1. HOCKEY

2. HOCKEY
 Field hockey, commonly known as
hockey, is a team sport which is
played between two teams of eleven
players with hockey sticks and a ball.

3. HISTORY
 There is a depiction of a hockey-like game from
200 BC in Ancient Greece when the game may
have been called because it was played with a
horn and a ball-like object
 The first club was in 1849 at Blackheath in south-
east London, but the modern rules grew out of a
version played by Middlesex cricket clubs for winter
sport
 At the turn of the 21st century, the game is played
globally, with particular popularity throughout
Europe, Asia, Oceania, and South America - With it
being the national sport of India.

4. RULES OF PLAY
 The game is played between two teams of up to
sixteen players, out of whom eleven are permitted
to be on the pitch at any one time. The remaining
five players, the substitutes, may be substituted in
any combination, from one to five, an unlimited
number of times in the course of a game
 Players are permitted to play the ball with the flat of
the 'face side' and with the edges of the head and
handle of the field hockey stick with the exception
that, for reasons of safety,

5.  Grip
There are two different types of grip:
 The Standard grip: This grip is used for
most skills including trapping, pushing
and dribbling. In this grip you have your
left hand at the top of the stick, and your
right hand one-third to one-half of the
way down the stick depending on
personal preference.

8. MAJOR HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS
 Olympic Games - held every four years.
 World Hockey Cup - held every four years, in between the Olympics.
 Champions Trophy - currently held every year, for the top 8 ranked
nations.
 Hockey Champions Challenge - held every years for teams ranked
9th-16th in the world.
 Hockey Champions Challenge II - held every years for teams ranked
17th-24th in the world.
 Although invitational or not open to all countries, the following are
also considered international tournaments:
 Commonwealth Games – held ever four years between members of
the Commonwealth of Nations
 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament - held annually in Malaysia,
an invitational tournament.
 Sultan Ibrahim Ismail Hockey Tournament -held annually for aged
under-21 in Malaysia, an invitational tournament

9. INDIAN HOCKEY
 India won 8 Gold ,1 silver and 2
bronze medals in olympics.
 India has a record of winning 6 Gold
medals in a row from 1928-1956.