Hockey

Hockey Of grass:

Rules : àEach team has eleven players.

              The game is divided into two times 35 minutes.

               The goal is only considered when the ball passes through the line delimiting the opponent's goal. It is also requires that the attacker is within the pitch area when performing the movement. This area consists of a semicircle which is just over 14 meters away from the goal.

              The referees accompanying the game have the right to punish players with three types of cards in cases of misconduct, according to the gravity of the offense committed. The green card, for example, only serves to warn the player about the adoption of an unsportsmanlike conduct.

               Unlike other sports, field hockey, the player cannot use the body to protect the ball, unless it is moving. The intention is that all participants of the competition have the same chance to take possession of the ball.

              The hockey field on the grass has 91 meters long and 55 meters wide, with a central line that divides and another located 23 meters from each end line. Goal measurements correspond to 2.1 meters high and 3.66 meters wide.

              The hockey field on the grass has 91 meters long and 55 meters wide, with a central line that divides and another located 23 meters from each end line. Goal measurements correspond to 2.1 meters high and 3.66 meter.

              àThe ball can be played solely with the flat side of the stick.

              A violation is considered touching the ball with any part of the body (the exception are goalkeepers), use taco violent or threatening way, in addition to launching the dangerously bag toward another player.

             The team is a victim of an offense wins the right to have a free kick from the place where the foul was checked. The exception is when the fault occurs within the throwing area or when it is intentionally defense. In such cases, it marked the so-called short corner.

       The short corner acts as a penalty in football.

 History of sport:  

According to drawings in bas-relief with the image of two hockey players , the closest version of the sport as we know it today emerged in Egypt around 2000 BC The sport also was successful in Greece. In excavations in Athens found the image of six men with clubs, made ​​between 530 and 510 BC

The first reference appears in England in 1775, with stained glass windows of the cathedrals of Canterbury and Gloucester. The word hockey first appeared in 1527, also in the country. In the early nineteenth century, the sport has become a compulsory subject in British schools. Now many supporters in universities, in 1852 the first rules were made ​​official in the UK. Soon came the first club in 1851, and five years later, the English Association Hockey.

The first match considered officially international field hockey took place in 1890, between two university teams: one from Oxford and one of Cambridge.

The year 1886 was very important for the sport's development from the technical point of view, as it was when created the "pitch area", demarcating the place where the player could throw to try to score. The finish could not happen anywhere in the field.

This sport was brought by the British to the region of India and Pakistan, making it very important in both countries. Even, it is worth mentioning that Pakistan won twelve medals in his career in the Olympics. Of these ten came from field hockey!

In 1908, the field hockey officially became an Olympic sport. Since then, he was outside the competition only twice, in 1912 (Estolcomo) and 1924 (Paris). At the Olympics in Moscow in 1980, the sport has gained a female version.

Key players world of grass hockey:

 Mark William Knowles is a hockey player on grass Australian who has worked for the selection of his country. Wikipedia

Born: March 10, 1984 (32 years) , Rockhampton , Australia

Height: 1.83 m

Weight: 75 kg

Ellen Hoog is a hockey player on the Dutch grass that has served for the selection of his country. Wikipedia

Born: March 26, 1986 (30 years), Bloemendaal , Netherlands

Height: 1.64 m

Weight: 54 kg

Education: Johan Cruyff Institute, University of Amsterdam

Gold Medal Hockey on the grass in the Summer Olympics of 2012 - Female

Other modalities: There are also other hockey modes: The table, indoor and skates.

 Curiosities: They are allowed only five replacements.

                  àIndia was the only country to win six of the Olympics followed.

               The ball weighs about 170 grams.

João Miguel  -9c