05-07-2010, 06:49 PM
Because of the speed of hockey, it's the hardest of the major sports to deconstruct, mentally, as it unfolds. What's going on isn't that different than soccer or basketball with no standard breaks in the action during a period of play. It's like football in that everyone is in motion all at once but football unfolds one play at a time. Baseball is as complex or more so than other sports but the way it unfolds, it's the easiest to begin to get a handle on.
The problem with hockey and it's speed is that strategy and tactics unfold very fast and often, on a scale broader than a television shot. Television has always had to struggle with shooting wide enough to see plays develop and close enough to see the people that are playing as more than stick figures.
For whatever reason, the people directing soccer broadcasts have always understood that you simply have to show a sufficiently wide shot or the sport makes no bloody sense.
Hockey is much easier to watch in person than on TV.
The problem with hockey and it's speed is that strategy and tactics unfold very fast and often, on a scale broader than a television shot. Television has always had to struggle with shooting wide enough to see plays develop and close enough to see the people that are playing as more than stick figures.
For whatever reason, the people directing soccer broadcasts have always understood that you simply have to show a sufficiently wide shot or the sport makes no bloody sense.
Hockey is much easier to watch in person than on TV.