Finally, in , the sport became part of the Olympic Games. Next in line are the European championships. Last but not least among the three types of hockey is roller hockey. This version takes place on a rectangular indoor surface and involves competitions between two teams of five players each. Rather than ice skates, these athletes wear roller skates or inline skates.
They use their hockey sticks to push around a ball made of rubber from compressed cork. Game time varies according to the age of players. In the senior category, there are two periods of 15 minutes each. In the minor leagues, each period lasts between 10 and 20 minutes.
England is the country that created hockey on skates near the end of the 19th century. But it was an American who adapted ice hockey in order to play on wood. In , the first world championship took place. Ringette is played in an ice rink, and the equipment players wear is virtually the same as in hockey. However, in Ringette, players use straight sticks to maneuver and shoot a rubber ring to score goals Believe it or not, Ringette games are usually higher scoring than hockey games.
Each team has six players on the ice same positions as in hockey. Penalty situations and pulling the goalie are handled the same as in hockey, as well. Though if one team does pull their goalie, one of the skaters can assume the goalie position, but then they are restricted by the same rules as a regular goalie. Blue line play can get tricky, as players are prohibited from carrying the ring over the line. They must pass it to a teammate for the ring to cross into the offensive zone, so the teammate they pass it to must already be in ahead of the play obviously offsides is a non-issue.
The crease is basically completely off limits, and in soccer-like fashion, a goalie can actually throw the ring to a teammate up ice; however, that team may not touch the ring for five seconds.
Ringette is a game that focuses on quicker passes and skating ability, and as a result, it can be just as fast as hockey. Maybe this could make it into the Olympics someday.
Dating back to some time in the 19th century, Rossall hockey is probably the most unique sport on this list. It is played exclusively at Rossall School on the coast of Lancashire England and is intriguing because it is played on the beach, and is of a brutal nature. The game is a vicious mix of both hockey and rugby and is played by both boys and girls alike.
The players draw the field on the beach by digging and dragging their sticks to create all the lines, and it is very similar to a rugby pitch, split into four sections of equal size by horizontal lines. The game starts with a "bully" or face-off in the middle of the field, which is made up of seven players from each team lined up on opposing sides of the center circle.
If you take away the ice, you still have roller hockey which is played by over 60 countries across the world and has a massive global following. Hockey has become more universal and accessible to an even wider audience since the creation of sledge hockey which is aimed at people with disabilities affecting the lower half of their body.
Players sit on a specially designed sledge and use their hockey sticks to pass, shoot and propel their sledge across the court. Possibly the most random kind of hockey is underwater hockey, which is played, as you guessed it, under the water of a swimming pool.
This is a limited-contact sport and the sticks used to play are a lot smaller compared to normal hockey sticks. Using a perforated table which provides an air cushion for the puck, kids in arcades across the world have enjoyed air hockey for years.
The players use skates to skate over ice and earn points. Their bats also differ in shape and size. The ball is actually not spherical in shape but a disc like solid that is used to roll over ice. It is fun watching this game and even more to take part. For disabled people who want to enjoy the fun of playing ice hockey, this game was invented. It has a board on which the player will be resting and with the help of skates it will be rolling on ice and the rest is same as ice hockey.
It is also played by normal people sitting on the boards. Roller hockey has two forms; quad and in-line. The players in quad variant wear quad skates while playing the game.
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