Hockey is a game that is played on a field by two teams of eleven players who try to hit a small hard ball into a goal with a curved wooden stick. Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various type of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers of players and playing surface. They are many types of hockey. The word hockey is often proceeded by another word, as in field hockey, ice hockey, roller hockey, rink hockey or floor hockey.
In each of these sports, two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver the object of play, either a type of ball or a disk , into the opponents goal using a hockey stick. This game is played on grass, on artificial or watered turf , or on synthetic fields. The team has ten players in total and a Goalkeeper.
Field hockey in India is played by the men’s national team and the women’s national team at the international level. Both the teams are amongst the most successful Indian sports teams.
Hockey is a sport that requires a lot of practice and dedication. The game is played usually on a rectangular field and this is considered to be an outdoor sport. The Goalkeeper stands near the Goal post wearing a heavily padded jersey and helmets also with a curved hockey stick. The Goalkeeper is required to wear protective suits because the ball, striking with the hockey stick, rushes towards the goal post at a highly accelerated speed, if the Goalkeeper doesn’t wear a padded suit this may cause severe injuries to the Goalkeeper.
India made an impressive record with many olympics gold medals, in the year 1928-1956, this is known as the Golden Era of hockey in India. India won 6 consecutive gold medals in this Olympic Games.
