Ice hockey in Berlin

Ice hockey is hockey played on ice. It is a team sport and is popular in countries that have that have extreme cold weather. Countries that have almost perennial snow cover are best suited for this sport. Ice hockey requires high level of physical fitness. Ice Hockey is a game that requires high tempo to possess the fast moving puck. A player has to be very fast and agile to keep up to the tempo of the game. Speed is the keyword in this game. A player who is relatively slow is of little use to the team. Players may leave play and resume later. So, in competitive games a player generally play in shifts to keep up the fast pace. Ice hockey is also played in Berlin. Berlin has extreme winters, when its landscape is mostly covered with snow. This facilitates the game and people start playing this game in large numbers.

People of Berlin take sports seriously. This is reflected by the good performance of Germany in the different world championships. The boys and girls are encouraged at a very young age. Every school has good sporting infrastructure that facilitates various sports. Schools in Berlin attribute equal importance to sports as they give to academics. Young talents are spotted and groomed by specialized coaches. There are many ice hockey playing rinks in Berlin. There are world renowned coaches of ice hockey in Berlin. Ice hockey is played on a hockey rink. There are six players on each side over the ice at a time, each of whom is on ice skates. There are five players and one goal tender per side. The objective of the game is to score goals by shooting a hard vulcanized rubber disc- the puck into the opponent's goal. The goal posts are fixed at the two ends of the rink. The players maneuver the puck with a long stick that has a blade which is curved at one end. Players may also redirect the puck with any part of their bodies but there are certain restrictions. Players can maneuver the puck with their feet. But the foot has to be stationary without any motion. Players can not intentionally direct the puck into the net with their hands.