Many people play sports to have fun, but can every sport out there be considered fun to .
everyone? There are some who like football and hockey but can not stand baseball or basketball. .
There are also people who think quit the opposite. To separate different peoples interest, ask .
yourself the question, What would be the perfect sport? The perfect sport can include: .
excitement, action, physical fitness, talent, competitiveness, and enjoyment. There is only one .
sport that comes to mind when combining all these outstanding qualities. Hockey!!.
Hockey is a very popular sport that is now played all around the world. Many sports .
concentrate only on Americans and how great they are. That is not the case in hockey. There is .
scouting done all around the world from the United States, South America, Europe, Canada, all .
the way to Asia. However hockey is most popular in the United States, Europe, and Canada .
(Where hockey began). People want to see talent all around the world. In fact most of the talent .
played in the N.H.L (National Hockey League) are non-americans. Hockey's greatest, Wayne .
Gretzsky, was a Canadian native. Sergei Fedorov, Paval Datsyuk, and Paval Bure are Russian .
natives. Then you have Jeri Fisher, and Dominik Hasek from the Detroit Red Wings who are .
natives of the Chech Republic. Every Year the N.H.L competes in the Olympics, so that we as .
fans could see talent all around the world. This is a huge aspect of the game of hockey that you .
really do not see in most team sports.
The demands of the game of hockey, along with a 82 game schedule really put a lot of .
pressure on the individual both physically and mentally. Even though players are on the ice for .
an average of a minute at a time, the workout is the most intense in professional sports. In order .
to be a good hockey player you must stay in shape. During a game of hockey imagine holding .
your breath a full minute and times that by 10. That is why you can only go out there for a .
Hockey Starting hockey at the beginning of sophomore year has helped my body in many ways. All my life I have played sports but I believe that hockey has bettered my body the most. ... My first year of hockey I was tired in the middle of the second period. ... Starting hockey has bettered my life in more than physically. ... I would be one of those kids if I wasn't playing hockey. ...
Life consists of friendship, learning, and achievement, and hockey has been one path I have taken. Hockey is a game of tradition that has great meaning in people's lives. ... Camaraderie and friendship has sprouted in my life through hockey. ... High school hockey brings friends together. ... A hockey team is more than a group of players meeting a few times a week. ...
Introduction Violence in hockey has been around for a very long time. ... For example a player slashes another player in hockey. ... Is Hockey a Cure For Violence? ... It is seen that hockey is taught to many younger children. ... Is Hockey a Cause For Violence? ...
For people who do not have much hockey knowledge, the stereotype is generally that hockey players are nothing but "goons" who enjoy bloody fights while promoting violence. ... Without the fights in ice hockey, whether it is staged fights or not, fans would not enjoy hockey in the same way. ... This will result in the entertainment value of hockey to go downhill. If fighting in ice hockey does more good than damage, then why is there so many people arguing, fighting in hockey should be banned? ... This has been a key factor to why people are very against hockey fights but to one's surpri...
FLOOR HOCKEY HISTORY Floor Hockey originally started as a different ice hockey, which could be played on streets. ... As floor hockey developed, rules were kept simple to encourage maximum activity, continuous play, and safety. ... Playing Area - A standard basketball court is usually used for floor hockey. ... Equipment - Hockey sticks, goalkeeper's sticks, a lightweight plastic disc called the puck, and a low bounce hockey ball, are used. ... Teams - A regulation team consists of six players, just like ice hockey. ...
There are two things that Canadians love: hockey and beer. ... Bud Light commercials are marketed around the "Hockey Falls in Canada" featuring two big hockey personalities, Barry Melrose and Bill Clement. ... He is by the far the greatest ambassador hockey will ever have. He is the Michael Jordan of hockey. ... With this kind of performance, he really lifted the importance of hockey in Canada and became an international hockey icon. ...
Although both women's and men's ice hockey follow the bylaws of USA Hockey, there are several differences in the rules of each game. ... USA Hockey has recently set up a system to make the youth hockey age divisions the same for both boys and girls. ... There are 49 registered NCAA Division 1 Men's ice hockey teams compared to only 30 registered NCAA Division 1 Women's ice hockey teams. ... Males and females both love the game of ice hockey. ... Women's ice hockey is played with more poise and finesse. ...
At the beginning of the season I had never played hockey before. My hockey skills improved greatly during the time we spent in season. ... I think some of the players were wary of the whole idea of playing hockey, particularly having a set team. At the end of the season all the people on my team were very enthusiastic about playing hockey, and I think everyone put their best effort into the game. ...
In contrast slashing is a serious infraction in hockey and cause cuts and fractured bones. ... In hockey each team has five skaters and a goalie which is very different than lacrosse. ... 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. ... Hockey goalies wear considerably more equipment than their lacrosse counterparts. ...