Positions

Hi guys, welcome back.  Today I am going to teach you what the positions are for field hockey.  There should be eleven players on the field including the goalie.  Four forwards, Three Mid-Fielders, Two full backs, a sweeper, and a goalie.  The forwards have four different jobs. There is a right and left wing forward and a right and left inner forward. The players have to stay on there side of the field or else the other team can get around you.  The mid-fielders have three different jobs to handle.  There is a right and left mid-fielder and a center mid-fielder.  There jobs are to protect the fullbacks, sweeper and the goalie.  The two fullbacks are there to protect the goalie. They usually stand on the sides and a few yards ahead of the goalie. Finally the goalie has the most important job, they have to protect the ball from going into the goal.  The goalie has padding on like a regular hockey goalie, but instead of being on ice there on turf or a grass field.