen basketball courts. Americans like their action condensed, in a small field of vision. In soccer, there is an emphasis on spreading out, not infringing upon the area of the field occupied by a team-mate. ...

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Other notable features of Edmonton and its surrounding area are the Space and Science Centre; the Skyreach Centre, where the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL) play; Commonwealth Stadium, which attracts international sporting events and is the home field for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). ...

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Each case involved a professional athlete seeking damages against another for actions committed away from the field of play, causing significant physical harm. ... Furthermore, most tort acts committed on the field of play are not intentional "as seen in the Hackbart case. ... How many times do you see a player go down in football, or skate of the ice seemingly dazed in hockey? ... On February 21, 2000, the National Hockey Leagues' Vancouver Canucks held a 5-2 lead over the Boston Bruins with only 2.7 seconds left in the game. ... A professional league in fact has significant, if not...

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For example, Cole Haan line of luxury footwear and Bauer hockey utilize cost savings from capabilities and competencies that were developed in one of its businesses, Nike, and used in the others. ... Nike goes into different markets and acquires struggling companies in those fields, and automatically the product that company produces is better. ... Bauer has been a major player in the hockey equipment industry, an industry with big competition, and high price of equipment. ... This has proven to be a great decision by Nike because Bauer has such a good reputation for manufacturing quality ho...

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The study helps prove Patron's (1990) belief on coping model, "That structured personal interviews and deductive content analysis form an effective approach to identifying a process or series of thoughts and actions that occur in field settings." ... So a study should be done on individual sports teams (football, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, baseball, tennis, track and field, etc). ...

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You would think life for be a walk in the park for someone that was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. I wish I could tell you that is my case. I have been blessed with wealth that my father worked very hard to come by. The only problem is that money can't buy everything you need to survive. I...

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When the American people think of women in sports, they think of ice skating, field hockey and diving. ... Right now in some part of America, there is a women who aspires to play hockey for the New York Rangers, but what she does not realize is that the media will not give a positive backing to her effort. ... One of the most surprising rises in women's sports has seen in the field of softball. ... We see that players are no longer on the playing field for the feeling of victory, but are out there for the seven figure pay check that they receive for dedicating half of the year to their sp...

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It is Heinz Field in downtown Pittsburgh-- better known as "Blitzburgh" to football diehards-- Heinz Field, in the midst of a gameplay moment of wringing suspense: to the team's rabid fans, a moment of epic proportions. ... The institution of professional sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Steelers" football, Pirates" baseball and Penguins" hockey, has added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of role models for young, aspiring athle...

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His dedication and commitment to excellence are a tremendous example to all those around him, both in the classroom and on the field. ... His skill and determination are evidenced in the classroom, on the football field, on the basketball court, on the baseball diamond and on the hockey floor! ...

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