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.
Field hockey
Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic 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 fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities (with the higher carbon fibre stick being more expensive and less likely to break) to hit a round, hard, plastic ball.
that he "runs the program like a Division I team, and the intense offseason conditioning focuses on skill development and team commitment. That is a big challenge for players, but it has paid off on the field." Brian Mattessich took over as head coach in 2009, and Mattessich continues to work at UConn as the senior associate director of athletics, where he manages the department's financial and internal operations, and is the sport supervisor for several sports, including Ice Hockey.
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