Australia's Hockeyroos the best According to American journalist, Sam Walker, the Australian Hockeyroos are one of the greatest women's hockey teams between 1993 and 2000. They won 7 straight titles, which included the 1996 and 2000 Olympic titles, under the captaincy of Rechelle Hawkes. No other field hockey side has enjoyed such a long period of success. The team was re known for blistering pace and innovative tactics.…
You think hockey headshots aren’t bad? Tell that to the family of Russian forward Dmitri Uchaykin who died after receiving a hit to the head during a KVL game. My stance is clear, stop headshots in hockey.…
A healthy heart is essential for a hockey slap shot. Hockey is mostly thought of as an anaerobic sport/exercise as players play in shifts that can range from 1-2 minutes. For that short amount of time they will exhaust a significant amount of energy that could sustain someone for a much longer duration. Performing a slap shot is an explosive movement. The slap shot can be categorized into 3 stages of movement - Preparation, Windup, and Follow Through/Impact. Consequently the intense nature of the movement causes an increase in your heart rate particularly at the follow through/ impact which is when the player actually will attempt to take the shot .…
Although ice hockey was originated in the early 1800’s, the first Zamboni did not hit the ice until 1949. For well over a century, the sheet of ice was resurfaced by tediously shoveling off the snow and pouring water back over the ice. The technique left the ice in a miserable, almost unskatable state by today’s standards. Not only was it a poor surface to skate on, resurfacing a sheet of ice took nearly over an hour and a half to complete. Frank Zamboni’s invention of the Zamboni not only brought convenience to the rink, it revolutionized the speed of the game.…
Answer the level question that is on the space. If you answer correctly you stay on that space. If you answer wrong then you move back 1 space for easy, 2 for medium, and 3 for hard.…
“We believe that in lacrosse and hockey, our two National Games, we have the best moral, physical and mental developer of any games known as to the athletics world.”…
Michael Jordan, a basketball superstar, once said: “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” We all are destined for something great. There are people destined to be an Olympian. There are people who are destined to win an Oscar or to star in blockbuster movies. But there are people whose steps lead to the making of basketball legends.…
surgery on her ACL and meniscus. Her injury required surgery a few months later. This…
Lacrosse is a North American game, Native Americans called it stick ball. It started in North America and is expanding. The Native Americans specifically the Caughnawaga and the Iroquois used Lacrosse for training exercise and religious ceremonies. They showed Europeans how to play the game and the England, Scottish and other Europeans fell in love with the game. Today it's played nationally and internationally.…
ESPN states that Todd Fedoruk was taken off the ice on a stretcher after a fight with Colton Orr during a game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers. The fight, which took place just 21 seconds into the game, ended when Orr “landed a hard, overhand right.” on Fedoruk who immediately fell backward, unconscious. Philadelphia’s team doctors immediately ran onto the ice to help Fedoruk who earlier this season missed eighteen games after “major facial surgery” from another fight (Philadelphia). Injuries like this have made many people take a deeper look into fighting. Players are getting bigger and stronger, which has resulted in an increase in the number of injuries during the 2007 NHL season. Fighting is also giving hockey a bad image to some, which is turning away potential sponsors and fans. However, fighting in hockey has tolerated since day one. It is also an aspect to the game that draws many people to the game and can also be used as a strategical move to shift momentum and to help star players do their jobs. The players also have unwritten rules they follow to keep fighting from getting out of hand and many believe that fighting prevents dirty plays and cheap shots by keeping players in check. Fighting has always been a part of hockey and should never be taken out.…
The game of hockey wouldn't be possible without the puck. The hockey puck is made out of vulcanized rubber. The puck weighs six ounces and is similar to a short cylinder. The puck was first recorded being used Febuary 7th, 1876, but was used decades before (MentalFloss.com). Each hockey game is played on a slab of concrete topped with insulation and finished…
ootball was always my favorite sport in life. The huge players and the heart stopping hits, left me in awe ,that overall made my face light up with excitement.I begged my parents to let me play but they never let me.…
Scholar athletes deserve to be given special treatment because we have to go above and beyond more than the average student. There are times that as a student athlete that you will have to miss class due to road trips. When I was a freshman, I was assigned two papers in one day and they were both due the very next day, because I had to leave for a basketball road trip and we would have been gone the entire week and I would be missing the due date that was assigned for each one of the assignments. My teachers did not accept emailed assignments and only accepted hard copies. Now on that particular day I did not get out of class until twelve, had practice from…
Whats 3 feet long,slippery,and fast? On the day before christmas my mom and dad took me to Menards we looked around and we found a lot of snowboards I tried to find a good one it took we a while but I found it. We got the snow board and I got a snowboard for christmas. When I got home I went across the street to my friends house and we were going sledding down a hill and I brought my snowboard.…
Softball is not like other sports. Yes, softball is a sport that involves physical activity. But what many people do not know is that softball is actually 90% mental and 10% physical. This means that softball involves a lot of thinking and mental work. In a situation, a player has to do more thinking than doing. If a player has great physical ability but lacks mental ability, the chances are she will probably not be the best player on the team. Softball is a game that involves mental work, but physical work is still involved in this sport. There is even more to softball than just that. Softball has many great benefits such as building and maintaining a strong and healthy body, creating character, leadership, and good sportsmanship skills, and…