History Of Field Hockey

 Field Hockey

Hi, my name is Alexis and I am going to teach you about Field Hockey.  The earliest origins of the sport date back to the Middle Ages in England, Scotland and the Netherlands.  The game can be played on a grass field or a turf field as well as an indoor board surface.  Each team plays with eleven players including the goalie.  Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fiber, fiber glass or a combination of carbon fiber and fiber glass in different quantities (with the higher carbon fiber stick being more expensive and less likely to break) to hit a round, hard, plastic ball. The length of the stick depends on the player's individual height.  Only one end of the stick is allowed to be used, the flat side. Goalies often have a different kind of stick that has a curve at the end of the stick., however they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick, but still they still have to use the flat side of the stick.