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You have to have played it to understand in my opinion. The game is a work of art.
I've played (at a low level of course) ball (soft), b-ball, football (flag), and hockey. These are the only team sports I've tried. And I will say that all are fun for me to play, but hockey is the funnest!
Of course it may be argued that a rec-league player like me has not experienced the games at a level sufficiently high enough to qualify to have an opinion, and that may be.
I'm just saying that I have the most fun doing hockey... And hockey does NOT have to be expensive. Yes organised legaue hockey played indoors with all the pads on his expensive to get into, but I have played and continue to play on ponds, lakes, outdoor community rinks with my skates and $10.00 stick and a pair of boots for the net. (I play goalie sometimes, so I know that equipment is pricey !!!!) Outdoor games over the holidays is the one possibly good thing about X-mas in my experience.
I'ts still a lot of fun, and equates to the American pastime of playing b-ball on outdoor courts. Anyone who watched the heritage classic in Edmonton this year has now seen the outdoor experience....only we don't have heat at the benches (or even benches) where I play. :-)
I even have a small rink in the backyard for the kids to play.
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