Hockey – Outdoor Field of play

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.

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.

Outdoor Field of Play

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Hockey - Field Hockey

http://www.sportticketexchange.com/olympic-games/olympic-hockey-tickets/Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a 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. 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.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the global governing body. It organizes events such as the Hockey World Cup and Women's Hockey World Cup. The Hockey Rules Board under FIH produces rules for the sport. Hockey has several regular international tournaments for both men and women. These include the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, the quadrennial Hockey World Cups, the annual Champions Trophies and World Cups for juniors.

Many countries have extensive club competitions for junior and senior players. Despite the large number of participants; hockey is thought to be the field team sport with the third largest number of participants worldwide (the first being association football and second being Cricket). Club hockey is not a large spectator sport and few players play as full-time professionals. Hockey is a sport played internationally by both males and females.

In countries where winter prevents play outdoors, hockey is played indoors during the off-season. This variant, indoor field hockey, differs in a number of respects. For example, it is 6-a-side rather than 11, the field is reduced to approximately 40 m x 20 m; the shooting circles are 9m; players may not raise the ball outside the circle nor hit it. The sidelines are replaced with barriers to rebound the ball.

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Hockey - Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use their sticks to hit a puck into the opponent's net. It is a fast-paced physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover, such as Canada, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the northern latitudes of the United States.

With the advent of indoor artificial ice rinks it has become a year-round pastime in these areas. In North America, the National Hockey League (NHL) is the highest level for men and both the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) are the highest levels for women. Ice Hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada, where the game enjoys immense popularity.

While there are 68 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), 162 of 177 medals at the IIHF World Championships have been taken by seven nations: Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States. Of the 64 medals awarded in men's competition at the Olympic level from 1920 on, only six did not go to the one of those countries. All 12 Olympic and 36 IIHF World Women's Championships medals have gone to one of those seven countries, and every gold medal in both competitions has been won by either Canada or the United States.

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