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History of Hockey

Hockey is a sport that is completed on the pleasure of the historical Stick and ball games. It is a game between  two teams are a field of curved sticks and a hard ball. It was the cradle of Asia and authorities credit Persia with the design around the 2000 BC.

Modern hockey was created in England. The real ancestor of hockey was Irish hurling. The hockey club was formed in 1861 in Black health. The first international hokey match was played between England and Ireland in 1985. In 1908, hockey was included in the modern Olympics. Most of the development is that the game once so rough and rebel were even adapted by women. The game has been mentioned in various names, but the basic idea of playing the game was the same. The term most used was adopted by the Irish. Although the term was invented centuries ago, the word has found its way to the current generation.

Hockey stick history

The hockey stick has been introduced in the early 1800s. The first stick is wooden with a flat blade. In the 1920s, hockey players to tape their sticks to increase and strengthen the team of the blade. The banana curve or bend in the magazine, that we see today was developed in several phases between the years 1957 to 1980. A player known as Bobby Hull broke a needle in a practice match and started playing with bent stick and found to his astonishment that there was greater accuracy in his shots. In the early 1980s, formed metal sticks. In the early 21th century, there were three types of hockey sticks, wood, composites (reinforced wood sticks) or aluminum. The aluminum hockey sticks are most often used today because of its lightness, durability, and it has replaceable blades.

The Olympic Hockey:

India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and England first made its Olympic debut in 1908 in London. India has dominated the sport for three decades, winning six Olympic gold medals and 30 consecutive games from 1928 to 1956. In 1920, hockey is played in early April as part of the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament is also the first World Hockey Championship. And since hockey has several regular international tournaments for men and women.  

Hockey World Cup, the annual Champions Trophy and World Cup for young people. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the world body. Organize events like the World Cup women’s world hockey and football hockey. FIH Hockey Rules Board under the rules of production for the sport. Many countries have extensive club competitions for senior and junior. Despite the large number of participants. Hockey is considered the sports team in the country with the second highest number of participants in the world after football.

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