Field hockey
 A 2005 men's field hockey internaitional gemme atween Argentinae an Pakistan | |
| Heichest govrenin body | International Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Hockey, gress hockey |
| First played | 19t century, Ingland |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Leemitit |
| Team members | 11 field players |
| Categorization | ootduir an induir |
| Equipment | Hockey baw, hockey stick, moothguard, shinguards |
| Olympic | 1908, 1920, 1928–present |
Field hockey is a team sport o the hockey faimily. The earliest origins o the sport date back tae the Middle Ages in Ingland, Scotland an the Netherlands.[1] The gemme can be played on a gress field or a turf field as well as an induir buird surface. Each team plays wi eleiven players includin the goalkeeper. Players uose sticks made oot o wid, carbon feebre, feebregless or a combination o carbon feebre an feebre gless in different quantities (wi the heicher carbon feebre stick bein mair expensive an less likely tae break) tae hit a roond, haurd, rubber lik baw. The lenth o the stick depends on the player's indiveedual hicht.[2]
