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. In many of the sports I played in the past such as football, baseball, and basketball you had to run, but in hockey if I want to get anywhere I have to use more leg power than running or walking. My legs developed by working out as well as skating and led me to become a faster skater. It has let me be a more explosive skater from a still position to getting to where I need to be. .
My cardiovascular abilities have advanced my lungs and I am not as tired or gasping for breath as much as I used to. Expanding my lungs gives my blood more oxygen and I can take longer, deeper breathes. Skating longer is an important key in hockey that you must have to be a good player. You have to stay out on the ice long enough to make something happen and if I couldn't there would be no point going out there. My first year of hockey I was tired in the middle of the second period. Now I can go to almost the end of the game without dieing. .
Starting hockey has bettered my life in more than physically. I think if I wasn't playing hockey I would be out doing thing that weren't good for my body. Most kids that aren't in sports are usually out drinking, smoking, or doing drugs. I would be one of those kids if I wasn't playing hockey. If I drank every weekend it would put me at risk to a lot of things that I don't want it to such as killing my liver and brain cells. Smoking would make me not able to do any activity as well as I could if I did. I have met a new group of people that have helped me stay away from drugs and peer pressure. We also do activitys that are not harmful to our bodies such as working out and running. If there is open ice we go most of the time to stay out of trouble. Having played hockey now gives me a reason to stay in shape even after high school and has given more opportunities and opened more doors for me when I graduate.
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. ...