Sport Hockey

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Field hockey is a widely played team sport of the  family. The game can be played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf or synthetic field, as well as an indoor boarded surface. Each team plays with ten field players and a goalkeeper. Players commonly use sticks made out of wood,  or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities (with the higher carbon fibre stick being more expensive and less likely to break) to hit a round, hard, plastic 

 

 The length of the  is based on the player's individual height: the top of the stick usually comes to the players hip, and taller players typically have taller sticks.[1] The sticks have a round side and a flat side only the flat face of the stick is allowed to be used; if the other side is used it results in a foul. Goalies often have a different kind of stick; however, they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick. The specific goal-keeping sticks have another curve at the end of the stick, this is to give them more surface area to save the ball. The uniform consists of  shoes, shorts or a skirt, a  and a jersey.

Today, the game is played globally, mainly in parts of  Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and parts of the United States[2][3]

 

Known simply as "hockey" in many territories, the term "field hockey" is used primarily in where is more po[CENSORED]r. In the term landhockey is used and to some degree also in  where it is governed by 

During play

, goal keepers are the only players who are allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body (the player's hand is considered part of the stick if on the stick)

, while field players play the ball with the flat side of their stick. If the ball is touched with the rounded part of the stick, it will result in a penalty. Goal keepers also cannot play the ball with the back of their stick.

 

Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time or a penalty shootout, depending on the competition's format. There are many variations to overtime play that depend on the league and tournament play. In college play, a seven-aside overtime period consists of a 10-minute  period with seven players for each team. If a tie still remains, the game enters a one-on-one competition where each team chooses 5 players to dribble from the 25-yard line down to the circle against the opposing goalie.

The player has 8 seconds to score on the goalie keeping it in bounds. The play ends after a goal is scored, the ball goes out of bounds, a foul is committed (ending in either a penalty stroke or flick or the end of the one on one) or time expires. If the tie still persists more rounds are played until one team has scored.

 

The governing body of field hockey is the I with men and women being represented internationally in competitions including the World Cup, with many countries running extensive junior, senior, and masters club competitions.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Dr.Drako
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