Ice Sports

Ice sports

Introduction

While we can think that to practice ice sports it has to be winter, the truth is that there are many artificial clues to enjoy them all year. Find out what are in the following article. What are the most popular ice sports? They are not usually televised or carried out with mass assistance in large stadiums. However, ice sports are fascinating and very attractive. Ice hockey: When we think of ice sports, the image of this game is automatically, very famous in the United States and Canada, where players wear helmets, shoulder pads, sticks and skates.

Developing

Ice hockey was invented at the end of the 19th century and the first competition dates from 1875. It is played between two teams of six players each (five field and one goalkeeper). The goal is to move a rubber disc with a long cane and score in the rival goal. Each match consists of three times of 20 minutes each, with two five -minute intervals. Ice skating: We are amazed to see in the Olympic Games or in international competitions each of the performances, both of individual skaters and in pairs. Ice skating was not always artistic, but arose as a need to move in winter times in Finland.

As sport we must go back to the 18th century in continental Europe. The International Skating Union was founded in 1892 in Holland. The track where artistic skating is carried out measures 60 meters long by 30 meters wide. The skates are provided with blades and boots to ensure sliding and grip, respectively.

BOBSLEIGH: It is one of the most impressive sports of the Winter Olympic Games and its origin took place in the Swiss Alps at the end of the 19th century. The first Bobsleight club dates from 1897 and the first competitions were carried out in 1914. There are three modalities today, according to the number of participants per sled: two, four or six. 

The clues where the races are played are completely ice and have narrow parts and turns on both left and right. At the exit the athletes run to the side of the sled and then jump on it … Some descents can reach 150 kilometers per hour! Skeleton: Another Olympic sport that is included in the modalities of decrease in sled, being the oldest of all current disciplines (Bobsleight and Lge are the other two). It is known that he was born in St. Moritz, Switzerland at the end of the 19th century. But that was in Germany where it was officially practiced for the first time. The Skeleton has an ‘explosive’ exit to gain speed, to achieve this, not only training is needed.

If not also special footwear with a lot of adhesion on the ice. The pilot is placed face down on the sled and ‘paste’ as much as possible to the table to achieve an aerodynamic posture. Carrying its weight from one side to the other it manages that the sled changes direction. Curling: It is one of the ice sports that is played as a team and requires a lot of precision. It is a kind of bowling game but carried out on an ice rink. Each team consists of four participants, who compete sliding eight granite stones of 20 kilos in a 45 -meter corridor. To facilitate their advance, after the launch the barreders accompany each stone ‘tear’ the ice with a brush. 

conclusion

The points are granted in relation to the proximity of the stones with the target marked at the end of the hallway. LUGE: The third of light sled sports of the Olympic Games. Although the careers are quite old, as an organized discipline, LUGE has its origin at the end of the 19th century and the first international competition was carried out in Switzerland in 1883. The sledge used in the Lge is a small metal frame (before wood) with sharp skates at the base. He does not have a rudder or brakes and the pilot is in charge of changing direction by tilting his own body. Other ice sports are bandy, ringing, travel skating and speed skating on short tracks.