tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post6584456226069655346..comments2024-03-20T05:41:12.410-04:00Comments on The Ice Doesn't Care: Dealing with Ice TouristsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-1825919998497664182012-04-28T20:59:57.039-04:002012-04-28T20:59:57.039-04:00Welcome to The Ice Doesn't Care.
I've seen...Welcome to The Ice Doesn't Care.<br />I've seen ice tourists like you describe. Sometimes explaining the traffic rules works, sometimes not. Mostly, if it's a boy in hockey skates, I don't waste my time. They know the rules, they just don't care. And yes, some parents put their kids with developmental issues on the ice without an escort. It's sad for the kid to be thrown out there alone. We have a man at my rink who has a son in his twenties, who is perhaps mentally about 6. I see them skating together and think, "What a great guy." His son is just so happy to be there.Babbette Duboisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721808053479678691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-32846668823627010642012-04-28T13:52:35.045-04:002012-04-28T13:52:35.045-04:00Once I went on a weekday in the morning, the absol...Once I went on a weekday in the morning, the absolute dream you'd think. There were probably 20 people on the rink which was going to be awesome for me practising basic figures in the middle circle. <br /><br />The only issue was some young ice tourist. He seemed to not get that when the rink wants people to skate CCW, that means staying reasonably close to the rink border and avoid getting too close to the middle circle, or worse, cross into it. We nearly crashed into each other a couple of times as I was skating backwards, and I was amazed that after dozens of such near crashes, he kept pretty much crossing the rink nearly like you would swim in a swimming pool lane. <br /><br />I didn't dare speak to him because I thought he might be retarted, because otherwise he'd have pick the hint. Perhaps I should have coz he ruined my session.Cozycodinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653238704372772941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-39511178356643065502012-02-14T18:30:40.761-05:002012-02-14T18:30:40.761-05:00I blame the olympics. Since all we see on TV are t...I blame the olympics. Since all we see on TV are the world's best skaters, skating looks easy. The people watching, the ice tourists, don't see the years of falls, crashes, and injury that it took to get that good. The ice rinks walk a fine line between making skating a fun place to go, and warning people of the dangers.Babbette Duboisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721808053479678691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5679510245284968389.post-48530929963199269602012-02-14T09:10:42.024-05:002012-02-14T09:10:42.024-05:00You are lucky you have rink guards at all...
Als...You are lucky you have rink guards at all...<br /><br /><br />Also- I cannot stand parents who pick up their children when they are skating. One time a Mom fell over her child, and a coach offered to carry the crying child off the ice. I was coaching at the time, so I was helping the mother up (she couldn't get up on her own). I gave her a gentle "you shouldn't carry children while skating" reminder, and she said "but that man just did exactly what I was doing to get my daughter off the ice." Yes, that man has international pairs medals. He can certainly handle it. Heck, most of the freestyle skaters could safely carry a child. YOU cannot. Common sense lady. There are many ways to move uncooperative kids across the ice without picking them up. Ice is slippery- it helps move them!Jessimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442665425448000014noreply@blogger.com