For the article critique‚ there was a very interesting article from the Sports Management Review about the Pond Hockey Classic. The article‚ On frozen ponds; The impact of climate change on hosting pond hockey tournaments‚ discussed the study of climate and the effect on the huge pond hockey event. Some of the topics discussed in this article by the authors were: climate change‚ event management‚ sport tourism‚ and nostalgia. The authors: Sharane Fairley‚ Lisa Ruhanen‚ and Hannah Lovegrove break
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Winning requires lots of hard work and tactics. The U.S hockey team used many tactics and strategies on their road to win the olympics in 1980 Some of these strategies coincide with the ideas in the How to become a master student textbook. The U.S hockey team uses the strategies of goal setting‚ “Be Here Now”‚ and Avoiding multitasking. Goal setting is one strategy used by the U. S hockey team. Goal setting is the process of identifying something that
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“Do you believe in Miracles” were the words of Al Michaels as the 1980 US Hockey team defeated the unbeatable Soviet Union. The US was a bunch of Amateur hockey player with an average age of 22. In unnerving times in America’s history these hockey players were playing for so much more than a gold metal. This team made huge sacrifices to bring back pride to the US. One game truly changed history. In the time of the 1980 Olympics professional athletes were not allowed to compete in the Olympics
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X00072990 Introduction Field hockey is a field-based sport that is characterized with an intermittent nature. It requires athletes to be fit and aware of the environment in which they play. Due to the intermittent nature of the sport athlete must be equipped with the skills and knowledge to deal with the physiological demands placed on them within a match environment such as a change in intensity‚ endurance work and directional changes. Field hockey has an uneven spilt of 70-80% anaerobic and
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taking hitting and fighting out of hockey in the last few years because of the rise in career ending injuries‚ but the cause is from the fact that hockey players having been getting faster stronger and more skilled. Although people do get severe injuries and some take it too far it’s the risk that they face every time they step on the ice. Hitting starts at the age of 11 which I think is an appropriate age to start hitting. Taking Hitting and fighting out of hockey would change the game forever.
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Over 3000 years ago‚ people in Finland learned the beauty of moving on ice. With a bone strapped onto the bottom of shoes‚ people started skating on ice. Through the years‚ the bone has turned into a sharp blade attached to a boot. Not only has the skate changed‚ but also the sport has transformed into couple skating and team games. Although figure skating and hockey are both practiced on the same type of rink‚ they are very different sports. Figure skating is a very graceful sport that requires
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Asiasports: Hockey Night in Hong Kong Determining the Future Business Strategy of Asiasports Limited In March of 1999 the primary decision makers of Asiasports found themselves at a crossroads. “Barnes‚ Weir‚ and Gribble had to make decisions about whether the company should promote hockey outside of Hong Kong and its choice of sports properties. An implementation plan also had to be developed for the chosen strategy” (Delios 1). Although every one of their sports properties was profitable except
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To say hockey is my obsession is an understatement‚ it is my life. For as long as long as I have been playing hockey it has completely consumed my life; bringing me memories‚ friends‚ lessons learned‚ ups and downs. In university I will continue to follow my obsession by playing on the varsity hockey team‚ coaching young hockey teams and by getting my own children to get involved with sports someday. For 12 years I have been at the arena nearly every day and I feel so at home every time I step on
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about the history of the national hockey team of the Soviet Union during 1964-1982 under Brezjnev’s control of the country. The Soviet national ice hockey team was formed in 1960s . The coaching tandem of Tarasov and Chernyshev was very successful in creating this new team. Alongside the famous trio of Loktev-Almetov-Alexandrov they installed players like Alexander Yakushev‚ Vyacheslav Starshinov‚ big bear Alexander Ragulin and also one of the most talented hockey players ever‚ Anatoly Firsov. In
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Communism: On ice advantage? An iconic period in time where the world held their breath‚ not when the air hung stale over the threat of an inter- continental nuclear war was possible but comparably so during the 1972 Canada vs. Russia summit series. Ideally this should have not caused as much as a stir as it did‚ the threat of an all out nuclear war as over and a detente had been called. With two hockey loving countries buying for the title things did get especially heated both on the ice and in the
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