Field Hockey or Hockey is a stick and ball team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks. Hockey is traditionally played on grass, but more often it is played on synthetic surfaces. It is most commonly known simply as "hockey" however, the name field hockey is used in countries in which the word hockey is generally reserved for another form of hockey, such as ice hockey or street hockey.
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| Field Hockey |
The field of play is rectangular, 91.40 meters long and 55.00 meters wide. Side-lines mark the longer perimeters of the field; backlines mark the shorter perimeters of the field. The goal-lines are the parts of the back-lines between the goal-posts. A centre-line is marked across the middle of the field. Lines known as 23 meters lines are marked across the field 22.90 meters from each back-line. Areas referred to as the circles are marked inside the field around the goals and opposite the centers of the backlines. Penalty spots 150 mm in diameter are marked in front of the centre of each goal with the centre of each spot 6.40 meters from the inner edge of the goal-line. All lines are 75 mm wide and are part of the field of play. Flag-posts between 1.20 and 1.50 meters in height are placed at each corner of the field. Goals are positioned outside the field of play at the centre of and touching each back-line.
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| Outdoor Field of Play |
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