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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
This is one of the reasons I always argue Hockey is the most athletic sport. All the other most popular sports (Soccer, Football, Baseball) all require running, something we all learn to do when were toddlers. The added skill of learning how to skate and then handling a stick is so much more than just what we learn to do naturally before playing other sports.
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I have before me a PDF of the very first book ever written about hockey. It was called
Hockey: Canada’s Royal Winter Game, written in 1899 by Hall of Fame forward and Stanley Cup winner Arthur Farrell. I quote from the book:
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Originally Posted by Arthur Farrell
The men who play are, as a general rule, those who excel in other lines of athletic sport. If it is an easy matter to point to a foot-baller, or a lacrosse player, who is ignorant of other games, it is difficult to mention a hockey player who does not shine as an athlete in other branches. It seems that a hockey player, in playing the game, makes use of all the science he acquires in practising other sports, without the roughness.
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It seems to have been true from the earliest times: If you can play hockey well, you can learn to play almost anything. But if you play another sport well, and then come to hockey, you have to start learning right from the beginning.