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Understanding Hockey And Hockey Tournaments

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The world has evolved and is changing everyday, but the only constant that remains through this intense process of transformation is the human need to indulge in physical activity such as sports. The purposes are varied entertainment, exercise, etc. But at the crux the fact remains undeniable that the human urge to stretch the endurance envelope will always continue unabated. One of these sports is hockey and it has its roots embedded in ancient history. Hockey tournaments have found mention in ancient history with instances of games being played with curved sticks and a ball. Countries from around the world, which in their heyday were empires have accounts of such Hockey tournaments being conducted and organized. 4000 year old drawings and sketches dating to around 00 BC show evidences of forms of hockey being played.

          The modern game of hockey has evolved into many forms with the most popular being field hockey and ice hockey. Field hockey is generally played on several types of turfs including gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turf with curving sticks and a small, hard ball. There is no discrimination between any sexes indulging in the game as both, male and female players engage in Hockey tournaments and they have gained immense popularity across countries in Europe, Asia and America.

The general rule is that there are single-sex sides competing against each other but informal games have been witnessed between mixed-sex. The field hockey equipment consists of J-shaped hockey sticks composed of wood, glass, fiber or carbon fiber. The ball used is a small hard ball made of cork or its variants. 11 players compose each playing side along with substitutes and the game duration is 90 minutes. The governing body for Hockey tournaments across the globe is the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The Men’s and Women’s hockey were started on an international level at different dates with the male Hockey tours and Hockey tournaments starting in 1908 while the female participation started in 1980. Field hockey is the national sport of countries like India and Pakistan.

         Tourlegends is an online sports collaboration platform which provides special niche facilities for Hockey tours and Hockey tournaments played across clubs around the world. With state-of-the-art tools like fixture generators, tournament calendars, etc. clubs around the world will benefit in terms of getting more exposure by interacting with other teams. Hockey tours and Hockey tournaments are a rage in countries across the globe and tourlegends.com encourages this trend and facilitates sporting endeavors.

About Author: Nellie Rogers has a passion for sports in particular to organize or participate in sports tours to play and support live sports events or tournaments. Hockey Tournaments, Hockey Tournaments calendar at http://www.tourlegends.com

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Tips to Improve Field Hockey Skills

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Field hockey is a team sport wherein each team’s goal is to shoot the ball in the opposite team’s goal net by hitting, pushing, or flicking the ball with honey sticks. Field hockey is still the same as the plain hockey but it is played in the field. There are some hockeys played in the ice or street.

Field hockey is a rigid sport. So a person should be physically fit to be on a field hockey team. Who wants a sickly, slow teammate, right? But if you and the rest of your team are physically fit, you also need to learn the basic skills required for the game. Now, I’ll be giving you some tips on how to improve your field hockey skills.

Running-

Just like any other team sports, running is a basic requirement in improving skills. Most of the hockey game is spent on running, or be in motion. Running will help you develop your balance and speed which is very important in field hockey. Endurance is also required in running. Running at varying speed will also help you develop your running skills since at the field hockey, running speed varies.

Be flexible and agile-

Flexibility and agility are also required in field hockey. Field hockey players need to have the skill of being able to change directions quickly. So it is best to do drills that require these two such as ladder drills, or running zigzag on each traffic cone. In a field hockey game, you should be able to change directions quickly just in case, you already had the ball but then the opponent has stolen it going to their goal net.

Lifting weights-

Lifting weights enable you to develop your upper body strength. This will be required for you to have a drive and power against your opponents. While being fast ad flexible help you move the ball away from the opponent, upper body strength helps you get and steal the ball away from your opponent’s stick.

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Hockey

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

 

I’ve always wondered what is so different about hockey, why it is so different from almost any other team sport. For those of you like me who have also noticed something different about hockey but never quite realized what it actually is I HAVE FIGURED IT OUT!!!! Kids on hockey teams are assholes and not teammates, they have no respect for any other kids except there little boyfriends that are on the team. That’s why hockey teams with good players don’t always prevail unlike football, basketball, soccer or volleyball. In hockey a lot of the time I didn’t only have to worry about playing well and working hard, I had to worry about doing everything right, like tying up my skates the right way or putting on my equipment in a certain order, or not having a bag with wheels on it. If I did things like that I would be ridiculed and put down by the other players.

I used to always be one of the top three players on my team. Over that last three years I have declined and declined to the point where now I don’t even play competitive anymore. The kids have been just so mean and rude to me where I’m so afraid to make a mistake ort do something wrong that I can’t even worry about the actual game of hockey I can only try to avoid being harassed and made fun of. I used to love hockey and I always used look forward to that big game on Saturday or a scrimmage at the end of practice, now my minor hockey career has been looked back upon as some of the worst, not fun years of my life and now I wonder why kids on hockey teams are such assholes. I’m playing football this year in Gr. 10, I noticed that kids don’t make fun of one another; kids don’t harass kids about what they wear or how they play, or what equipment they have. When kids make embarrassing mistakes, the players correct you and help you get better like teammates should. You don’t have to worry about anything but playing the game and improving your skills, social status doesn’t help you make the team or gain respect, just putting in a solid effort and being a part of the team is all it takes, and that’s all it should take, teammates shouldn’t put one another down, but should be respectful of one another. I’m a 15 year old kid, and It sure takes a lot to put me in tears, only happens about once every few years, when I’m in tears not understanding why hockey isn’t fun anymore, I know that there is a problem.

 

So thanks a lot to all the people that ruined my minor hockey experience, fuck you!!!

 

 

What the hell is wrong with hockey..

 

 

A seriously discouraged kid

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