Field hockey is a sport played by both men and woman and is considered to be one of the oldest sports in the world. It’s played with a curved stick and a hard‚ small ball. The objective of the game is to score goals and defend your own. It started out as folk culture‚ just like most sports‚ so exact origins of when and who first played the game are unknown‚ but there are still many traces and variations of the sport from the past. In 510 B.C.‚ a group of people in Ancient Greece had played a field-hockey
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most distinguished and unique signature is hockey and its fights. However‚ hockey officials and executives are trying to eliminate the games most distinctive aspect. Yet‚ because of the recent decline in the amount of fighting in the National Hockey League (NHL) and since a ban on fighting in the NHL could jeopardize the popularity of the sport‚ eliminating fighting from games may not be necessary. Over recent years‚ the amount of fighting in NHL games has been on the decline and the role of the
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Field hockey and basketball both are extremely active sports that take effort to be put into each of them. These sports train mental and physical parts of the mind and hopefully‚ will improve skills for each. Athleticism and dedication are two enormous factors in these particular sports‚ and noticing that people must commit a bundle of time to the sports at hand. Athletes will have to put a bundle of time into these sports however‚ if they enjoy the sport it shouldn’t matter if it takes time and
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into Nationwide Arena during a playoff game is absolutely indescribable. The noise and excitement on everyone’s face‚ makes the feeling so much better. Arriving an hour and a half early seeing all the people waiting for the doors to open‚ knowing these people are just as excited as you are. Constant chants of “CBJ” throughout the whole entire crowd‚ sends chills down my spine. Soon many people’s lives will be affected with just sixty minutes of hockey. The hockey played in the first‚ second and third
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The game of hockey originated in Canada as far back as 1875‚ and has become one of the worlds most popular sports. The sport is primarily played on ice and involves players using sticks to project a puck into the opposing teams goal net. Typically being more popular in the north due to cold weather‚ hockey is actually popular all over the world and is loved by millions of people. Being a fantastic and entertaining game‚ hockey unfortunately holds a reputation of being a violent sport and can be
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and why. I believe ice hockey is superlative because of its complexity and difficulty‚ requiring players to exhibit extremely difficult skills with the finest timing‚ strength‚ and precision‚ as well as how it brings family and friends together. I have spent countless hours watching‚ playing‚ and talking about hockey with some of the people I am closest to. For me it is clear‚ there is no greater sport than hockey. Most people would agree‚ the skills employed in hockey are nothing short of spectacular
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National Hockey League Olympic Athletes In the 2014 Winter Olympics‚ National Hockey League (NHL) should allow players to participate in the games due to the belief that it provides the players‚ current‚ and potential fans the opportunity to participate on the world stage of hockey. The Olympics only occur once every four years and it would be unpatriotic to deny NHL players the opportunity to represent their home countries at the Olympics. The Olympic Games give the fans a chance to
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Hockey is by far my favorite sport of all time. I love the environment‚ and all the technique involved in the sport. Everything from slap shot‚ to wrist shots‚ to fighting‚ to passing‚ and even fighting for the puck on the boards has always brought my attention. The amount of effort that it takes to be good at this sport is absolutely ridiculous. When talk about hard work and dedication‚ you definitely need it to play this sport. I’ve tried ice skating before and it really didn’t turn out to well
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Stanley Cup! Yes‚ I am talking about hockey! Did you know that there are over 1.6 million people playing organized hockey around the world? Hockey is a team sport played on ice‚ where skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into the other team’s net. Each team usually has 5 players and 1 goalie on the ice at a time. The first organized game was played on March 3rd‚ 1875 in Montreal‚ Quebec. In 1902‚ the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League was the first to pay their
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Ice hockey is one of the most action-paced of sports‚ demanding skillful skating‚ expert stick-handling‚ and masterly puck control. The game developed in the frozen expanses of North America‚ and a hundred years ago became the national winter sport of Canada. It also became very popular in the northern states of the United States‚ and later spread to Europe‚ Japan‚ and even to Australia. The game probably arose from boys playing on the ice. The kids probably fashioned pucks from frozen "horse apples"
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