How fast is Hockey compared to other sports?

Let's compare the top speeds reached in self-propelled sports, in this edition of District 5.
#hockey #nhl #sports

[@District5-YT]

Thanks for watching y'all! Been very busy lately, but I've got lots of videos cooking. See you soon!

[@georgehe1473]

comparing athletes with animals is a very smart and fun addition, keep up the good work

[@tudormiller887]

Not too many sports as fast as hockey TBH. MLB ? NBA ? NFL ? MLS ? Doesn't compare. Go Oilers!

[@nickhoban2758]

dude ive never seen your content before but great freaking video!!!!

[@echddoe]

great idea for a video! Loved the infographic/ chart with each sport and the golden retriever

[@pewdiepiekjellberg4295]

When I think “fast sport” I don’t necessarily think of top speed. Hockey involves a lot of split second passes, dekes, and shots which in my opinion makes it the fastest.

[@doublestrokeroll]

yeah that's a good point. Although I bet if you measure the speed of a the average hockey pass it probably won't be much faster than a strong basketball or football (both) pass. But you're right, the volume of passing is definitely more in a shorter time so it does feel like there is always some kind of action happening very quickly.

[@chadlevitan7886]

Agreed. I played soccer and hockey growing up and although yea the puck is probably moving faster than a typical soccer pass/shot, players can run as fast as hockey players etc, the pace of play is just vastly different. It’s not really the actual speed of the players or puck/ball. Hockey feels like warp speed compared to soccer at similar levels of play. Soccer very much feels slower and more deliberate.

[@doublestrokeroll]

@@chadlevitan7886It's just the fundamental differences in the design of the sports. Rinks are small compared to fields so passes need to happen more quickly plus there is almost always motion so said passes happen in that context. If you watch a basketball game when they set up in the half court offense, if the play isn't an isolation 1 on 1 play, the ball moves extremely quickly around the perimeter. It's in an out of their hands lightning quick when there is ball movement. I'd say situations like that are easily comparable to hockey. Granted there are fewer times that happens so overall the sport looks slower.

[@JasonFahy]

The source is forgotten, but I think the first time I heard "fastest game on Earth" it was explained that they were talking about the skaters, and the velocity of the puck. I assume only baseballs (and maybe tennis balls?) approach the speed of a really hard slapshot. I don't know the first thing about cricket so...maybe they're in there too...?

[@purplepotato69]

@@JasonFahy baseballs yes and tennis balls definitely, tennis balls can absolutely MOVE

[@Sniperizbak]

You know what's hilarious, I play beer league as a goalie and I swear in game everything is lightning fast, and then when I watch the replay on livebarn it looks like we're playing in molasses. Just to show how fast the pros actually are

[@imhereforthesarcasm8097]

Agreed. I still like watching my latest hatty on livebarn!!!

[@RandomCommenter-qu2oc]

Livebarn is great, it’s good enough for studying my 14U games lmao.

[@randypalmer2328]

I went out for practice with a Canadian Junior A team as a literal beer league player, and dude, that stuff doesn't make sense. Watching the play, see a guy just barely dip behind a screen and the puck is in the back of the net before you realize you got scored on by a backdoor pass? It's almost freaky.

[@AB-ez4rm]

@@randypalmer2328 I 've done that. I just end up standing there watching them fly by me saying, "Wow!"

[@ChrisJones-yt8zp]

Live barn is filmed weird. It's faster than it looks there.

[@RJKYEG]

It's not just the top speed of the athletes, it's how fast they're going all the time.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

28km in 90 min in bandy

[@normw4705]

And what they do while going at top speed. McDavid does things at high speed that are just out of this world.

[@CatsAreAwesome146]

Marathoners😂

[@BW022]

Yes and hockey has a number of gameplay issues with maximizes that. 1. It is a continuous game without break as you see in baseball or football. 2. It is played on a smaller surface with an extremely fast puck. Thus, unlike soccer you can't take 'break', stand there with the ball, knock it out of bounds, kick it long distances to 'reset' your positions, etc. It is more like basket ball in that way. 3. Players have extremely short shifts, typically under a minute or two. They are typically going at a high intensity all the time because they are rotated to rest 3/4 of the time. 4. Unlike many games, the playing surface in enclosed and prevents out of bounds from stopping or delaying the game. 5. It sticks. This means that any given player can interact/control a much larger area than with their hands, feet, racket, etc. Thus, the puck is nearly always in dispute, subject to quick changed, constant turn overs, and virtually impossible to 'hog' or defend for long periods. etc.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

@@BW022 you say they don't rest on the ice? so what happens when they get a face-off and powerbrake or how a power play is played then it is pretty much at a standstill when you are in the offensive zone. it is much easier to slide on a pair of skates should also be added

[@DDWyss]

In addition to top speed, I think average speed is also worth considering. I would posit that hockey is much faster than football, soccer, or basketball on average. Even though as you pointed out, due to rink size and shape restrictions, skaters never get to top speed, I think they still spend way more time going far faster than in any other team sport.

[@eriklakeland3857]

And the line changes keep players fresh, so it’s rotations of sprinting

[@DDWyss]

@@eriklakeland3857 Exactly, most sports are aerobic, but hockey is anaerobic. As you said, sprinting in shifts.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

In bandy the same year as the time of 46.8 kilometers per hour and was recorded, it was also another player who went 40 kilometers per hour but went the whole 28km in 90min instead, which was a higher base speed. one you learn here in Sweden is that it takes as long for a bandy player to go from goal to goal as it does for hockey players to go from goal to goal on the respective ice surface

[@hockeygrrlmuse]

Another way to look at it is the average speed of all the players. Soccer players are often jogging or walking if they're on the other end of the field from where the ball is in play. But in hockey, similar to basketball, the players all need to be in the same part of the rink most of the time. So the average speed of every hockey player on the ice combined is probably higher than the average speed of every soccer player on the field combined.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

@@hockeygrrlmuse in hockey they stand still quite a lot too

[@canadianrage5224]

The fact hockey players can almost reach speeds of a track sprinter in such a confined space where other players aren’t exactly giving you a whole lot of room to work with is a testament to how fast hockey really is.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

hockey players' skates are sharpened for acceleration and not top speed

[@colinbarlow-xh2km]

@@ROCKMICHAnr2 they aren't tho, they're different profiles for speed, acceleration, and better edges for turning, they're not just sharpened for acceleration, hockey is probably the hardest sport to accelerate.

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

@@colinbarlow-xh2km kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5yXdKuJZbN7hMksi=AIMRyLcT3_mwUta3

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

@@colinbarlow-xh2km here you have the difference between between them. one is hockey and is definitely for max. acceleration. and the other is for more top speed but not Max speed because then it's a completely different skate

[@colinbarlow-xh2km]

@@ROCKMICHAnr2 its not tho theyre are 4 different types of radius the single (most common mainly used for extra stability), triple zuperior (agility), quad(power), eclipse (hybrid). theres also 2 types of sharpening the normal and the channel-z which is better for improved grip speed and endurance. There are also hollow radius’s which are 1”, 3/4, 5/8, 1/2, and 3/8, the 1” is best for speed but doesn’t provide as much grip, the 3/8 is the opposite, 5/8ths is the most balanced it has nothing to do with skates. although they have invented a new blade holder that propels you to be faster. but blades come out of the holder so it has nothing to do with what skate you have it’s about the blade

[@mpreuss2]

This randomly popped into my YT feed and it did not disappoint! Great video. Not only did it cover most of the fastest sports it really put it into perspective how quick the sport really is in such a confined space.

[@wnsbug]

I would hit like but it is Nice right now.

[@mpreuss2]

@@wnsbug someone ruined it, sad

[@wnsbug]

@@mpreuss2 those uncultured vermin

[@Middyman43]

Also the pace of the game. Although players aren’t that slower than hockey players, football is really slow.

[@JasonFahy]

Yeah, it feels a bit mean to mention that a baseball player's *average* speed is bloody close to zero. But it's also true. :)

[@Justthatguy1998]

@@JasonFahyI never thought about that, a lot of the active players during a inning really are just watching a guy hit a ball with stick. I mean they do a bunch of shuffling before and after

[@_Angry_Potato_]

Pace is a bigger factor than the literal speed of players imo. Also how quickly a scoring opportunity in one end can switch and suddenly the other teams gets a chance 2 seconds later. Hurling, which is an Irish sport, is commonly referred to as the fastest game on grass for this reason. The players themselves aren’t faster than soccer, rugby etc, but the game moves at such a fast pace and is very high scoring.

[@honza3186]

Yeah, it’s the pacing that matters, pacing of football/soccer game is comically slow in comparison... Never understood the popularity of that sport...

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

Do you mean Soccer or actual Football?

[@mramisuzuki6962]

A lot people think an ice hockey rink is the size basketball court too. You take them to a game and their heads are blown.

[@colinbarlow-xh2km]

yeah i went to a harlem globetrotters event at the sabres arena a couple years back and it was honestly crazy how much room there was.

[@dominicpancella3012]

It has to be at least 4× the surface area. Ice is 200 feet end-to-end, I don't think a basketball court is more than about 100

[@tristanridley1601]

It's funny because so many hockey arenas and basketball courts are the same place. It should be REALLY obvious to the basketball fans where the ice would go, but they miss it. Watch a video converting from one to the other some time for proper comparison.

[@Skyl3t0n]

And then you go on a soccer pitch and can barely make out the borders of the opposite goal. And those goals are huge

[@pattaccone5347]

Keep in mind, the hockey rink is only 200 feet long. The others are a lot longer so they get to run a lot longer. Connor McDavid hits 40 km an hour in like three strides.😂😂 With hockey it’s not so much the speed of the players it’s the speed of the actual gameplay People just can’t keep up with it

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

if you actually look at the game, hockey players actually stand still a lot in the games and why McDavid does it is because hockey players' skates are sharpened for acceleration and not top speed

[@connorraab]

​@@ROCKMICHAnr2nothing to do with how his skates are sharpened (standard 5/8 hallow with a 10 profile) it's the way he uses his speed and his IQ

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

It absolut dos kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5yXdKuJZbN7hMksi=kfob4lK1xeIPygeW

[@kevinmassey1164]

This seems to be trying to answer “which sport has the fastest athlete”. I’ve always thought the “fastest sport” was more about the pace of action during play.

[@bunnymcfoo8650]

Well, that sure rules out baseball - and I say that as a fan!

[@AllUpOns]

Yep. And if we're talking pace of play the winner is... Table Tennis!

[@RubensBarrichello.]

Which IndyCar wins easily

[@battleframestudios8989]

​@@AllUpOnsI'm not sure if you're talking about the speed of the ball or the reaction time needed to hit it, but hockey pucks still go faster.

[@EchoesDaBear]

Thanks for the video! Being a hockey player for nearing on 40 years, I can attest to it's speed - and as a goalie, I can further attest to the speed of that puck! What continually puts me in awe, especially with the pros, is, at the speeds they travel, they can turn, pivot, stop all while simultaneously controlling the trajectory of this black rubber disc. It's not just the physical speed, but the mental! I love all sports - but hockey is my favourite! Cheers.

[@RubensBarrichello.]

Nah it ain't fast you just too old to keep up

[@TrueBlueKangaroo]

I can not tell you how happy it made me that you included rugby. I was going to look it up once I finished the video, but you made my day.

[@markprenaud]

Surprisingly up to 37kph in 7s rugby

[@TrueBlueKangaroo]

@@markprenaud That video was of 7s, with isles clocking 41. Highest in 15s I think is 39.9 from what i can tell.

[@laronda10]

Speed skating is fricken nuts

[@AristaRockLord]

Speed skating is faster than Hockey

[@watvat8]

@@AristaRockLordand fire is hotter than ice

[@maplebasegames]

@@watvat8 Ice type is strong against dragon

[@coastaku1954]

Try Short Track Speed Skating, it's done on a 111m track that fits in a hockey rink and you're typically up against 1 to 7 other people, at the same time. No lanes, little protection, falling is common, and it's basically Nascar on ice

[@laronda10]

@coastaku1954 grew up in the speed skating world, short track speed skaters have balls bigger then fighter pilots

[@DunningKruger778]

I love when people like this do the research to put all of this information together. So interesting and entertaining.

[@ogfawnii]

a 5 minute google dive showed me that every number in this video is wrong.

[@DunningKruger778]

@@ogfawnii well shucks.

[@yourmother1631]

well you are wrong first of all McDavid was clocked at 30 MPH in a game just last year So hockey now is the fastest@@ogfawnii

[@FairlyAdequate35]

Been eagerly awaiting your next upload man, you make some of the best hockey content around!

[@JabeRaddle]

I was lucky enough to sit behind the glass at a Caps game this season and throughout the whole game my sister and I kept turning to each other and commenting on how fast everything was. Watching hockey in person really puts it into perspective.

[@Devlin48]

Found the channel recently and I’m so glad to see a quality channel covering the Ducks. Keep up the great content!

[@picklenik9658]

10:40 I enjoy the coincidence that the fastest estimates clip of McDavid is against the Calgary, and the rack rabbit clip is from a CFL of game of Edmonton vs Calgary

[@matluoma9195]

Nice video - I laughed out loud when you said.. “one of them might decide to send another into the Shadow Realm.”

[@rockinrodlittle]

Have to add the speed hockey players are grabbing passes or a goalies is making saves (100 mph shots). The hand eye required of an NHL player is off the chart. Watch a pro game at eye level and you get a great appreciation of what a speed game it is.

[@tristanridley1601]

Honestly never send a new fan to the NHL. In Canada the CHL is so much more engaging and fast-paced play with far more motivated players. Not sure what the USA juniors are called, but I'm sure it's the same there. I don't watch sports, but will NEVER turn down CHL tickets.

[@KeyDash753]

I think the bit at 8:20 is what sells hockey for me. Hockey players aren't just going at sprinting speeds, it's not uncommon for them to run into a tree at those speeds. That happens occasionally in football, but more in hockey.

[@tristanridley1601]

I have to give the win to Rugby on that one. Similar speeds and less padding. The "fastest game" claim of hockey is how rapidly everything happens. With sticks, the ability of players to control and move the puck is beyond any other full scale sport. Also, turnovers are a constant threat and the action is moving end to end all the time. Rugby has a lot of that too, but the goalie means that a breakaway is STILL a contest in hockey, and teams spend far longer right on the edge of victory or defeat.

[@adamfraser1809]

Well done video. Really looked into every sport!

[@PWNSdaily]

Love the videos dude. Just came across your channel and every video is a banger. Keep it up 🤘🏻

[@Hammerdak]

7:45 Imagine him getting brake-checked at that speed.😂 Your last clip was nicely subtle.

[@hno9613]

This man is one of the most underrated youtubers in HISTORY

[@Cat-worldwide]

I second this! Easy to watch, easy to understand, and always interesting with plenty of "Huh, makes you think" moments.

[@AristaRockLord]

Lmfao

[@IcarusLP]

Great video man. Great analysis and research

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

as a person who grew up with Bandy, I was pleasantly surprised that you mentioned the sport. the same year as the time of 46.8 kilometers per hour and was recorded, it was also another player who went 40 kilometers per hour but went the whole 28km in 90min instead, which was a higher base speed

[@Capydachi]

I've never heard of it before, but as a former hockey player it looks amazing

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

@@Capydachi it's just the speed that I've always loved mo if you want to watch whole matches then I think the Russian channelm (I think it's Russian anyway) SeregaTV BANDY-ХОККЕЙ С МЯЧОМ

[@ROCKMICHAnr2]

i they have highlights in the highest from Swedish men's & women's top league. Swedish second league for men. and the Russian Top League.

[@RRaquello]

@@Capydachi As a hockey fan,. I've watched some bandy on KZbin, and while they certainly have more room to get to top speed, generally the game is played at a slower pace because they don't play 50 second shifts, like in hockey. They have to pace themselves. The other thing is there's no physical contact, except maybe accidentally. Meaning no body checking. The weirdest thing to me was the goalie plays without a stick. He plays like a soccer goalie. It looks like a lot of fun to play but gets kind of dull watching after a while, but the players have to be in wicked good shape.

[@CreatineAddicted]

@@RRaquello i'd say its faster, people here seems to forget that hockey is so much about posession. Hockey speeds up when going to the other zone and then it slows down as soon as you reach it when its all about controlling the puck and letting it do the work for you.

[@colder32]

Hockey and Football are even more impressive considering how much gear they wear Also I’m curious how rowing matches up

[@wolf-xf6hf]

Something also worth noting is hockey players can turn and stop much much quicker than any other sport and when gliding or turning can maintain that speed for much much longer so the overall pace is faster as they can go faster in more directions for longer and then stop faster

[@Brubarov]

So interesting! Very well made. Thank you so much!

[@TheMe9595]

I think something that speaks in hockeys favor is when mackinnon raced against a top speed skater and at least beat them at their burst top speed. Obviously wouldn’t win over the long term but it’s still impressive.

[@SK-rg4nbSK]

You deserve wayyy more subscribers, some real quality content

[@xidis8022]

This video is great, nice breakdown.

[@gyrate598]

Great stuff man, was enganged the whole way through. Also, no need to break your computer with the 4k quality, the NHL doesn't even upload their highlights over 720p lol

[@Bread-Loaf-VR]

I love the vid you got a new sub keep up the good work

[@tonyjensen7209]

Love the vid! Moreover, your delivery of the content was awesome! Keep honing your delivery and you'll continue to grow as a creator. Much success to you!

[@SuperIcarusman]

Skates+Ice=less surface resistance. They say the average speed of offensive play in the NHL is 25 mph.

[@Spetsnazty]

Good work on this video man.

[@yelling3874]

To be honest, it's already really impressive that NHL players are that close to Usain Bolt's top recorded speed despite wearing full gear, carrying a stick, worrying about where the puck is, not using a starting block, not skating in a straight line, and not being willing to crash headlong into the boards solely for the sake of speed. Sprinters are there just to go fast. Hockey players have some extra responsibilities. One thing I find interesting is comparing 60 meter sprint speeds to top NHL speeds. NHL rinks are just under 61 meters long. The world record for sprinting 60 meters is from a 100 meter sprint by Su Bingtian at the 2020 olympics, where he ran 60 meters in 6.29 seconds. That comes out to 9.46 meters per second or 34.34 kph (21.34 mph). According to NHL Edge, the average top speed in the NHL among forwards is 35.48 kph (22.05 mph). The comparison isn't great, since the 60m sprint data is really his average speed over the whole 60 meters and the NHL data is the players' top speed ever recorded, but I think it evens out some given that Su Bingtian didn't have to worry about turning himself into a pancake at the end of that sprint. It's very funny to me that before needing to end his season to have both his hips resurfaced, John Klingberg (34.06 kph top speed) was approaching the speed of one of the fastest humans that's ever lived. By the same kind of comparison, Connor Brown's speed this season would have been enough to qualify for the finals of the 100m sprint in the last olympics.

[@scottmckenna]

Fun video. As someone who just recently got super into hockey and even started playing myself, I can agree and say, hockey is the fastest and best sport to watch for its constant speed.

[@chetstevensq]

Watching the NHL at the old Chicago Stadium was a treat. The rink was only 185 feet long making it the smallest ice surface in the league and players flew from end to end. Add in the nearly vertical 1st and 2nd balconies and every seat was literally right on top of the action.

[@nickmanning3913]

If I’m being honest I was very surprised that a football player is faster than a hockey player. That’s pretty crazy

[@jakerain2820]

In a game yes, a football field is wayyyyyy bigger than a rink. A hockey player is matching a football players speed in less than 200ft as apposed to 100 yards. Huge difference. if he included a hockey players top speed during the fastest skater competitions it wouldnt even be close.

[@MrSpleenface]

FYI the fastest measured 400m lap in speedskating was 25.93 seconds, which is about 60% of the time for a 400m sprint lap at WR pace, or about 2/3rds as much time as 4x100m at WR pace.

[@roguishpaladin]

The track and field 400m is tricky, though - it's technically a sprint, but it begins to turn into a stamina race at the end. It's a bad event with which to measure max speed when the speedskating 500m is the shortest long-track race (and thus the high-impact sprint).

[@Boobbazzz0006]

Love your content!

[@Mik-xq2co]

Hockey players are amazing based on there are 10 skaters on a relatively small rink. The size and speed at which they play and not running into each other is something I came to appreciates as my son grew from in-house league hockey to high level club and junior hockey. Amazing sport played at fast speed and tempo with a lot of finesse as well as physicalness.

[@lenaforsgren]

Great video! 👍 When I think of how fast a sport is I believe I look more at how many passes you can (and often do) squeeze into a certain amount of time and also how many seconds it takes from one side to the other. The popular sport in Sweden called floorball is probably the fastest one in this sense, that I can think of. Actually, I remember hearing that one of the reasons it’s not more popular to watch pro level floorball is because it’s TOO fast. 😀 I haven’t watched it a lot but I have a feeling, however, that you more often see tic tac toe goals in hockey than in floorball (consecutive lightning fast passes ending up in the net). Personally I think watching sprinters is kind of slow since it’s predictable. 🙂

[@Ardamir94]

Yeah, I also think of how fast the ball moves on the field, and I agree floorball can be really quick in that sense.

[@SD-dc9or]

Keep up this content man!!

[@kimreeves2702]

Back in the day, athletes from different sports competed in decathlon type events. It was fun to watch!

[@mdlouie]

to be fair, in 2013 physicists at the university of mexico modelled usain bolt's energy and power output and found that only 8% of his energy was used for movement, the other 92% went into overcoming air resistance, so that red bull speed skater really shouldn't be in the same discussion.

[@bandit6894]

Just get red bull to run a no air resistance test with a sprinter too.

[@gizmoitus]

Really thorough analysis. Kuddos.

[@johndef5075]

Damn Jackrabbit is the most impressive 😂 Great video!

[@BensBrickDesigns]

Thanks for all the Mackinnon shots.

[@fyimediaworld]

Simple forward motion is not the only metric for measuring how fast a sport is. Direction changes, play analysis and reaction times must also be considered.

[@INMATEofARKHAM]

Nice video. Should probably mention James Jett of Oakland Raider fame. He won a gold medal as part of 4 x 100 m relay in Barcelona Olympics in 1992.

[@zacharyperreault4986]

Great vid!

[@Dasato123]

There is a old video of a celebrity sprinting event in Europe I think on KZbin. In it Wayne Gretzky wins over a pre retirement Bjorn Borg. Borg was considered one of the fastest tennis players at the time but Gretzky won handily. The race had a past his prime Pele and a few other European athletes I didn’t recognize. The distance was strange I remember, something like 70 or 80 meters. Says a lot for hockey.

[@alextrujillo1556]

I appreciate this, thank you

[@wyndonguylikestrains]

I feel like a better measure would be density of actions. How often when the ball is in play is someone passing or shooting or blocking a pass or saving a shot or sprinting/skating to get to the ball/uck or running/skating with the ball/puck or any other thing happening other than just jogging into position or slowly pushing forward

[@Rosterized]

103 km/h on skates must feel insane

[@docflights]

One thing to mention is that Bandy players use different blades on their skates. They're flatter which means slower acceleration but higher top speed

[@thejourneysofar-]

Dude, can you do a video on how Hockey is statistically the toughest sport ? If you were to add momentum of players and the physics behind it, ice being the hardest surface compared to other sports, the safety rating of hockey equipment compared to things like football equipment rating, then adding in fighting. I think it would be a great argument. One I have all the time with people being a hockey fan lol

[@Drewit88]

Fun video. Good job man.

[@paulvoas3328]

Lacrosse, (is where basketball came from and its origins are older than most sports), is the fastest sport on 2 feet as you don’t have a ball to dribble or puck to handle. One definition of a sport is that it raises your heart rate consistently over 100; baseball then is an activity.

[@calook1334]

In other sports, these top speeds are quick bursts, especially in football and basketball. In hockey, you're usually maintaining ~10-15 mph speeds throughout your entire shift with quick bursts added on. Not to mention you have to be constantly calculating for quick change of direction, passes, dekes, one-timers, rebounds, and deflections, all while getting absolutely rocked by opposing enforcers. Hockey is definitely the fastest sport.

[@aberamagold7509]

You heard people saying that hockey only looks fast because it's filmed? Those people need to go to a game and sit relatively close to the ice, then they'll find out that the opposite is true. TV actually makes the game look slower, and often less violent, than it really is.

[@roguishpaladin]

An important thing to note when discussing speed skating versus hockey skating is that the stride's a little different and the skates are much different. Notable, the blade of the skate has two edges for a hockey skate, but a speedskating skate has only one edge. This makes a pretty big difference in terms of speed (and also stability, which is why you cant just hand a hockey skater a pair of speedskates and see how he does).

[@BassRowe97]

I like how this video doesn’t down play accomplishments of the other sports, but uses statistics and examples to back why hockey should be more appreciated as an incredibly fast sport.

[@user-gl8jp7hu9l]

This guy is seriously underrated

[@bipolargamechanger]

Wow super high quality videos.

[@hannuvallin6155]

I think there's more to "speed" of the game than just the speed of the athletes. For example take a look at floorball where players don't move as fast but the ball is moving much faster than in any other sport.

[@raymondmartin3631]

I get what you’re saying and don’t disagree the ball is going faster than the players but I went to the ECHL classic last year and watched the hardest hit and I’ve never heard of a 113mph football baseball pitches can about tit for tat but gameplay is way slower

[@kingrazo10]

@@raymondmartin3631plenty of baseball hits have exceeded 115+ mph.

[@TheHeston83]

Great Vid posted it on r/Sports subreddit

[@nathanedison8692]

Context is everything when it comes to speed in sports. As a downhill skier, I’ve sometimes clocked well over 50 mph on my smartwatch on well-groomed trails without even realizing I was going that fast. But on a less-even surface, 45 mph can feel much faster than the former scenario since I’m pushing the limits of control in those conditions. I’ve never played hockey, so I don’t have a true sense of how fast it is. But not gonna lie, every time I watch it, the speed of the game in that environment looks downright terrifying.

[@bossfan49]

Hockey players operate on a higher skill level than other sports. For starters..It's not on a field or court...but on ICE. 2. They can't wear shoes, or run. They must propel themselves on thin steel blades. 3. They can't handle the gamepiece (puck, ball, et al) directly. They have to manipulate it at the end of a stick. 4. They attempt to move the gamepiece towards the goal, while avoiding full speed, high impact collisions inflicted by the opposing team.

[@L0gaRythmM]

i think its crazy how Mackinon managed to cook an Olympic speed skater

[@beneasler8868]

Hockey top speed may look a little faster due to the cameras being closer and the rink being much smaller than a soccer field. However, due to the nature of no friction on ice, the average speed of a hockey player in a game will far and away outpace any other sport. Combine that with subbing on the fly, and the general pace of the game is just so much faster than any other sport I can think of.

[@tricolore31]

Keep up the elite content

[@rthomp03]

I say this as a huge hockey fan, and also an engineer. Comparing hockey skating to running is not a fair comparison because hockey skates give an extra few inches of leverage. Also, the lack of friction on ice allows hockey players to coast between strides, rather than tripping and falling if their legs slowed down the way a runner would. In short: skates provide some mechanical advantages, so they'd be more comparable to bicycles or blade runners than to sprinting.

[@matthewhowe3727]

Watching the NHL on TV doesn't compare to being there at the rink, wow!

[@TheOvermaster]

This is a fantastic video - very well edited, great pace, great humor, interesting subject matter. Also hockey is just the best sport in the world (with a mediocre league to back it which is why more people don't watch it outside of Canada and some of Northern Europe).

[@0xyden484]

Hockey is faster than it looks. It's simple to watch, but try to be on ice and it's super fast paced and difficult sport.

[@Vipersrule]

Of course I’m biased because I’m a hockey player but I would note just two things: in hockey you’re multitasking vs speed skating or sprinting where your focus is on one single thing. As a hockey player you’re puck handling or trying not to get your head taken off by an opponent or both. Second - hockey is the only sport mentioned where players sub in and out during the play. It may not sound like a big deal but I think that alone makes it the fastest sport.

[@ChuckoCrafts]

I’m just impressed with the cameraman on the Jack rabbit

[@EDMOIL92]

Best sport in the world, it's not even close! 🇨🇦

[@bumsuckaduck]

A hockey rink is not big enough to see insane top speeds. Also top speed is not the only measurement of speed (like other comments suggested). I'm glad you pointed out that sport with the huge ice rink which was soccer sized.

[@axeldahlberg8534]

We use diffrent skates as well that are worse for quick turns but better for acceleration. I play at amature level and but my top speed is still faster that the fastest NHL players simply because of the equipment, cause it sure aint my athletic ability😂

[@bumsuckaduck]

@@axeldahlberg8534 I didn't realize Bandy had a different style of skate. Looks like a hybrid between a speed and hockey skate. Very cool.

[@JH-jw7pu]

I think the fact that many people can’t keep up with the puck when watching hockey for the first time, says a lot about the speed of the sport itself

[@angusnickerson6570]

really well made video

[@TheKitchenTechnician]

Hockey is definitely the sport that requires the most developed specialized skills.

[@qwuzzy]

This is why I love baseball, they track damn near every player statistic that happens on the field

[@gloredon]

Think of other sports, when you consider how fast the ball or puck travels: Top racquetball players regularly shoot the ball at 140mph and higher. Tennis pros serve at even higher speeds. And then you have badminton, where the shuttlecock travels at upwards of 170mph (momentarily, before slowing dramatically). And of course Jai Alai, there the ball reaches ridiculous speeds. Greyhounds are way faster than Goldens, LOL. Get those truly fast dogs in the mix! Love the video!

[@sylvinummela2799]

i feel like with ball games a pretty good indicator would be speed divided by the area of the field

[@-Subtle-]

The fact that they said futbol is hilarious since it's clearly not. As a former rugger, this vid is best.

[@aesirloki4833]

Loved the video topic, but this is not answering the question "what is the fastest sport?" but rather "what are the fastests athletes by sports". When most say hockey is fast, they mean the game, once it begins, rarely have any down time. Its pace is relentless for consistent amount of time.

[@duanerutherford9033]

I think they used to credit Bobby Hull with a 120 mph slapshot, but miles were shorter then 😊

[@rick3461]

I'm pretty sure Chad Kilger set the fastest shot record in the early 2000's. It was during the Leafs skills comp. North of 115mph if I'm not mistaken.

[@hawkeyegoalie]

Well done!

[@krisppynugget]

I've been playing soccer since I was eight years old. Played hockey in the gym once in college with a bunch of other guys, and out of the two teams formed there were two ice hockey players (both on the same team). Most of the time we couldn't keep up with where the ball went (their passing was so fast), much less keep up any sort of play against them. It was a massacre and soon after we separated them for good lol. Look, each sport has its strengths and weaknesses, all I know from what little experience I have with hockey is that you've gotta have great vision and razor-fast reflexes.

[@Moonboy-wt5ns]

Latvian hockey just hits differently, thats why we fastest 🇱🇻😍

[@jambrenn7843]

Hockey is the most beautiful of all warrior's sports. It takes a lot of skills to compete at a high level, all around body strength, agility, high physical endurance, good hand and foot coordination, high mental strength, discipline and acumen and intelligence. No other sport requires so much. Only those who has played it can really understand that you never lose the love for the game.

[@bkrumins]

great video