Hockey is a very popular, fun, fast and skilful team game. It is a stick and ball game with origins dating back thousands of years. It was traditionally played on grass, but is now increasingly played on synthetic surfaces.
How to Play Hockey - In a game of hockey, two teams of players compete against each other. There are up to 16 players in a team but only 11 can be on the pitch at the same time.
How to Play Hockey - Get a grip. With your left hand, grip your stick at the top with knuckles lined up and thumb pointing down towards the hooked bit of the stick, roughly aligned with the bit that’s pointing up. Hook thumb around handle if desired (people have been known to break ‘em on collision). Your right hand should grip your stick at a point lower on the stick that is comfortable to you. You should be able to stand with the hooked tip grazing the ground, the flat end facing out.
Remember that your left hand does the guiding of the stick, your right hand is there for support.
How to Play Hockey - Take a stance. Left foot pointing front, right foot back support. Bend your knees slightly, aim for the ball, which should be in line with your left foot or slightly before it, but not ahead. It is important to remember to not bend your back so much as keep your KNEES BENT. Otherwise, you will be very sore the next day!
How to Play Hockey - STICK HANDLING
An essential skill necessary for playing hockey is the ability to control, pass, push, stop and shoot the ball with your hockey stick. This is known as stick work, or stick handling. It is both beautiful and impressive to watch a player with good stick handling skills control the ball while sprinting the length of the pitch, or weave through the sticks and legs of defenders to create an open shot.
How to Play Hockey - It is important to know that the head of a hockey stick has a rounded side (the right side) and a flat side (the left side). It is only with the flat, left hand side of the stick that you are permitted to play the ball.
How to Play Hockey - No Feet!
It may seem like common sense, but it is worth mentioning that in hockey, field players are not allowed to use their feet (or any other parts of their bodies for that matter) to control the ball. Only the goalkeeper is allowed to use hands, feet, etc. to stop or propel the ball when defending in his or her own circle.
How to Play Hockey - Field Goals
A field goal is a goal scored from open, continuous play. Field goals may only be taken from the ’shooting circle’, a roughly semi-circular area in front of the opponents’ goal. If an attacker hits the ball from outside the ’shooting circle’ and it goes directly into the goal or is only touched by a defender on the way, it does not count as a score.
Well this article has covered some simple ways on how to play hockey to help you with your question to how to play hockey.
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