Hockey is played on nettle, natural grass, sand-based or
water-based non-natural grass, with a undersized, rigid ball. This game is fashionable
among mutually males and females in many parts of the world, principally in Asia,
Australia, Europe, New Zealand and South Africa. In the majority countries, Hockey
is played among single-sex sides, while it can be mixed-sex.
The prevailing body is the 116-member worldwide Hockey partnership
(FIH). Men's field hockey has been played on every summer Olympic sports event
since 1908 (except for 1912 as well as 1924), while women's pasture hockey has
been played at the Summer Olympic sports competition since 1980.
Modern turf hockey sticks are
J-shaped and constructed of a merged of wood, glass fiber or carbon fibre (occasionally
both) and have a bent hook at the end of playing side, smooth plane on the
playing area and bent surface on the nurture side. While current field hockey
appeared in the mid-18th century in England, mostly in schools, it was not
until the first half of the 19th century that it became tightly traditional.
The first association was produced in 1849 at Black heath in south-east London.
Hockey is the national sport of Pakistan and India
London 2012 Olympic will see
Hockey matches being played from Sunday 29 July to Saturday 11 August 2012 at
the brand new Hockey Centre in the Olympic Park, London. 384 athletes (192 men,
192 women; 12 teams in each event) will compete for 2 medal events. Olympic
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