The Detroit game August 30, 2011
“He shoots… and he scores,” than turns to see who get the assists while skating to the scoring table. That was Detroit ice Hockey of the 60’s, what a game. Full body checking with heads up action. The rule: a player could take two strides and check a player with the puck or if he passed it away he was liable for a body check until the puck was touched by one of his players. Also two strides were allowed for a board check. The players who choose keep the puck and not pass was the target of five defensive players. The hands, stick, and elbows are in the down position. The player skated with the head up. The amateur game off no checking has lost the beauty and necessary team skills.
Stretching is not warming up
1. You have to be hot to stretch.
2. Strength, not gravity develops flexibility.
3. Sports do not get us in shape. In fact sport gets us out of shape.
4. All injury is sport is caused by structural and muscular imbalance (save contact with other).
5. Muscular imbalance and structural irregularities don’t fix themselves.
6. Even iron will bend if you heat it up.
7. Stopping training doesn’t correct imbalance.
8. No matter how fit you are at what you do, when you start something new you have to ease into it.
9. Stretching does not equal warming up.
Works Cited
Birch, Beryl Bender. Power Yoga. New York: Fireside, 1995.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
It is Thanksgiving the wonderful game ice hockey begins
Handle the puck daily
Turn off volume and watch ice hockey on TV. Visualize the player’s moves, where do they look, and pass.
This winter team play will return. The Montreal Canadians were the best passing team in the original six 1950’s-60’s this equated to many victory, Stanley Cups, and inducted Hall of Fame players.
