schopa

to have style while in sports equiptment. a player that does not even need to be on the field to know that he’s good
chaz has the schopa to go along with his dangles on the ice
show-pah

schopá is used to describe how an athlete looks while warming up, playing a sport, or waiting on the sidelines to sub in for another player. it can be applied to all sports—please see below for just a few examples.

the word’s exact origins are unknown; however, there are different things a player can do to increase his or her schopá.

for example, it is widely accepted that a hockey or lacrosse player’s schopá is increased if he has long hair flow coming out the sides and back of his helmet. likewise, a hockey player’s schopá is increased if he / she has a loose fitting facemask implying that they will not get hit and therefore does not need protection.

conversely, a hockey player with a strange tape-job on his / her stick lowers his / her schopá as would a player’s bending at the ankles while wearing skates bender.

a player’s preference comes into play when considering whether or not to tuck one’s mouth-guard into the top of their lacrosse helmet while on the sideline, wearing his / her socks on the outside of his / her hockey skates, or tucking one’s jersey into his / her hockey pants.

some believe that the ultimate schopá is obtained from wearing the number 99 or 23 due to the -ssociation of those numbers with wayne gretzky and michael jordan.
did you see gretzky’s face-mask rattle when he rocked that guy? he’s got high schopá!

why does that kid have green tape all over his stick? that’s such bad schopá.