Installation of a kit for an ice/ground level elliptical skating rink 
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You can make two rope supports as in image 1, tie the rope as in image 2, add a weight as in image 3. Instead of using a pencil to draw/mark the ellipse as in image 4 you can draw the line with something like image 5. Image 4 is part of the file "Draw an ellipse using string and 2 pins". You might want to practice drawing a large ellipse in an empty parking lot or field, because drawing ellipses that size can be a bit tricky.
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Above: Before you acquire a pipe, make sure that the puck is above the centre of the tube. To be decided according to the amount of ice produced.
To the right and below: An example of a 300' bundle and unwind in order to simplify the anchorage of the ellipse. Whether you chose a blue or a black pipe, you can experience and invent a puck whose color will be easily seen next to the pipe. The profits will hopefully be used for research. 
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You might want to experiment with a black polyethylene, it seems to be less flexible than the blue. Being more rigid, It will require less time to anchor it down and to obtain a continuous curve close to a regular ellipse, making less holes for the anchorage. Make sure that it will tolerate the temperature, the thickness of the blue appears fine.
For cleaning next to the pipe, you can customize a snow scraper like in this example and add some rubber or other material to protect the polyethylene.
To the right and below: Outdoor examples.
 Anchors like steel bars (covered) / long nails or screws... = black dots.
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Once you found an open flat space: 
Field: Draw your ellipse, flatten the field, make your ice, readjust the linear drawing, set the pipe down and anchor it down. 
Frozen pond or lake: Draw your ellipse, remove the snow from the ice, readjust the linear drawing, set the pipe down and anchor it down. 
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Attempt to draw an ellipse with snowshoes, 2011.

Example of an indoor kit for an ice level elliptical skating rink
Part of an ice level indoor kit to be used inside a North American rink.
This indoor kit (the flexible blue pipe) is limited to one size only, because it is laid down against the continuous curve of the wooden support. 
Images 1-4: The kit is held in place by the weight of the wood, a few 100 lbs sandbags (the black bundles on top of the wooden kit are sandbags covered with a plastic garbage bag) and screwed to the original board at three places (the end and the centers). In image 3, the inside of the goal crease should normally be lighter, please view the PDFs "Golden Rule Dimensions", "VitockeyNA" and "VitockeyNA-Rec-Tri".
The above image is an example of the new game Vitockey. The cost for renting the rink plus the changes on the ice have been paid by Radio-Canada, 2011. In this segment of the video, there are only four players against four because both team were penalized for skating inside the goal crease. This suggestion can only be determined by experienced vitockey players.   

OPTION (possibility)
Systematic approach for the game Vitockey
For inside or outside use

Diagram 1: 4 flexible ellipses inside a North American skating rink (1,2 = North American, 3 = Olympic, 4 = Golden ellipse). The gray rectangles used, can be possibilities of attachments with the tube. They are maintained in place by using weight. As regards to cleaning and watering, room for patents, you can figure it out. Suggested age 5 to 7 or 9 or 12 years old: For ice level passes. The flexible tube can be adjusted to any format and is easy to store if you use a minimum of attachments. 

Diagram 2: The same as the one above but inside an Olympic skating rink. 

Top of the board no matter its height: One of many possibilities to keep the puck inside the ellipse and to avoid injuries. 
Diagram 1: Age between 10-17 years: For higher passes, the use of a fixed board which can be inside a North American or Olympic skating rink or a simple Golden ellipse, minimum height 30 cm. 
Diagram 2: Age 15 and more: The use of a fixed board which can be inside a North American or Olympic skating rink or a simple Golden ellipse, unlimited height. The higher the board the closer to infinity is the choices of passes.
Wishing you unified sensory information

Seeds
The dimensions of the longest part resembles a vertical Golden triangle, and the short one, that of an horizontal Golden triangle.
The bottom image is part of sculptural organization 68 "Image lake", Washington State, 1990s.
1 Ø

Golden Rule dimensions for the game Vitockey ©
North American format (1)

the thickness of the line 8.22 cm, the diameter of the small circle (32 cm)
the thickness of the line 13.3 cm,  the diameter of the small circle  (52 cm)
the diameter of the small circle (32 cm),  the thickness of the blue/green line is 35 cm

23.23 meters                  14.36 meters                23.23 meters
Ø (1.618)                             1                          Ø (1.618)

1           Ø  	          Ø		1  

The end board to the goal line is 7.2 meters.
The goal crease is a semi circle of 178 x 356 cm and the thickness of the outline within the crease is 5.08 cm, the same as the present post of the NHL goal (1.86 m wide) used in this demonstration. 
The face-off circles are 32.15 cm in diameter, they are 13 m from the end board and 11.53 m apart from each other. The diameter of the line around the face-off circle is 576.83 cm and its thickness is 8.22 cm. The two dividing lines on the sides are 32 cm in length and their thickness is 8.22 cm. 
The circle at the center of the ice is 52 cm in diameter. The diameter of the  line or letters around the face-off circle is 933 cm and the thickness of the line is 13.3 cm. The two dividing lines on the sides are 52 cm in length and their thickness is 13.3 cm. 
The thickness of two outside lines are 34.81 cm and they are 14.36 meters apart from each other. 
The circles near the blue green lines are for the outsides. They are 32 cm in diameter, and they are 24.7m from the end board or 1.37 m from the center of the blue green line and they are vertically 18.47 m and horizontally 11.48 m apart from each other. This is because the height and the width of the golden rectangle (18.57 x 11.48 m) is similar to the base and sides of the golden triangle. 
These dimensions are done according to a puck whose diameter is 7.59 cm. The size of all the circles is triggered by the size of the smallest element, the puck. The size of all the lines is triggered by the narrowest one, in this case the goal post, 5.08 cm. Changing the size of the puck and the thickness of the goal posts will affect the whole ensemble. 
If we connect the center circle with the face-off circles in the ends, we have two vertical Golden triangles, the middle front of the crease with the face-off circles in the ends = two horizontal Golden triangles and the 4 outside circles = one Golden rectangle. When all these elements are combined with the rest, we obtain a VERY HIGH LEVEL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION. This permits the athletes to easily memorize the playing area for better reflexes...
COLOR: All lines and circles are using PMS 3272 according to the PMS Color Chart (Pantone® Matching System) except for the inside of the semi circle goal crease. It is a mixture of 40 parts of PMS 3272 with 60 parts of white. The color of its outline within the crease 178 x 356 cm is PMS 3272. 

1                         Ø
Ø     1
1                         Ø

For more information, please view the PDF Semences-Seeds.

The Golden triangles create a link between the Golden rectangle of the ends (goals, front view) and the central Golden rectangle (four circles between the green blue lines). The Golden rectangle in the center is presently 10.15 times larger than goals of 1.131 x 1.83 (1 versus Ø).
Olympic format (1) 

Suggested basic exercises for an ice/ground level elliptical skating rink, Olympic format
1) Shooting the puck -ice/ground level- at the ellipse from different angles.
2) Passing the puck against the tube -ice/ground level- from the middle left to middle right and vice versa. 
3) One player passing the puck -ice/ground level- from the right side to two players on the left side, one next to the ellipse guiding the puck to another player aiming at the net and vice versa. 
4) 16 ambidextrous players skating in the back of the net from one end to the other. 
5) 3 examples for penalty shots or shoot outs.
To view 4 and 5 in animation, please download the PowerPoint "Vitockey and the Golden Rule". 

Symbol of INFINITY
∞

Possibilities for new plays and ambidextrous exercises.
Pre requisite: Seeds, dimensions, exercises.

By rounding off the distance between the elements that form the Golden triangles we obtain the symbol of INFINITY.
By increasing these triangles we have skating exercises behind the goals and possibilities of new plays. 

North American format
Olympic format
Golden ellipse
(hight level of recognizable sensory information)

Potential Victokey game script ©
These are a list of possible plays to introduce the game Vitockey.
The referee gives a brief explanation at the beginning of each of the following plays: Length of time is approximate.
1.	3-5 minutes: One player shot 3 times 10 pucks at the ellipse, from the center of the ice, angles 0-10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 degrees.
2.	3-5 minutes: Two players near the blue green line on the opposite side will pass each other a puck using the ellipse instead of a straight line pass across the ice.
3.	5 minutes: Three players, no goalie. One player passing the puck -ice level- from the side to two players, one on the other side next to the ellipse guiding the puck to another player that aims at the net. Please view the PDF "Exercises".
4.	5 minutes: 6 forwards, 4 defensemen and 1 goalie: 3 forwards black and two defensemen grey skates behind the net at the same time coming in opposite directions, etc. Minimal example in the PowerPoint Vitockey and the Golden Rule, images 17,18 (in PowerPoint the distance behind the goal to the end board is 4.56 meters instead of 6.1 m). Can be downloaded from www.vitockey.com in English/section 3. 
5.	10 minutes, visual format 3.2.1 (3 forwards, 2 defensemen, 1 goalie) grey against 3.2.1 black. Penalties are issued for outsides at the blue green line because they break the continuity of the game and for shooting higher than the ice level except when aiming at the goalie and also if one misses the goalie or the net too many times.
6.	5 minutes: Visual format 3.2.1 greys, 3.2.1 blacks. The referee will call two penalties for skating inside the crease, one for the blacks and one for the greys. The referee explains: "One of the possible rules of this game is that no one is allowed to skate inside the crease". To be eventually decided by experienced players.
7.	3 minutes: 5 against 5, a goal is scored from behind the net by bouncing off the goalie back leg or skate. The referee will call a penalty for scoring from behind and explains: "One of the possible rules of this game is that no one is allowed to score from behind the crease (width 3.56m). To be eventually decided by experienced players. Because of the penalty, 5 against 4. A player loses his or her helmet and the play is instantly stopped because of the lack of protection to the head. Soon after, a goal is scored and we are tied at 2-2.
8.	5 minutes overtime: 4 against 4, combination of the straight line / oblique / curve / backward / forward passes. Please view the animation "Pas & Score" (PassCompte, a flash file 2.99 mb). It is an example that can be downloaded from www.vitockey.com in English/section 3. After the five minutes, the score is still tied. 
9.	5 minutes: Shootouts: The referee gives some explanations for each of the present three possible options to the players: 3 to 5 greys and blacks players. You can view some basic animated examples in the PowerPoint "Vitockey and the Golden rule", images 22 (North American format), and image 23 (Olympic format). The size of the PowerPoint is 2.54mb.
10.	10 minutes: Ice cleaning.
11.	15 minutes: The demonstration of plays that the players would like to redo and or new ones.
12.	10-15 minutes: Plays that spectators would like to see again and or suggested by the spectators.
The END

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