Hockey

The word "hockey"

Hockey (English Hockey) - a sport in which two teams try to hit hard, round ball or hockey goal - the opponent's goal using sticks. Each team has one goalie, which protects the gate of his team.

The British version

British sources attributed the origin of the term "hockey" with the word "Hawk" or the "Hokie." So in the early Middle Ages in a number of English counties were called harvest festivals. During this festival is held in order to hold the game ball curved sticks in the opponent's zone. Curiously, and now in the southern states of the U.S. workers use hockey - tools like hoes, who farm the land

The Canadian version

 

Knadtsy however, in the matter of two completely different versions. According to the first version, the word "hockey" is taken from the language ohaukov. They once played a similar game on grass. It was called "hogy", which means "pain." The fact is that after the game losers were punished. The second of the of the Canadian version is more simple and well known. It relates the origin of the word "hockey" to Old French "hoke", meaning bent crook

TYPES OF ICE

 

Ice hockey - is played on ice with a small (180-gram) rubber disc called hockey. The most popular of all types of hockey - usually the prefix "Hockey" is omitted. Is home to Canada. Popular in Russia, Canada, USA, Scandinavia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Finland and Kazakhstan.

Inline hockey (in English) and roller hockey (in English) (rink hockey) - analogues of hockey played on roller skates.

Table hockey

Hockey - is played on a special synthetic coating (in the past on the grass), a small hard ball. The most common species in the world of hockey - in English-language sources, often simply referred to as "hockey". In the International Ice Hockey Federation includes 116 countries. The most popular in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Belgium, England, Ireland, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Malaysia.

Indoor Hockey - similar field hockey, played on the court for handball.

Bandy (Russian hockey or bandy) - is played on ice with a small, hard ball. Most of all, is popular in Russia, Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Mini hockey (bandy rink) - hockey, held at the site for ice hockey.

Hockey on roller skates. It is played over 60 countries, but only four of them became world champions Spain and Portugal on 15 times, Argentina and Italy 4. Sticks almost like hockey, and roller skates with wheels and dual fitting rubber rod in front - to repel and braking.

Floorball - Hockey in the hall, played with plastic sticks and a hollow plastic ball.

Vertical hockey and sledge hockey - a form of hockey for the disabled.