SealsFan
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- May 3, 2009
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On Youtube videos of games from the 50's thru 70's, I often see comments like "they're moving so slowly", "today's players are so much faster" etc. I wonder how many of those people watch games IN PERSON versus on TV or just highlights on the news. Because I think the way the game is televised today can emphasize the speed, like when you have a fisheye camera at ice level and you see the players hurtling toward you. The old games were mostly televised from a center ice camera up high. It's the same as watching auto racing from down in the first row versus up in the stands. My brother raced enduro cars for a few years and I videotaped the races and down at field level the cars look to be moving so much faster than from the top of the bleachers. Plus, I can't prove it but it seems like these highlight news clips are slightly sped up - does it seem like they are all moving too fast?
But I will allow that skate technology and ice surfacing methods are better today, which can allow for faster skating versus the skates and ice surfacing from 60 years ago...
But I will allow that skate technology and ice surfacing methods are better today, which can allow for faster skating versus the skates and ice surfacing from 60 years ago...