Why do hockey players hate figure skaters?
I’m your opposite — I started on figure skates, and then I bought myself pair of hockey skates. I can go so much quicker on hockey skates. I mean I still suck at skating, but hockey skates just work better for me. I fall a lot less with my hockey skates. I reckon it’s because hockey skates have a stiffer ankle on them. With figure skates, I was all over the place … well, mostly sitting on the ice after countless falls. I don’t hate figure skaters or even figure skating, but I hate wearing figure skates now that I have my hockey skates.
Alot of female hockey players, ok, I have to be careful how I say this, alot of female hockey players aren’t all that feminine. I am not saying all are, because I know alot of very girly female hockey players, but I know alot more ones that aren’t girly AT ALL. I think they think of Figure Skating as a girly sport, and that is why they don’t like it. I know alot of pro hockey players marry figure skaters, so it isn’t that all hockey players don’t like figure skaters, I guess you just talked to to wrong people. I play hockey, and I see figure skating as a completely different sport, although it is on ice, the style is very different than hockey, in the way you skate. I have watch figure skaters alot over the past 12+ years, before practices, or while I wait at the rink, and I see why girls would like it, it is like dancing almost, but with more excitement. I don’t think I would be able to be friends with a guy that did it, but that just goes back to what I said about the girls that see
Contrary to popular belief, competition is not a macho, male concept. Women are the most competitive creatures that ever walked the earth, and it’s just another form of competition, especially when it comes to impressing the opposite gender. Female figure skaters show not only skating skills, and ability, but display a lot of their feminine attributes by the attire they wear on the ice. Name one female hockey player who shows their feminine side while covered from head to foot in 20-30 lbs of hockey gear. The guys can’t admire what they can’t see. When women play hockey, they are seen by guys as hockey players, period. When guys see female figure skaters in skin tight, short skirted costumes that emphasize the female shape, well, you figure it out.
