Field
Hockey is a popular sport played by many people, men and women, In many
different countries.
It
takes cooperation and teamwork from all players.
In
order to play Field Hockey you need the following items:
- Field
Hockey
eye-wear, to protect your eyes from any damage
- and if your
goalie than pads
and a helmet so you don't get hurt
Field Hockey was
first played in Britain.
The
uniforms for playing Field Hockey is
usually,
for girls, are skirts and a team shirt uniform.
For the boys, usually shorts and
a team shirt. Sometimes for men they
also wear skirts.
The Field Hockey stick you get depends on your
height. If your short you need a short stick, almost your height, but
you don't want it to be
higher than
you, or you'll have
trouble playing, and you couldn't hit the ball the right way. Same goes
for if you're tall.
You need to get a Field Hockey stick about your height, but lower than
your shoulders, so about your waist, so it would be easier to play.
You need eyewear to protect your eyes from any
damage that the ball might do. In some cities it's the law to wear
eyewear at practices and all games.
If you are goalie than you need to wear pads and a
helmet to protect yourself from getting hit with the ball. Field Hockey
is a good sport to play if you want to be on a team that requires all
people to cooperate and have teamwork.
Field hockey isn't just played in North America, but
in other countries too. Many people think that Field Hockey is only for
women and girls, but in many other countries men and boys play. And
Sometimes, they combine men and women to play together, on the same
team. So It's not only played with just women, but also men. Like in
Australia, men and women play. And they combine them to play so they
would be on the same team as each other.
When you play
Field
Hockey, you have to work together because if one
person doesn't play than it's harder for the other players to get the
ball, because every player has to help.
As you know, like in any other sport, there are different positions,
the goalie, obviously, tries to make sure that the ball doesn't get
into the goal. When you're defense than you try to defend the ball, and
try to block it, etc.
When you play
Field Hockey there are many things you
have to look out
for. When you're playing, you have to be careful of the ball because it
can hit you, and wearing the eyewear can help prevent that from hitting
you in the eyes. Same with the Field Hockey stick, it can hit you, and
the eyewear is also something to protect you from getting hurt from the
stick.
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