Great Britain women's national field hockey team - Wikipedia.
My favorite game is Hockey. Hockey is an international game. It can be called our national game. Pakistan Hockey team is one of the best in the world. Our hockey players have won great laurels in the field of Hockey. At one time we had the honor of being World Champion in Olympics, Asian champions and holder of the little of PIA hockey.
Field hockey is a team sport that people have played in various forms for thousands of years. This fast-moving, exciting game is played between two teams of 11 players each. Players try to hit, push, pass, or dribble a small, hard ball into the opposing team’s goal using J-shaped sticks. A field hockey team is made up of attackers, defenders, and a goalkeeper. Attackers try to move the ball.
The first field hockey club, Blackheath, located southeast of London, was founded before 1861. Standardized rules were adopted in London in 1875, and in 1886 the Hockey Association added the shooting circle around each goal. British soldiers brought the game to countries in Asia, and today India and Pakistan have some of the world’s finest teams. Women began playing organized field hockey.
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A hockey statistic that can apply to a player or an offensive or defensive line indicating whether they were on the ice when the opposing team scored (a minus) or on the ice when their team scored (a plus). Goals scored when on a power-play or a penalty kill do not count for a player's plus or minus, respectively, unless a goal is scored while the scoring team is shorthanded.
Field Hockey is a well-liked sport for both men and women. It is played in many countries all around the world. The game is played between two teams and each team is made up of 11 players, and in 35-minute halves with 15 minutes break at halftime. Field hockey is played with a ball on natural grass, or on sand-based or water based artificial turfs with a small hard ball. The field played on is.
Field hockey is an ancient game played by two teams of 11 players. It is known as field hockey to identify it as a different sport than ice hockey.