Ice Hockey

Ice hockey is really a fast-paced team game that is played on an ice surface. Players, puck the other team's goal by means of directly pucking sticks. It is common among chilly countries where ice is found naturally like Czechoslovakia, Canada, US, Russia, Latvia, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and Slovakia. In these countries, artificial ice rinks have made this a perennial sport. In North America, it is likely among the top four professional games and it's Canada's national winter sport.

Tools: As it is a full contact sport, ice hockey is played using particular equipment. It uses protective tools comprising a mouth guard, neck guard, helmet, shoulder and elbow pads,  gloves, hockey pants or padded shorts, shin pads, pants, athletic cup, shin pads and skates.

Accidents due to ice hockey: It is a full contact sport and can be very harmful to players. Players skate at approximately 32-48 km ph and activity includes physical contact amongst them by utilizing hockey sticks and pucks and skate blades. Their shoulders and hips likewise collide against one another, inflicting injuries such as concussion, lacerations, torn ligaments, broken bones, muscle strains and hyperextensions.

Head accidents comprise head, scalp and face lacerations, and cuts on the head, causing severe blood loss. Trauma contributes 80 percent of all ice hockey accidents.

Advantages: Ice hockey could provide several health and overall fitness advantages, like the following:

- It enhances the main muscle tissues in the arms and legs.
- It makes the hands and feet a lot more agile.
- It enhances mental power and focus.
- It enhances body flexibility and improves one's reflexes.
- It builds self-confidence.
- It makes one a lot more active and instills selflessness and better teamwork.
- It helps lessen fats and burns a hundred and seventy calories in simply 15 minutes of play. 
- It also in fat loss, and enhances energy levels and metabolism.