#130 SKATING TO OPPORTUNITY--part 1
-created by ChatGPT Today, a boy learning to play hockey steps onto well-prepared arena ice wrapped in layers of mandatory protection — a carefully-fitted helmet with a face cage; a mouthguard; neckguard; molded shoulder, elbow, and shin pads; padded but flexible hockey gloves; lightweight skates; and expensive sticks engineered for speed and precision. Modern young hockey players grow up in a carefully structured system of leagues, with coaching c...
