I take issue with the The Telegraph’s resident sports expert Jonathan Liew view of (ice)hockey.
I will admit that to the untrained eye hockey is a difficult sport to follow, despite the advances of High Definition television. Hockey is a fast sport…….no – it is the fastest team sport. Puck travels at 114 miles / hour (184 kms) but unlike in golf, the hockey projectile is aimed at humans, who are using their bodies to stop it from entering the goal. How unusual?
Like Rugby Hockey is a blood sport, but it’s faster. It’s a man sport, even when played by women. I feel that the writer is not fair in his assessment as it is just as difficult to follow a tennis volley or service going at 200 kms/hour, or a teed of golf ball. You need replay to appreciate the what just happened.
Well hockey is not dissimilar, but it has added spice with team play, combination of basketball and the grit of rugby. The author bemoans “befuddlement” by the rules and the calls from the reporters. We have been in Britain for 20+ years and I am still trying to come to terms with Cricket. Now that’s a strange game…….oops, Sport. I am bowled out in 3 overs.
Hockey is the greatest sport on earth and its Britains loss that they don’t appreciate it as much as the Canadians, Czech, Swedes, Finns, Latvians, Swiss, Germans, Americans…
Hockey is growing and by the latest count there are some 1.5 million registered players world wide. The author would be excused to know that ice hockey is played in India and that the indian national team won their first game last year. 46 countries are involved in the annual world championships…..Mongolia being the last ranked team. Many nations have not yet qualified for the WC: Algeria, Kuwait, UAE, Morocco, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India, Singapore, Macau, and Oman…
The list is growing
I will admit that to the untrained eye hockey is a difficult sport to follow, despite the advances of High Definition television. Hockey is a fast sport…….no – it is the fastest team sport. Puck travels at 114 miles / hour (184 kms) but unlike in golf, the hockey projectile is aimed at humans, who are using their bodies to stop it from entering the goal. How unusual?
Like Rugby Hockey is a blood sport, but it’s faster. It’s a man sport, even when played by women. I feel that the writer is not fair in his assessment as it is just as difficult to follow a tennis volley or service going at 200 kms/hour, or a teed of golf ball. You need replay to appreciate the what just happened.
Well hockey is not dissimilar, but it has added spice with team play, combination of basketball and the grit of rugby. The author bemoans “befuddlement” by the rules and the calls from the reporters. We have been in Britain for 20+ years and I am still trying to come to terms with Cricket. Now that’s a strange game…….oops, Sport. I am bowled out in 3 overs.
Hockey is the greatest sport on earth and its Britains loss that they don’t appreciate it as much as the Canadians, Czech, Swedes, Finns, Latvians, Swiss, Germans, Americans…
Hockey is growing and by the latest count there are some 1.5 million registered players world wide. The author would be excused to know that ice hockey is played in India and that the indian national team won their first game last year. 46 countries are involved in the annual world championships…..Mongolia being the last ranked team. Many nations have not yet qualified for the WC: Algeria, Kuwait, UAE, Morocco, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, India, Singapore, Macau, and Oman…
The list is growing