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Hockey Games And Curling: 8. Sports to Be Witnessed or Practiced Spectator sports are headed by soccer football in summer and by big snow and ice events in winter. Winter sports need special emphasis, for they are characteristic of Austria, especially in the Tyrol and Vorarlberg resorts. They include not only skiing, with jumping and slalom events commanding chief attention, but also thrilling toboggan races, hockey games and curling. These sports are, of course, sought by many foreign participants as eagerly as they are by onlookers.
In international competitions, British track achievements are on a par with other countries of comparable size and climate. However, a good many British athletes who take world honors— for instance David Hemery, winner of the 400-meter hurdles in the 1968 Olympics—were trained in the United States.
Other Sports. Other outdoor activities engaged in by Britons of all ages are cycling, canoeing, orienteering (running an outdoor course aided by a map and compass), climbing, skiing, pot-holing (descending into underground caves), pony trekking, horseback riding, and team games such as hockey and lacrosse.
In the way of practical help, suggest games that could be played at home (e.g. word bingo or a cloze game where children fill in missing words or phrases), explaining the particular value of games to a child with reading problems -namely that they're fun and so don't seem too much like hard work, and also that they have a useful repetitive, reinforcing function. When you recommend a game, try to explain just how it is designed to help. There are booklets and pamphlets available, which give ideas for games that can easily be made and played at home (e.g. Hip Pocket Spelling Games series, New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983). |
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