Goalie Warm Up

Title: Goalie Warm Up 

General Information about Item:

  • Customary Lore, Game/Ritual
  • Language: English
  • Country of Origin: Canada
  • Informant: Christie Honor
  • Date Collected: 2-22-18

Informant Data:

  • Christie Honor is a Junior at Dartmouth College and a goalie on the Varsity Women’s Ice Hockey Team. She was born in Mississauga, Ontario in Canada, and has lived there her whole life. She started playing hockey when she was five years old because she looked up to her two older brothers who played. She is a biology major and just finished her first year as the starting goalie.

Contextual Data:

  • Cultural Context: Goalies are a unique position. They do workouts that are a little bit different than the rest of the team, thus explaining why they have a different warm-up routine. A very important task for a goalie is to track the puck with their eyes and catch pucks with their glove
  • Social Context: There are two goalies on the team in the same year: Shannon and Christie. They are very good friends and share a special bond, especially since they both play the most unique position in the game: goalie. Although Christie plays in a majority of games, this does not affect their bond as they are still great friends and roommates. This item has been practiced for three years.

Item:

  • During the teams off-ice warm up, the two junior goalies, Shannon and Christie, started getting a racquet-ball and throwing it off the wall back and forth to each other. While throwing the ball back and forth to each other, they maintain a low squat position. This is an important ritual to them as it warms-up their hand-eye coordination that is crucial for peak performance.

 

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Informant’s Comments:

  • I find this pre-game routine particularly interesting because to be a goalie in hockey is a very different, particular position. It makes sense that they should warm-up in a different way than the rest of the team. They also carry this special bond by doing this warm-up together which I could see through Christie telling me about this ritual they do together.

Collector’s Comments:

  • Christie Honor was interviewed by Brooke Ahbe in Thompson Arena, Dartmouth College. Webpage was published by Sarah Tabeek.

Collector’s Name: Brooke Ahbe

Tags/Keywords:

  • Customary Lore
  • Game
  • Goalie Warm Up

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