Field hockey is a team sport where each team plays with eleven players including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood or fiber glass to hit a round, hard, rubber like ball. There are no left hand sticks in field hockey, and only one side of the stick is allowed to be used and the team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins.
The size and shape of the ball used at the high school level is the same as that used at the Olympic level. As defined by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NHFS), the ball must be leather or plastic.
USA Field Hockey is the national governing body for the olympic-level sport of field hockey, both indoor and outdoor, in the United States. The Rules of Hockey at the Olympic level are issued through The Hockey Rules Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
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All you have to do is drop a field hockey ball on your foot to think that it weighs five pounds rather than five ounces. USA Field Hockey is the national governing body for the sport of field hockey in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). The Rules of Hockey at the Olympic level are issued through The Hockey Rules Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
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