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Hockey: Hockey As A Team Game On Hockey

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Introduction
Hockey is a game of stick and ball with origins going back to thousands of years. It is conventionally played on grass, but more frequently it is played on man-made surfaces. Two teams play using hooked sticks to push, hit, pass and dribble a small, hard ball with single aim in mind i.e. to notch a goal by receiving the ball past the goalkeeper. Hockey is a team game played on a very large surface of field or ice or may be on street. With the Hockey stick in hand, players clash to strike the puck past the goalie into the opposite teams’ goal net. Every team has somewhere from 12 to 30 plus players with at least one labeled goalie. Players are chosen as either defensive or offensive players. Every team has three forwards on the field or ice, a center, right wing and left wing, has two defensive players and a goalie. That is without a team is shorthanded due to a penalty.
Structure of the Game
Normally there are three, 20 minute periods in a normal hockey game. If the score …show more content…

The supplementary 10 players are called field players, and are categorized into three namely attackers, midfielders and defenders.
Stick handling
Hockey players need be able to pass, push, control, stop and hit the ball with the given hockey stick. This is well-known as stick work or stick handling. Keeping the ball below close control is termed dribbling. The head of a hockey stick has a curved side i.e. the right side and a flat side i.e. the left side. It is one with the flat, left-hand side of the stick and the boundaries of that side which can be used to hit the ball.
No feet
Field players are not permitted to use their feet or any of the body parts to track the ball. Just the goalkeeper is permitted to make use hands, feet, etc. to halt or push the ball away from the net when guarding in his or her own circle.
Ball in the

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