Indoor Field Hockey is an indoor different of traditional outdoor field hockey. The small field and sideboards make indoor field hockey a quick, technical and physical game. Indoor field hockey is commonly called indoor hockey in the countries where rink hockey is not played. Indoor field hockey is not to be confused with other indoor hockey variants such as rink hockey or floorball.
Indoor Field Hockey is traditionally and mainly played as a pastime by outdoor field hockey players during the off-season, when the outdoor pitches are frozen, or alternatively conditions are too hot for outdoor play. Indoor field hockey is played in regular national and international championships. The first Indoor Field Hockey World Cup was organized in 2003 and only those countries are competed which do not compete at the highest level of the outdoor game.
Indoor Field Hockey playing field is smaller than the outdoor pitch and the goals are smaller than a field hockey. Indoor field hockey consist of 12 players team with 6 players on the pitch, 5 field players and 1 goalkeeper. Internationally the game is divided into 2 half of 20 minutes. The playing rules of indoor field hockey is that players may not hit the ball, but only push it or deflect it, and may not raise the ball except in the shooting circle, with the purpose of scoring a goal. The indoor field hockey goals are smaller than a field hockey while balls and the sticks are similar.
Indoor field hockey is often an ideal game for field hockey players to develop vision on and off the ball, developing a better understanding of tactics and set plays.
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