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what do you think about hockey players playing football?

You mean being athletes ?

I think it's great, most are very good athletes.

cyclones02 wrote:what do you think about hockey players playing football?

I think its dumb. We just lost our top defenseman for the season due to a football injury. Hey didnt really like football and his passion is hockey.

What do you think of hockey players riding scooters?

Better that kids play multiple sports. Also, Football is great for preparing players to take and give hits.

JohnnyHopkins wrote:

cyclones02 wrote:what do you think about hockey players playing football?

I think its dumb. We just lost our top defenseman for the season due to a football injury. Hey didnt really like football and his passion is hockey.

who is this defenseman you are talking about?

JohnnyHopkins wrote:

cyclones02 wrote:what do you think about hockey players playing football?

I think its dumb. We just lost our top defenseman for the season due to a football injury. Hey didnt really like football and his passion is hockey.

Sounds like he made a choice.

I think it is great that kids play more than one sport. Not only does the cross training involved do wonders for skill sets, the variety helps keeps the kids fresh. I have seen too many kids specializing early on and then burning out by the time they are Juniors and Seniors and then sitting around doing nothing.

Injuries happen, it is unfortunate. Blaming football for losing a player is just wrong. That kid could have just as easily got hurt playing in a fall hockey league or some unorganized pick up game somewhere.

Definitely changing. Squirt and PeeWee years no question. By Bantam it gets more difficult and in High School it can be very difficult. Also, in the metro, with a lot of hockey opportunities all year around it can be particularly tricky. You're also competing with single sport specialists that can put you behind if you're not careful. Very few top high school male hockey players are playing more than one sport in the metro. A few more of the girls are continuing to do so.

My 1st year pee-wee broke his foot in the fourth quarter of the last game of the year {last Sat}. His hockey coach said" I don't know why first year A skaters would play football". I asked the kid what he thought. "Dad I'm glad it was football that I got hurt in because that's my favorite sport."

cyclones02 wrote:what do you think about hockey players playing football?

What do you think about football players playing hockey????????????

Football is a rough sport, as far as injury's go I don't think you can say that someone playing hockey in the fall has the same chance to get hurt, he does still have a chance don't get me wrong but High School football more guys are getting hurt over the course of the season then hockey. That being said if the kid likes playing football more power to him for doing it.

The question about should they do it or not is always about a guy who got hurt, there seems to be 1 big name a year lose his hockey season because of football. I'm sure there are more kids that do it that don't get hurt.

I thinkits great for hockey players to play football. I think it really toughens them up but i always here people saying that hockey players shouldnt play football

For most players I think it's great - we want to encourage multi-sport athletes. But if I am really, really good in hockey, well above any other sport including football - honestly - I may not want to take on unnecessary risk of injury that might that jeopardize my hockey career.

There are very few athletes today, perhaps unfortunately, that can compare to an Alt or a Buddish, where this conundrum becomes a serious consideration.

MNHockeyFan wrote:For most players I think it's great - we want to encourage multi-sport athletes. But if I am really, really good in hockey, well above any other sport including football - honestly - I may not want to take on unnecessary risk of injury that might that jeopardize my hockey career.

There are very few athletes today, perhaps unfortunately, that can compare to an Alt or a Buddish, where this conundrum becomes a serious consideration.

Derek Forbort is the perfect example of that.[/u][/i]

Think about what the question is here. . . face it, neither your kid nor mine is going to be our retirement fund because of hockey. We have steered our kids to "focus" on hockey. The reality is they are 8 or 10 or 16 and, while they may have a love for the game, they also have a love for many other things. Like all of life, sports should achieve balance. Whether that is playing a single sport and having other extracurricular activities or playing multiple sports, balance. Which of us has a successful marriage if all we focus on is work? Which of us has a successful career if all we focus on is our marriage? Balance people, balance.

High school athletes should not be one dimensional. Playing multiple sports increases their athleticism, strength, speed, and competitive edge. Personally, my coaches in football, baseball, and hockey all strongly discourage playing just one sport and in case of our football team, being a multi-sport athlete is worth a substantial amount of lettering points. Thumbs up to all my fellow multi- sport athletes.