Hockey

Hockey game is played on the natural grass, gravel, sand based and water based artificial turfs. It is played with the very small hard ball. This type of game was included in the modern Olympic games in 1908. It is the game of 11 players between two teams which is completely against with each other and using their 'hooked' sticks to hit, pass, push and dribble a small, hard, usually white, ball, with one aim in mind-to score the more points by getting their ball into a opponent's goal.



The first hockey club was organized in blackheath in the 1861. The first international match was played between England and Ireland in 1895. Hockey sportis very popular in India when the British regiments played the game in India and introduced it in the British Indian regiments who quickly picked up the game.