Hockey

History of Hockey

What is Field Hockey?

There are two types of hockey – field and ice. Field hockey, played at the Olympic Summer Games, takes place on an artificial-grass pitch where two teams of 11 – 10 infield players and one goalkeeper – compete against each other to score the most goals in the opposing side’s net. Players use a stick with a rounded end to hit a hard ball, slightly larger than a tennis ball.

By whom, where and when was Hockey invented?

A form of hockey has been played in various guises for thousands of years – in Egypt (4,000 years ago), Ethiopia (1,000 BC), and Iran (2,000 BC). The Romans and Greeks, as well as the Aztecs, also played a version of the game but the modern game emerged in England in the mid-19th century.