The Competitiveness of Hockey
The Competitiveness of Hockey
I love Hockey because it's a very competitive game. There is nothing better to me than winning a big game or making a nice play. Some people have different opinions than me on what the game means to them. My mom and my girlfriend are good examples of this. My mom goes to the games and enjoys watching the goalies. She enjoys there bright colored padding and is always is amazed at how they can skate with all that heavy equipment on. My girlfriend, like my mom, does not go to watch the high paced action and the competitive nature of the game, she simply likes to watch the players on the ice and see if any are good looking. For instance, last game I played my team won 5-4, I asked my girlfriend after the game what the score was and she didn't know, she just told me that "number 13 white was really good looking." For me hockey is about competing. Making a big hit or scoring a nice goal is what I enjoy about the game. Hockey lets me channel my competitiveness.
I'm a very competitive person in every aspect of my life, not just in hockey. Being a student athlete I have to juggle school and hockey. Sometimes it can be very demanding and difficult to do both. Last month I had three tests in one day and a big hockey game that night. I knew I couldn't fail my tests so I stayed up until 5:00am studying that night. To me I was competing. If I fell asleep I knew I would fail my exams; I couldn't give into my fatigue and sleep. I had to compete to stay awake and concentrate on the task at hand, which were my study notes. I managed to pass all my tests and have good game that night because I focused my competitiveness and didn't allow myself to fail.
Constantly changing as I've grown is my point of view on hockey and competitiveness. When I was younger my friends and I would go to our local rink and play hockey all day because it was fun. We used to play all afternoon until our mothers yelled from the front steps "dinner time!" After dinner...