ear buds worn WHILE playing

[WolfgangPuck]

Wearing my iPhone ear buds while practicing on the ice and one fell out. I was looking for 30 mins skating whole ice looking careful I didn’t skate over it. Was panicking cause the Zamboni man was about to clean the ice when i finally did find it

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

And if a deaf goalie wanted to play in your league, the refs would have difficulty communicating with him as well

But, that would be a problem between the goalie and the refs, not a problem which requires league intervention

Simply put, you wouldn't prevent a deaf player from participating in your league, so the argument that "they can't hear" doesn't hold up

Have you offered any sort of compromise? Ask the goalie if he'd be okay wearing just one secured ear bud


Which is a problem everyone would easily accept and live with if the player was deaf, so it's really only a problem if the league wants it to be

Yeah but he’s not deaf. People who have a disability like being legally blind or deaf have naturally enhanced senses to compensate for their disability. You still have some concern with someone who is deaf but that person is entirely adapted to communicating living with that disability. A goaltender who just decides to where EarPods is not.

It’s a safety issue. When I had a motorcycle, I used to ride every now and then with headphones (earbuds but they were wired). Not “right” but I did it. It is illegal and I understand why. I bent the rules a few times, and I took that risk. But if I was pulled over and a cop told me not to do it, I wouldn’t argue for a second. The reason for it being illegal is perfectly legitimate. You lose a very vital sense of your surroundings.

Now you can obviously say (correctly) that riding a motorcycle is different from being a goaltender. But you also (should be) in communication with your team or at least available to communicate. The goaltender should realize it’s a safety/communication issue and a logical one at that. Along with have respect for his own team. You can’t always have everything your way, and a team sport no matter the level should be a place where that is accepted. This is not an unreasonable decision by the league/the team in any way.

 

[x Tame Impala]

So, deaf players aren't allowed to play in your league?

If the buds were taped in place, or unable to fall out due to the goalie's helmet, I see why you or anyone else would care

Seems like you created a problem - and an unhappy goalie - over something you simply didn't like

The Internet is filled with people jumping to extreme exceptions with just about anything. You’re being ridiculous. If the player was deaf this would obviously be a different discussion. This post was pointless

 

[bov]

I wouldn't be truly bothered by it myself but from a league/rules standpoint it should be prohibited, easy call. Aside from the obvious issue of safety, it's also a questionable thing to do in a team sport where communication is important. One earbud being allowed wouldn't be the end of the world if players were actually causing a problem about it, but that should be a last resort and only if the complaints became disruptive.

The deaf argument is f***ing laughable.

 

[Garbageyuk]

So, deaf players aren't allowed to play in your league?

If the buds were taped in place, or unable to fall out due to the goalie's helmet, I see why you or anyone else would care

Seems like you created a problem - and an unhappy goalie - over something you simply didn't like

The guy isn’t deaf. Making accommodations for someone with a disability is completely different than placating some jackass that insists on wearing earbuds during games. Even aside from any potential safety issue, it’s just disruptive to the experience of everyone else participating in the game (refs and teammates at least), and is self-centered and borderline disrespectful to everyone else. If you want to zone out by yourself, go workout or something and leave team sports to people who actually want to interact with other people.

 

[Neutrinos]

The guy isn’t deaf. Making accommodations for someone with a disability is completely different than placating some jackass that insists on wearing earbuds during games. Even aside from any potential safety issue, it’s just disruptive to the experience of everyone else participating in the game (refs and teammates at least), and is self-centered and borderline disrespectful to everyone else. If you want to zone out by yourself, go workout or something and leave team sports to people who actually want to interact with other people.

I just don't think any accommodations need to be made...

Just drop the puck, and play!

 

[ChuckLefley]

It’s always interesting in threads where one person is arguing with many others, to see what posts that one person ignores in order to keep arguing.

 

[PK Cronin]

I just don't think any accommodations need to be made...

Just drop the puck, and play!

It's not a piece of hockey equipment and isn't necessary to play the game, plus it provides a potential safety risk if it were to fall out. There's no need to allow any extra paraphernalia on the rink. It's that simple.

I don't think the communication part really matters a whole lot.

 

[CupHolders]

Ear buds in hockey? Hmmm, what do you think John…

 

[Neutrinos]

It's not a piece of hockey equipment and isn't necessary to play the game, plus it provides a potential safety risk if it were to fall out. There's no need to allow any extra paraphernalia on the rink. It's that simple.

I don't think the communication part really matters a whole lot.

A hearing aid isn't a piece of hockey equipment, and isn't necessary to the play the game either

As I said earlier in the thread, so long as they're secured in place - either taped on, or due to the helmet - there's no safety issue

 

[PK Cronin]

A hearing aid isn't a piece of hockey equipment, and isn't necessary to the play the game either

As I said earlier in the thread, so long as they're secured in place - either taped on, or due to the helmet - there's no safety issue

A hearing aid actually enhances safety though, because you can hear better now. So it could be considered safety equipment in this instance.

Adding an earbud, with tape or something else, is altering the safety equipment in a way to make it potentially less safe. There is no way to ensure that the tape will hold and the ear bud doesn't fall out. Again, it's extra paraphernalia that doesn't enhance safety, it reduces it. There isn't a need to allow that.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Who the hell wants to wear ear buds playing hockey?

A hearing aid isn't a piece of hockey equipment, and isn't necessary to the play the game either

As I said earlier in the thread, so long as they're secured in place - either taped on, or due to the helmet - there's no safety issue

Well, that's just wrong. If someone can't hear that is a safety concern for them and everyone else if he can't hear the whistle, so it makes sense to wear it.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Wearing my iPhone ear buds while practicing on the ice and one fell out. I was looking for 30 mins skating whole ice looking careful I didn’t skate over it. Was panicking cause the Zamboni man was about to clean the ice when i finally did find it

may i ask, where did you end up finding it LOL.

OT, my biggest gripe with ear pods is how easily you can lose them.

Who the hell wants to wear ear buds playing hockey?

you would be surprised.. lots of people in the workplace use them:

I mean.. I’m seeing people where them everywhere I go (AirPods/Galaxy Buds)

I went to the orthodontist, and the Hygienist was wearing them. Went to the ophthalmologist - same thing.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

may i ask, where did you end up finding it LOL.

OT, my biggest gripe with ear pods is how easily you can lose them.



you would be surprised.. lots of people in the workplace use them:

Workplace is much different then on the ice when playing hockey haha.

 

[tarheelhockey]

A hearing aid isn't a piece of hockey equipment, and isn't necessary to the play the game either

Hearing is a safety element in hockey.

You're comparing a thing that helps you hear to something that makes is harder to hear. It's obvious which of these helps resolve a safety issue and which one creates a safety issue.

 

[WolfgangPuck]

may i ask, where did you end up finding it LOL.

OT, my biggest gripe with ear pods is how easily you can lose them.



you would be surprised.. lots of people in the workplace use them:

Seen others wear when in the ice and thought it would be cool to try it on next time I was practicing. Has just only bought these expensive ear pods and used it a week when I went on the ice. It was open ice and there was only two other practicing. Fell out during my first 10 mins skating .The next 30 mins I was skating all over the ice looking for a white ear pod that match the exact color on the ice Fcuk….why do they make earspods white!!!! I felt sick, distraught and resign that I couldn’t find I had given up and saw the Zamboni man coming to clean the ice. I begged him to be careful when cleaning the ice and if he spotted anything let me know. As he walked over the edge of the rink to get the Zamboni machine he calls me and points to the spot on the ice between the boards and behind the goal Yes! He found them. I was relieved and thankful and will never wear EarPod on the ice ever again

 

[Neutrinos]

What poses more of a safety issue...

The earbud falling on the playing surface or a player unable to hear?

 

[tarheelhockey]

What poses more of a safety issue...

The earbud falling on the playing surface or a player unable to hear?

Probably the player being unable to hear, because it's a continuous situation. The earbud on the ice is dangerous only if someone happens to step on it, which is likely to happen eventually but not a continuous threat. Also stepping on the earbud probably just results in a tumble, whereas the big concern with hearing impairment would be an unanticipated collision which could seriously hurt someone.

 

[HansonBro]

If you're that bored you need music to play hockey, go find another sport.

 

[Yukon Joe]

If you're that bored you need music to play hockey, go find another sport.

I mean...

Look, I came out against wearing ear buds while playing. But you can't deny the connection between music and hockey. From the music in the dressing room, to if you have music thumping in between the whistles... I both played a game last night with music, and coached a game this morning with music, and it definitely amps up the atmosphere.

Don't get me wrong - I love the purity of playing a pick-up game at the ODR in the great outdoors - but you can't deny the connection between good music and playing hockey either.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I mean...

Look, I came out against wearing ear buds while playing. But you can't deny the connection between music and hockey. From the music in the dressing room, to if you have music thumping in between the whistles... I both played a game last night with music, and coached a game this morning with music, and it definitely amps up the atmosphere.

Don't get me wrong - I love the purity of playing a pick-up game at the ODR in the great outdoors - but you can't deny the connection between good music and playing hockey either.

Music and exercise just naturally go together. People respond to the rhythm and energy. There's a reason workout instructors almost always use a soundtrack.

 

[MeHateHe]

Music and exercise just naturally go together. People respond to the rhythm and energy. There's a reason workout instructors almost always use a soundtrack.

Sure, and the reason we use music in this way is often to keep us motivated, to keep us focused on what we are doing by distracting us from the pain it is causing, or to keep us from being distracted by the things around us. I have earbuds in for my runs because otherwise I would notice that running hurts.

Having music playing in the background (say, for warmups) can complement your work in hockey, but if it's so loud that you are not aware of what else is going on - in a sport where communication is actually essential - it is working against you.

Workouts - with weights, for example or in running - are essentially solo activities. Hockey is a team game. You are working in sync with your teammates, and you can't if you are going out of your way to isolate yourself. Even goalies need to be part of the team, and as a former goalie I can't believe I have to say that.

This discussion, man.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Sure, and the reason we use music in this way is often to keep us motivated, to keep us focused on what we are doing by distracting us from the pain it is causing, or to keep us from being distracted by the things around us. I have earbuds in for my runs because otherwise I would notice that running hurts.

Having music playing in the background (say, for warmups) can complement your work in hockey, but if it's so loud that you are not aware of what else is going on - in a sport where communication is actually essential - it is working against you.

Workouts - with weights, for example or in running - are essentially solo activities. Hockey is a team game. You are working in sync with your teammates, and you can't if you are going out of your way to isolate yourself. Even goalies need to be part of the team, and as a former goalie I can't believe I have to say that.

This discussion, man.

For sure. I can totally understand someone wanting to wear earbuds while just messing around on an open rink. As long as it's not too crowded I would do the same thing myself, sounds like a blast. Definitely would not do it during a game or even a stick and puck session with a decent number of people on the ice.

 

[Canadienna]

I did this for a while in a pick up league. I'm a goalie and having some music going is a great feeling.

I did have someone make a negative comment about it so I stopped wearing them.

Definitely a nice feeling though playing with music in your ears.

 

[Neutrinos]

It’s always interesting in threads where one person is arguing with many others, to see what posts that one person ignores in order to keep arguing.

I'm not going to respond to posts from users on my 'Ignore' list... that kinda defeats the purpose of such a list