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stops and starts
Hockey
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a skating exercise intended to strengthen the muscles of the legs and feet and to improve a player's ability to change direction rapidly, involving alternate stopping and starting at the command of the coach, who usually controls the movement with whistle blasts.
Quotations
1962
Sometimes I get more tired just fore-checking for a minute or so because it's like stops and starts, than I do when I'm out there for four minutes.