Indoor stadiums and grass fields are the most common places to play hockey. Hockey is a stick-and-ball sport in the main (stick made of wood). In addition to being the national sport of Canada, hockey is also the national sport of India.
Pass the ball to your opponent’s goal with a bat in this game’s objective. Other players will be attempting to steal the ball and score a goal of their own during the game.
The roles and responsibilities of each player on the team will be laid out in advance. Each member of the team is tasked with getting the ball into the goal point of the opposing team. To score more goals, the entire team needs to work together.
Team Size
Girls and boys can play hockey against each other, or they can play against each other. The team is made up of 11 players, each of whom has a specific role and responsibilities. As in most games, teamwork is essential to winning, and every member of the team must play a role.
Goalkeepers, Defenders, and Strikers make up the majority of the squad’s 11 members. Each player in the game has a specific task to complete. The hockey team can have a total of 16 players because the game allows for rolling substitutions in certain circumstances. Most of the time, the other five players will serve as backups.
History of Hockey
The game of stick and ball hockey has its origins in the middle ages. 1200 and 600 BC found in Ireland and Greece, respectively, some carvings of this sport. The sport may have existed as far back as 4000 years. However, it was only after the establishment of official governing bodies for the game that hockey began to take shape.
Consequently, in the early nineteenth century, specific game rules were introduced. The International Hockey Federation (FIH), which was founded in 1924, has national teams from countries like England, Germany, Argentina, Spain, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan. These teams compete in all of the FIH’s annual events.
Participating Countries
As other countries took an interest in the game after it was invented in England, Scotland, and the Netherlands, hockey’s popularity spread throughout the world. The sport of ice hockey is governed worldwide by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
A large number of countries host masters’, senior, and junior club competitions, in addition to the Olympics, Champions Trophy, World League, and Junior World Cup. This group is in charge of formulating the game’s rules.
This competition is open to all countries. Hockey is played in more than 50 countries around the world. Nevertheless, the so-called “Big Eight” nations are Canada, Sweden, the USA, Russia, Finland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Switzerland. They are all part of the European Union.
Canada is unquestionably the best at the game because they invented it. In the National Hockey League, more than 60% of the players are from Canada. If you’re born in Canada, you’re a hockey player by birth.
Twenty-nine hockey-playing countries in the world are Canada; Sweden; the USA; Russia; Finland; the Czech Republic; Slovakia; Switzerland; India; China; North Korea; the United Kingdom; Belarus; Denmark; Mongolia; and Japan. When it comes to international hockey competitions, India came in at number eleven.
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