Games are often played clockwise, car races are driven in a clockwise direction, but why then do we skate in the other direction on an ice rink? We’ll figure it out.
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Schaatsbaan Uithof is open all winter and there is also a outdoor track for the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. When you skate in a circle, you do it counterclockwise.
Counterclockwise
Not only skating is done counterclockwise. Runners on an athletics track also go to the left. Therein lies the answer to this mystery. Athletics is an ancient Greek sport and in that Greek age the athletes in the stadiums already went counterclockwise. This also happened in ancient Rome. There the horses in the arenas ran counterclockwise and that is why this is now also a habit in other sports.
There is another explanation. Most people are right-handed and automatically walk or skate counterclockwise. In right-handed people, the right leg is often stronger than the left leg, making it easier to take a left turn.
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