Field Hockey Before Ice Hockey

Field hockey while field hockey in its current form appeared in mid 18th century england primarily in schools it was not until the first half of the 19th century that it became firmly established.

Field hockey before ice hockey. Midfielder emma spisak 4 chases the ball during the field hockey game versus villanova at the penn state field hockey complex on sunday sept. Thirty six years ago soto was a shop teacher and assistant basketball and softball coach at middleburg. Ice hockey fields are only 200 feet long by 85 feet wide. Rick hopkins makes a point to attend as many field hockey games involving the williamsville schools as he can.

Precursors to hockey have been recorded by a number of ancient civilizations dating back as much as 4 000 years. Many of the players he coaches in ice hockey play field hockey as well and hopkins. Penn state defeated villanova 8 2. Matt soto is a lifelong ice hockey guy.

In most of the world the term hockey by itself refers to field hockey while in canada the united states russia and most of eastern and northern europe the. Before then grace is suiting up for her final season at wellesley as she and. William pierre le cocq stated in a 1799 letter written in chesham england. These included arab greek persian roman aztec and early irish and scottish among others.

Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre a ball or a puck into the opponent s goal using a hockey stick there are many types of hockey such as bandy field hockey ice hockey and rink hockey. Modern field hockey pre dates ice hockey by a few years in the mid 19th century. In england field hockey developed in the late 17th century and there is evidence that some games of field hockey took place on the ice. The field hockey player still stick handles the ball but the technique is different requiring a turning over of the stick blade with the hands so the frontside of the stick will touch it on both ends whereas in ice hockey it is much more of a back and forth motion with steady hands.

He still plays at age 61 a couple times a week. The first club was created in 1849 at blackheath in south east london. While field hockey players may have increased physical stamina from such a larger field ice hockey players have less room to coordinate and drive their puck to the goal. Field hockey is older by about a century.