Field hockey is a team sport
Is it sort of like ice hockey?
Field hockey is a sport of the hockey family
Interesting.  Is there a professional league for Field Hockey?
I think so and it is globally played sport
What gear or equipment is needed to play?
The length of the stick is based on the player's individual height. Only one face of the stick is allowed to be used. Goalies often have a different kind of stick, however they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick. The specific goal-keeping sticks have another curve at the end of the stick, this is to give them more surface area to save the ball. The uniform consists of shin guards, shoes, shorts, a mouth guard and a jersey.
Today, the game is played
World Championships.
Stick and bat games Field hockey.
Field hockey is mainly played in the Lowlands, where it displaced shinty.
Stick and bat games Ice Hockey.
Scotland has a very long successful history of ice hockey, and it is the third most attended team sport in the country after association football and rugby union. Scotland are host to the oldest ice hockey team in Britain which are the Fife Flyers. At the moment there are four Scottish teams competing in the UK-wide Elite Ice Hockey League. Edinburgh