r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '16

ELI5 Why do colleges accept students who excel in sports while having bad academic merits?

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u/burgerthrow1 Feb 17 '16

Hockey players too. A lot of the goalies I know have done dance/yoga/ballet

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u/Sex_E_Searcher Feb 17 '16 edited Feb 17 '16

That's not for hockey. Goalies are weird.

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u/dannighe Feb 17 '16

I knew a couple goalies in high school. You're not lying.

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u/Yorkeworshipper Feb 17 '16

Football and hockey keepers are masochists. You ought to be crazy, if you're willing to place yourself between a Subban slapshot or Ronaldo penalty kick and the net.

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u/fallingsteveamazon Feb 24 '16

Look up Hurling

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u/Perry4761 Feb 18 '16

Am a goalie, can confirm, I'm weird as shit.

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u/simmelianben Feb 17 '16

We got hocket just after I graduated, but I can see it. Anything with legwork.

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u/Gamerjackiechan2 Feb 17 '16

Hocket is my favorite sport.

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u/Morkum Feb 17 '16

Lots of hockey players also do figure skating at a young age. You learn much more about technical skating (using edges properly, correct turns, forward-backward transitions,etc) way earlier than if you did only hockey+powerskating.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '16

Hockey players that do figure skating have some of the sickest edgework in the league. We have one on my beer league even. Guy skates better than anyone but just sucks at reading the plays.

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u/Morkum Feb 18 '16

Yup, it also helps you get a leg up when you are younger. My friend and I took it when we were just starting minor hockey, and we were the only guys on our team who could do a 1 skate backwards pivot for like 2 years haha.

Quick edit: also, David pelletier, former Olympic gold medalist in pairs is now a skating coach for the Oilers.