Field Hockey

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Field hockey can also be referred to as Hockey. It is a team sport wherein a team of players attempts to score goals by pushing, hitting or flicking a ball into the opposing team’s goal using sticks. The term field hockey would only be used in countries where the simple term hockey was used for different forms such as ice hockey, street hockey and etc. Field hockey has myriad international tournaments for genders, male and female, although in some countries such as the US, field hockey is played for the most part by females. Major tournaments for instance, Olympic Games - held every four years, World Hockey Cup (men and women) - held every four years (in between the Olympics,) Hockey Asia Cup - held every two years (in between the Olympics,) Champions Trophy - currently held every year (for the top 6 classified nations,) Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament - held annually in Malaysia (an invitational tournament,) Champions Challenge - held every two years for teams categorized 7th-12th place globally, the Commonwealth Games, and World Cups for juniors sponsor field hockey. The worldwide governing body is the International Hockey Federation (FIH.) The International Hockey Federation is separated into groups and part of is the Hockey Rules Board which produces the sports proper rules. The International Hockey Federation moreover organizes events for the Hockey World Cup and Women’s Hockey World Cup. Field hockey is packed with players who may be juniors or seniors. Regardless of the sports large number of members, most members don’t play as full-time professionals. Field hockey is known to be the team sport with the third largest number of members worldwide. In areas where winters are vicious, playing sports outdoors is banned. Ther...

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...for sacrifice, competition, entertaining and etc. purposes. There are major tournaments around the world today as the sport has thrived to become extremely successful. There are several rules to the sport that make it unique and different to others. Changes to the sport will continue to occur later in the future to keep making its contribution to our world for the greater good.

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1. "Field Hockey." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey

2. "Field Hockey Rules." Field Hockey Equipment. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. http://www.hockeyfactoryshop.co.uk/acatalog/Field_Hockey_Rules.html

3. "International Field Hockey Tournaments." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Web. 30 Apr. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_field_hockey_tournaments

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