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“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was…

A Hockey Life My first pair of skates were pieces of plastic with straps that went over the feet. They were called bobsled skates. They also had two pieces of steel on each side of the skate, like on the bottom of a normal skates. I remember the look on my dad’s face when he put my skates on me for the first time; he was smiling. As I walked out to the ice rink, I spotted a chair. It was supposed to help you learn how to skate, and that’s exactly what I thought. I went onto the ice and crawled…

Mounting skateboard (beginners) Everyone has to start somewhere. If you want to learn to ride a skateboard but do not know how to ollie, you're in the right place. Here you learn how to get the right equipment to learn to ride skate, to stand on the skateboard, to ride comfortably without falling and some useful tips for skateboarding not take off your feet and, of course, how to ride a skateboard . Read Step 1 for more information. 1.Get the team -1 Get a skateboard that suits your interests.…

professional ice skater and what we needed to do to try to beat the other veteran competitors.…

Starting Out and the Basics If you’re thinking about learning how to ride a skateboard there are some things you’ll need before you join the skater world. You’ll need a skateboard of course, but what kind you get is all up to you. Also, you should get knee, elbow, and wrist pads. Anyone who is going to start skateboard should get a helmet and a pair if durable shoes. I personally, being the one prone to accidents, decided to start with a long board. Of course I have good shoes and a helmet. You…

Outdoor Education Lesson 2 Skateboarding is actually a very easy way to get hurt. There are many safety tips that should be followed to avoid or reduce the risk of getting injured. I know that when I skateboard, I always wear helmet because my brain is the most important part of my body. Most skateboard injuries happen to kids under the age of fifteen as well as beginners. Advanced skaters also get hurt as well due to trying very extreme tricks. I am an advanced skater and I have gotten hurt…

Does Fighting Have a Place in Hockey? Hockey is a sport played all over the world by people of all ages. Just like any other sport, hockey has experienced changes over the years it has been played. Rule changes, CBA renegotiations, and style of play are a few changes that come to mind, but there is another potential change coming to the sport: fighting. For many years the question has been whether or not fighting should be allowed in hockey. The issue is complex and impactful, and it can be…

the start of the roaring twenties. Many of the foundation players had gone to war, some never to return, others were busily raising families of their own. Goodall guided the rebuilding of the decimated Victorian game; the first interstate women 's ice hockey competition in 1922; and the first national association in 1923. During the twenties, he had married a second time, retired as a player (returning briefly only for Kendall 's farewell series), busied himself with setting the sport on a…

As a child, I was extremely active and participated in many sports, however, there is no question that my main source of physical activity was hockey. Like many other children from my community in Kingston, hockey has been a true passion of mine for as long as I can remember. My father was the one who introduced hockey into my life at a young age, as he did for my older brother Andrew as well. Growing up, my father would dedicate many winter days and nights building and maintaining an outdoor…

“Opportunity doesn’t make appointments, you have to be ready when it arrives.” When it comes to the sport of hockey, opportunity means everything. Whether it 's a forward, defenseman, or goaltender, one must be prepared when given a chance. When a player gets a chance, more often than not, the player wants to score a goal or make a big save to preserve the win. There are other players looking to do something different though, players that want to provide a spark using fists, these players are…