My Philosophy "You can only appreciate things that are fun after you work hard to achieve them." Fortune Cookie, 2000 My philosophy of life is that if you work hard enough, you will achieve the things you want. In other words, "Practice makes perfect." The feeling that you get from having fun is great, but it is important to work hard to achieve this "fun" thing. The feeling of having fun is irrelevant if hard work was not involved in achieving it. An example to illustrate this point is when someone begins a new sport. At first, you will be bad at the sport and will have a great deal of difficulty, but with hard work and a great deal of practice, improvement will become possible. I can relate this to my personal experiences with ice hockey. I had never played before this past October and had only skated four times in my life. From October until the season ended in March, I practiced every Monday and Wednesday. I felt that I was working very hard at getting better and by March, I could actually perform adequately and no longer embarrassed myself every time I go on the ice. I felt very good about my achievement in this sport. Another example of feeling a sense of satisfaction from hard work happened from my last biology exam. I studied more than I had ever studied for a biology test before. Many hours of review were put into this particular unit of study. I studied both at home and in support class. The final product of all this effort was a 99 percent on my test. Never before did I do this well on any test. The feeling I had when Mrs. Wysocki handed me back my test was fantastic. I felt a true sense of achievement because of all the time and effort I put into studying. My third and final example of feeling a sense of satisfaction from hard work happened last year in baseball. I wasn't the fastest kid on the team, or the longest hitter, and I didn't have an exceptionally strong throwing arm, but I had a lot of heart and luck.
Women's ice hockey originated in Canada by the Sexton sisters. ... For instance, women's ice hockey is played without checking. ... 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. ...
Hockey Starting hockey at the beginning of sophomore year has helped my body in many ways. ... 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. ... Starting hockey has bettered my life in more than physically. ... I would be one of those kids if I wasn't playing hockey. ... If there is open ice we go most of the time to stay out of trouble. ...
We've all seen NHL Ice hockey players drop their gloves and start swinging at each other. Fighting in Ice hockey has been an ongoing tradition and is an unwritten rule for many decades. Ice hockey has always been seen along the lines of being "barbaric," "boxing on ice," and "long on blood, short on teeth." ... Without the fights in ice hockey, whether it is staged fights or not, fans would not enjoy hockey in the same way. ... If fighting in ice hockey does more good than damage, then why is there so many people arguing, fighting in hockey should be banned? ...
Hockey is a game of tradition that has great meaning in people's lives. ... Camaraderie and friendship has sprouted in my life through hockey. ... As players get older, we are able to associate off the ice more and build better relationships. High school hockey brings friends together. ... A hockey team is more than a group of players meeting a few times a week. ...
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. ...
Every time a player steps on the ice, he is constantly being pounded into the boards, shoulder first. ... Knee injuries usually occur in the open ice area when a player is cutting hard and is kneed or tripped by an opposing player. ... These three zones all exist in the centre of the ice, telling people that players are receiving most of their injuries in the neutral ice area. ... All of these zones occur right in the middle of the ice. ... Centres sustained 17% because they mostly stay in the neutral parts of the ice and are not involved in most of the physical activity in...
This makes the puck more likely to fall flat on the ice. This is really important because passes are one of the most important things in hockey, and if they connect flat on the ice to someone's stick it is easier for that player to make the next play or shoot the puck. ... The player will swing their stick, striking the ice about 3 to 5 inches behind the puck. ... If the stick connected with the puck before it hit the ice it would be a slower shot. ... The force required to move the puck on the ice is very little due to the coefficient of friction being low between the puck and the ice. ...
The History and Advancements of Ice Skates Comfort, speed, looks, brand and style, what do you look for in a pair of skates? Ice skates have advanced so incredibly much over these thousands and thousands of years. What did people use skates for so long ago when hockey wasn't even invented yet? ... The ice hockey skate boot if somewhat low but tough, a reinforced toecap and a vertical leather section at the back to protect the Achilles tendon. ... About 75% of hockey players stay with the brand of hockey skates that they started off with at the beginning of their hockey career. ...
During the winter when the lakes and ponds became frozen, many of the athletes playing field hockey took the game to the ice. The ice game known as kolven was popular in Holland in the seventeenth century and the game became really popular in England. ... During the 1870's students from Montreal's Mcgill University began playing ice hockey against each other. This led to the first ice hockey league in Kingston, Ontario, in 1885 and consisted of four teams. ... Today hockey is being played all over the world either on the field, ice and even on the streets. ...
