Do you enjoy watching the team sport of field hockey?
I haven't watched much of it, but I don't think hockey is as big over here in America as it is in some other countries.
No, it isn't. Field hockey origins go back in the Middle Ages of England, France, Netherlands and Scotland. It's more of that area for sports.
I never realized that's where is originated! I know that Canada is pretty into ice hockey as well.
They are. Field hockey can be played in a variety of different fields though, like grass, turf or synthetic and even indoors, so it's a pretty versatile sport when finding somewhere to play it. lol
So how does field hockey work compared to other forms of hockey that use smoother terrain?
Hockey
Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey, and ice hockey.
In most of the world, hockey refers to field hockey, while in Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, hockey usually refers to ice hockey.
Etymology.
The first recorded use of the
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