I've wondered about this sport ever since we had an intern in our office who was selected for the U.S. national team. There are very few places you can actually watch underwater hockey being played, so I liked finding this article about it via Dark Roasted Blend.
The game was invented in Great Britain in the 1950s by divers who wanted to stay in shape during the winter. You play underwater hockey without air tanks, only a snorkel, so you have to be good at holding your breath for a long time. The puck weighs over one kilogram, and you hit it with tiny sticks that sends it zooming along the bottom of the pool into your opponent's goal.
This video of the Singapore Underwater Hockey Club helps you see what's going on from the players' point of view.
The game was invented in Great Britain in the 1950s by divers who wanted to stay in shape during the winter. You play underwater hockey without air tanks, only a snorkel, so you have to be good at holding your breath for a long time. The puck weighs over one kilogram, and you hit it with tiny sticks that sends it zooming along the bottom of the pool into your opponent's goal.
This video of the Singapore Underwater Hockey Club helps you see what's going on from the players' point of view.
http://www.yofavo.com/?p=557 - via darkroastedblend
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Comments (7)
some play it in deeper pools...
How deep is the pool?
And Ali, a wall can hardly beat a 1300 gram block of lead if you're out to injure your opponent;)
Call me crazy, but as a kid I would've found this pretty cool so long as the taser was set to low and the teargas exposure wasn't too long. I'm sure they've all been exposed to this stuff themselves as part of their training and that they were careful while dealing with kids.
Same goes for guns. It's not always bad to let a kid handle a gun so long as there is responsible supervision and training
A police officer I worked with related a tale of how they would tear gas officers so they would know what it's like. He declined the experience.
I don't think I'd call it child abuse. Steohawk, parents do own their kids, don't they? Get over it. The attitude of kids not being "owned" is exactly why so many kids are out of control.
There are plenty of good parents, with good kids, who don't feel the need to resort to taking the position of treating their children like property. And no shortage of child abuse on every level as the default pattern of societies that treat children as "owned".
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of obnoxious children. But I'm not willing to go back the things were and thing that's an improvement...
Officer: Well we use these tasers blah blah blah
Kid:Can I try it?
Kid 2: Ohh Me too?
Kid 3 Me Too?
Officer: Umm I dont know
Parent: Sure why not.
Officer: Ok
Zap
Sounds like fun to me.
This form of argument is about as effective as "believing" your child does not have an undiagnosed heart condition before you allow him a shock to the system.
If you insist on the power of blind supposition with regard to keeping children from harm, please allow me to direct you to the contraceptive aisle. I KNOW condoms can prevent bad parenting.
Maybe those kids were tested for heart conditions before the tasering took place. You're assuming they weren't. At least the defenders acknowledged that they were making unqualified statements.