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The Roller hockey

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:56:26 +0000

The roller hockey is known by various names across the world but all refer to the same thing. It is referred to as roll hockey, international style ball hockey, Hoquei em Patins, rink hockey and quad hockey among other various names.

The game is popular in over 60 countries across the world. This game was demonstrated in the Barcelona Summer Olympics in 1992 and has since then tremendously grown in popularity. There is a variation of the roller hockey and ice hockey which is known as the inline hockey. In this hockey game, two teams comprised of four skaters and one goal keeper play on dry rink. The rules on inline hockey vary from one country to another.

The Ice Hockey

admin — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 16:56:00 +0000

Ice hockey is usually played on a large flat area covered by ice. The hockey sticks for playing this game are L-shaped. It is a game of contest between two skaters’ teams. It is very popular in Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Canada and Finland. It is played with a vulcanized rubber commonly known as puck which measures 3 inches of 76.2 mm in diameter.

The puck is placed in a freezer before high level ice hockey games so as to decrease the bouncing effect and friction with the ice while playing. The game is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation which lays down the rules of playing the game and other regulations

The Field Hockey

admin — Sat, 09 Jun 2001 16:55:30 +0000

The Filed Hockey is a game which is usually played on water-based artificial, natural grass, sand-based or natural grass turf with a small ball which is hard. It is a game which is played by person of all genders in Australia, South Africa, Europe, New Zealand and Australia. In most countries it is played by two teams of same genders. In some other states it can be mixed.

The governing body of the Filed hockey is International Hockey Federation which sets out the international tournaments and the rules of playing the game. The hockey sticks for playing this game are J-shaped. They are made of made of carbon fiber, glass fiber, wood or a combination of all these or two of them.

World Hockey

admin — Fri, 02 Jun 2000 12:38:17 +0000

In the 1900′s Europe became the centre of development of hockey in the world, the first world championship was played in the UK, and only then in France and other countries. Also in Europe it was created the first national hockey league, and then organized the first European Championship.

Nowadays hockey is very popular all over the world, including those where there is no winter and ice. This Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, India, Namibia, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Bulgaria.

The first international hockey tournament was held in 1909, a year later started the European Championships in ice hockey. In 1920 hockey was included in the Olympic Games. A decade later, hosted the first World Hockey Championship, and later appeared and youth world championships.

Date of first championship in hockey is still a matter of controversy. Some have called 1920 – the year of the Summer Games VII Olympiad in Antwerp, but later this hockey tournament was expelled from the Olympic Games, and gained the status of the world championship, so other sources call date of the first hockey championship – in 1930. Since 1930 world championships held annually, but only if the championship was involved at least one non-European countries.