Hockey

Hockey Sports ( altfranzös. hoquet, " Shepherd Stock " ) refers to a group of sports, play in two teams against each other and trying to convey with a hockey stick a ball or puck into the opponent's goal. Starting from the traditional hockey to other sports have formed, of which ice hockey is the best known.

In Germany is meant by "hockey " the sport that is played on the field and in the hall. In contrast, the word " hockey " in Canada and the USA Hockey more popular there. Also in Switzerland is often meant by " Hockey" Ice Hockey.

Hockey (field and indoor hockey )

Hockey ( in Switzerland also field hockey ) is an Olympic sport that is practiced in many countries. The global umbrella organization FIH consists of five continental associations and regional associations from currently 127 countries worldwide. Among the most successful teams were formerly India and Pakistan. Since the 1980s, Australia, Argentina (ladies ), the Netherlands and Germany are the leading hockey nations. Hockey, however, was played early on turf, almost exclusively on artificial turf.

In addition to hockey on turf (field hockey ) is played particularly in Central and Eastern Europe in the winter months, hockey in the hall ( indoor hockey ). The field is only limited laterally by four inches high bands. Field and indoor hockey are played in alternation: in the summer in the field, in winter in the hall.

Hockey

In ice hockey is played with five field players and a goalkeeper on an approximately 60 m long and 30 m wide ice surface. The aim of the game is to carry a puck into the opponent's goal. The game is very physical in general: By means of so-called body checks, it is possible to displace the opponents side to win the puck. Hockey is the fastest team sport. The puck is moving at up to 190 km / h A hockey ball reaches speeds of up to 147 km / h

The sport of ice hockey was 1840-1875 in Canada, where British soldiers the Scottish Shinney played on snow and ice.

Hockey is organized internationally by the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ). The World Federation has 64 member associations today. As best hockey league in the world is considered the North American National Hockey League ( NHL).

Roller hockey, inline skater hockey and inline hockey

Roller Hockey is exerted on roller skates and is based on indoor hockey. The five players face each other and try to accommodate a small ball in the opposing goal. As early as 1886 the English Roller Hockey Association was founded in London.

In addition to this running on traditional roller skates disembodied played variant of hockey, there is also the hockey similarly played with body use inline skater hockey, the optional on roller skates or - prevalent since the late 1990s - is played on hockey inline skates with ball, as well as the disembodied played inline hockey with puck, which focuses more on the play equipment on Hockey.

Floorball / floorball

Floorball (in Switzerland, floorball, Swedish Innebandy, Finnish salibandy ) is a relatively young team sport from the family of stickball games. It dates from about the Bandy Hockey, have emerged from the equally roller hockey and ice hockey. Floorball was jointly developed in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland in the seventies. This is a the halls or ice hockey like game, where can also be played behind the goals. The most common Floorball is currently in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic and Switzerland. Floorball is regarded as a popular sport that is gaining in popularity and encounters, especially in schools with high acceptance in the local physical education. Due to the dynamic game with the rapidly changing game situations on the field Floorball is one of the fastest indoor sports, is easy to learn and requires only a few pieces of equipment, which are also very inexpensive to purchase.

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