Should Women Be Allowed To Play Hockey

Sports are an interesting topic, there is more to just being able to participate in a sports. It depends on the resources like the accessibility, is the sport close and accessible to you. Also, financially stable enough to afford to play. There is more to this like gender equity, is the sport available to girls or could be race related. For instance, I was lucky enough. I had two parents that worked hard to help support and treat their kids. My treat was to play hockey. Hockey is not cheap, but my parents could afford it and they did. They paid for me to play and also transport to where I needed to go. Weekend over weekend, night over night of late practices and hotel stays, my parents did it all and I am very thankful for them. We traveled from Virginia to North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and Delaware. So it took a lot of time out of our family. I was fortunate to play hockey due to how the sports depends on social class, and gender. In my area not a lot of girls played hockey, they either ice skated or played something else. Over my career I only played with at least five girls and the older I got that number decreased due to the physicality. The only negative thing hockey had on relationships in my …show more content…
Without baseball and hockey, I don’t think I would be as mentally tough as I am today. I have learned from my failures and sports and my victories. It has brought so many of the best memories I have and some of the best days of my life. Even though sports can be heartbreaking, I am addicted to it competitiveness and how it brings people together. Without the sports in my life I would never be able to get back up when I am knocked down, thanks hockey. It has taught me to love and control anger, to never give up or never let up, to always look out for your close ones, to live each day as your last, to always work harder than the one next to you and always keep your head on swivel