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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-08-05, Page 11A GOOD SWING — Kevin Parsons displays good form at the plate as he swings at a pitch during Monday's pee wee baseball tournament in Exeter, Waiting his turn in the background is Peter Parsons, also of the Exeter club, T-A photo Tigers end schedule with pair of defeats Times-Advocate, August 5, 1976 Pa ge 11 (1t0 PIONEER PL-115 D AUTO-SHUT-OFF TURNTABLE MUSIC'S PRICE 149. RETAIL 159.00 PIONEER'S PL-115 D is a precision belt drive turntable. Durable, quiet, crafted with long life Pioneer workmanship. Auto- shut-off and return at end of record. 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The war years interrupted the development of hockey and it wasn't until 1946 that the USSR held its first championships, They had 450 players registered and played a total of 20 games. From 1946-1954 was the actual establishment of ice hockey in the USSR. "Friendly matches" were held between Poland, Finland and Czechoslovakia. 1954 proved to be a great stride forward for the Soviets in ice hockey. This was their first world championship. They dethroned M the Canadians. "The best way to develop a school of hockey is to use all the success and science of other countries." Russia was and is very adept at this. Their foundation of development is in conditioning and development of skills. They find it extremely difficult to solve the tactical problems. In 1956 they began a regular series of lecture exchanges with Canada and United States. Regular matches for "learning" which helped to solve the tactical and technique strategies were set up. This is when they developed their slap shot, but they do not teach it to young players, only the wrist shot, Development continued steadily until 1972 when the first series was staged against the Pros. This again was a starting point of future technical developments. Their whole organization and administrative set-up changed. Popularity of the sport increased greatly. Availability of equipment, more rinks, and more players were the 'big problems facing their new administrators, They even claimed that it was a hin- drance to the rest of the world because North Americans were trying to isolate hockey and would not pass on ideas for development to the rest of the world, "For hockey to develop further there must be absolute compulsory contests at all levels of competition." There must be an exchange of delegations and ideas." Now in 1976, a mere 37 years later after the first game the Soviets now have 604,000 registered hockey players, 4,000 workers who have spent at least two years in a coaches' training school, 25,000 volunteer in- structors who have attended short term courses and millions of hockey spectators - quite a fete in such a short time. They do all this under rather restricted conditions, They have only 62 artificial rinks in the whole Soviet Republic - 57 covered and 5 open air, In Moscow, a city of 8 million they have four indoor artificial rinks and there are two in the city of Leningrad. Most of the hockey is played on outdoor natural ice ponds. In Canada last year we had 322,000 players registered with 1500 covered artificial rinks and a population of 22 million. We should feel rather fortunate in this respect to have as many facilities as we do. The Soviets have set up a 5- year plan for the future. It in- volves a very intensive program over the whole country to try and make ice hockey become a truly "national sport". At this stage, equipment is the biggest problem. Last year they manufactured eight million stick's, far below the demand, Hockey has become a "disease" among kids. They dream of hockey. Soccer is slowly losing in popularity to ice hockey. It has become the number one spec- tator and media sport during the winter. 4,, Although it may appear as though hockey is gaining number one position in the field of sports, 30 other sports are sponsored equally by the State Government. Hockey does not have any priorities over any of the others. Money is distributed equally. It is not number one as it is in Canada - according to Soviet beliefs. If and when the Soviets get the same facilities and equipment as we have - look out, unless we change out training methods and Canadian attitude towards the game. Players are not selected until 10 years of age„ Some "very" skilled kids may be selected at eight years. Very simply their competitions are divided into: D - 10 years; C - 111/2 - 12 years; B 13-14 years; A 151 2-16 years; Junior - 17-18 years and Adult. B, C, D, classifications usually have two practices per week plus one game. Practices usually last 60-90 minutes and they play about 36-40 games per year. The other groupings have 90 minute workouts and upwards to 50 games plus playoffs per year. Here they reverse the practice-game ratio. In North America it is approximately reversed, three games to one practice. If a young player shows potential he is persuaded to join a sports club for elite development. They go through a very intensive training programme - much more efficient than here. They feel they need quality of leadership, If that is good - the programme will be good because all things will come together. Goalies are not selected until nine years of age, Usually they are selected from "street" teams, At 19 years of age they may not yet be developed but at this stage they are told whether to continue or not. Goalies are not selected on the ice. Many factors are considered. Goalies are in- structed 2-3 times per week for 30 minutes separately from other players. They also go through intensive dryland training, The great Tretiak is the dream . of all goalies. He has no equal in ability in the USSR. There are no other goalies in the sidelines to match his ability or come anywhere near it. Hockey players when selected must also study. "They have no right to participate in com- petitions if they do not study." The hockey programme is almost year round. The season ended this year on May 8 with the USSR Cup and it started again on July 1 for the best leagues. Each team has two coaches plus two others to run the dryland training which goes on all year round even while ice is available, The "Golden Puck" is the goal of all minor players ,The country is divided into regions and districts. Moscow is divided into 30 districts. Each district has teams in each age category even up to 20-25 teams in each area, Champions are determined in each district, then on to City championships, then on to region and finally national cham- pionships determined in a final January tournament. Winners are awarded medals and team awards, I was fortunate enough to be awarded one of these awards as a Minor Coach from Canada, from Tarasov who is considered the founder of modern hockey in. Russia. It is very difficult to condense Soviet hockey into a short write- up. They analyse the game right down to learning how to fall and which stick is the best. Canadians can learn Well from the Soviets - but the Soviets can also learn much from us. Juveniles win by big score The Crediton juveniles scored an impressive 10-0 victory over Clinton in Western Ontario Athletic Association play Wed- nesday. The Crediton club scored six runs in the fourth inning to establish a lead that was never threatened, Paul Brooks, Brian Taylor and Bruce Hodge singled and Larry Clarke cracked a double to provide the fourth inning scoring punch, In the Crediton fifth, Mike Desjardine drew a walk and scored on a two-bagger from the bat of Larry Clarke. The latter crossed the plate on two infield outs, Five straight walks in the seventh allowed Larry Clarke and Doug Mclsaac to plate the final two Crediton scores, Doug Mclsaac went the full nine inning distance on the mound for Crediton, He allowed only six well scattered hits while recording 15 strikeouts, The Dashwood Tigers closed out the regular schedule in the Huron-Perth intermediate baseball league this week on a rather disappointing note. Wednesday in Clinton, the Tigers suffered a 16-8 defeat at the hands of the Clinton Colts and Friday night back on the Dash- wood diamond the visiting Listowel club came out on the top end of a 17-7 score, Friday's contest was scoreless for the first three innings and then Listowel broke loose with five runs in the fourth inning and five more in the next frame The Tigers only serious scoring came in the bottom of the fourth when they were able to send four runners across the plate. Bob Hoffman and Bill Schade singled for the only Tiger hits in the fourth. Their scoring was helped by a pair of walks and the same number of errors by Listowel, • John Hayter's double and a single from the bat of Bob Hoff- man produced two more Tiger tallies in the sixth inning. In the Dashwood ninth, Glenn Thurman singled, moved to second as Gary Gibson walked and home on Jim Hoffman's single. Other Dashwood hits in ad- dition to the run scoring innings were singles by John Hayter, Dave Parsons, Bob Hoffman and Glenn Thurman. Larry Clarke was the starting pitcher for Dashwood. He needed relief help from Perry Stover in the fifth. The outcome of Wednesday's game in Clinton was in doubt until the Colts erupted with seven runs in the seventh inning and added two more in the eighth. The Tigers counted two runs in the first frame with singles by Jim Dietrich and Dave Parsons providing the power. In the Dashwood second, Brad Gregus opened with a two-bagger and came home to score on singles by Gary Gibson and John Hayter. Gary.Gibson doubled and Dave Parsons and Gary Hartman singled to drive in four Tiger scores in the fifth inning, In the. ninth Glenn Thurman walked and scored without the aid of any base hits, Bob Hoffman and John Hayter shared pitching duties for Dash- wood while Don Bartliff, Butch Fleet and Burns were on the mound for Clinton, Playoffs The playoff schedule to determine, the Huron-Perth in- termediate league baseball champion for 1976 was drawn up at a meeting held Monday night. The three area teams in the league, the Dashwood Tigers, Zurich Mets and Clinton Colts will meet in a round robin home and home series with the top two clubs meeting in a best-of-three final for the title. The playoff round opened last night, Wednesday with the Zurich Mets travelling to Clinton. The balance of the schedule is as follows: August 6, Clinton at Dashwood, 8 p.m. 8, Dashwood at Zurich, 2 p.in. 11, Dashwood at Clinton, 8 p.m. 13, Zurich at Dashwood, 8 p.m. 15, Clinton at Zurich, 2 p.m. Yamaha AVAILABLE AT COUNTRY CORNER MT. CARMEL — 237-3456 I OPEN TILL 10 P.M. Report on Russian sport seminar Ready for labour and defence Bowlers enjoy three jitneys Ilub Willoughby, Liz Lamport and Stella Taylor were the top entries in the jitneys staged this week by the Exeter lawn bowlers. Willoughby won Saturday night's event, followed in order by Jim Orr, Ruth Willoughby, Clarence Down, Nelson Squire, Edith Love and Beth Batten. Mrs. Lamport won three games to by the major winner in a fun night staged on Civic Holiday. The regular Tuesday night event was topped by Mrs, Taylor with two wins and an aggregate of 24. Following in order were Russ Snell, Ruth Skinner, Ina Skinner, Nelson Squire, Anna Ballantyne, Stan Roth, Mabel Blackburn, Ruth Willoughby and Clarence Down. 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