hokey means ice hokey(NHL).??

Question

hokey means ice hokey?frist of all hokey is the natinal sport in india.these ice hokey ,nhl what ever it is copied from indian hokey.put these name to ice hokey what ever it is.but u people dont use hokey.
these game in india since may be 1000 years.dont blame this old game.put anothere name to urs game.....

put ur game to puckey.why ur calling hockey

Answer 1

The roots of hockey are buried deep in antiquity.

Hockey-like games involving sticks and balls have been played for thousands of years by people such as the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Irish, the Scots and the Indians of South America.

Historical records show that a crude form of hockey was played in Egypt 4,000 years ago, and in Ethiopia around 1,000 BC. Various museums offer evidence that a form of the game was played by Romans and Greeks, and by the Aztec Indians of South America several centuries before Columbus landed in the New World.

The National Archaeological Museum in Athens holds a square marble slab measuring 60 cm x 20 cm with four bas-reliefs of ancient sporting events. One of these shows Athenian youths playing field hockey. These bas-reliefs date back to 514 BC and show that a type of hockey was being enjoyed in Greece at that time.

This type of hockey, called "ÊÅÑÇÔÉÆÅÉÍ" (Keritizin) in ancient Greece, was very popular. Called such names as "paganica" by the Romans, "hurling" by the Irish and "shinty" by the Scots, the name "hockie" seems to have been first recorded in Ireland in 1527 and probably comes from the French word "hoquet" meaning "shepherds crook".

Hockey in England in the 17th and 18th century consisted of whole villages playing the game with the objective of hitting the ball into the opposing villages' common ground. Teams often consisted of 60 to 100 players and games occasionally lasted several days or so with injuries such as broken arms and legs not uncommon. Umpires could only arbitrate a decision if called upon to do so by a player from one of the teams. (a situation that sounds familiar even in these days!)

In 1852 the sports master of Harrow, an English Public School, advised his pupils that, among other things, no more than thirty players per team were allowed on the field at any one time. In those early days, team formation consisted of having more forwards than defenders, a situation that persisted up until the late 1800's.

The game that we know today emerged at Eton College in England in the 1860s when the first rules were written down. Further rules were written in 1875 when the first Hockey Association was formed. The game was played on a field nearly 200 metres in length and all players chased the ball for the whole of the game. In 1886 the Teddington Cricket Club effectively lead a movement which resulted in the British Hockey Association being formed which included amongst its rules a striking circle for hitting goals.

Changes in rules and play quickly developed from this beginning and by 1889 the pyramid system - five forwards, three halves, two backs and a goalkeeper - became the accepted method of playing hockey.

In 1890 the English, Irish and Welsh hockey associations formed the International Rules Board and umpires were given power to make decisions without waiting for players to appeal for a free hit - something that a large number of players have yet to learn. See 1892 Hockey Rules .

Hockey, or "Field Hockey" as it is also known, is now played in every continent with many nations competing in the three major competitions - The Olympic Games, The World Cup and The Champion's Trophy.

Hockey was first played at the Olympic Games in 1908 when men's teams were included. Women's hockey was not included in the Olympics until 1980. Hockey was played at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998 (until 1998, the Commonwealth Games were mainly individual sports - swimming, athletics, boxing, etc.. 1998 saw the introduction of four team sports and hockey was one of the four.)

The first Olympic Hockey Competition for men was held in London in 1908 with England, Ireland and Scotland competing separately. After having made its first appearance in the 1908 Games, hockey was subsequently dropped from the 1912 Stockholm Games, and reappeared in 1920 in Antwerp before being omitted again in Paris in 1924. The Paris organisers refused to include hockey on the basis that the sport had no International Federation.

(NOTE: No mention of India!)

Answer 2

Hockey and ice hockey are way different ice hockey is of course played on an ice rink and in my opinion ice hockey is more exciting than regular hockey not just the NHL I also like to watch some international leagues like the DEL of Germany the Extraliga of the Czech Republic and the RHL of Russia I think ice hockey is more popular than regular hockey and is more exciting.

Answer 3

Do you seriously think you can claim ownership to anything? America hasn't been around as long India (discovered anyway). And other countries "borrow" terms all the time. Almost all languages are derived from Latin. Do you feel that you have "stolen" half your language from them? Probably not. You are being petty and ridiculous. Beyond that fact that it doesn't effect you personally in any way what so ever - especially since you can't even spell it correctly.

Answer 4

Hokey means lame- HocKey means Ice Hockey or the NFL... I blame you for your bad spelling.

We will call it whatever we like...

Answer 5

Well, ummm. I guess it's different because it's spelled different????? You never know. There are always those times where american people misunderstand words that other ethnicities say and then just take it and use it as their own.

Also, what kind of indian plays hockey???? That's just plain weird. One more thing, reading your english grammar made me cringe. Sorry, i just had to say that.

Answer 6

mine said it totally right: Do you seriously think you can claim ownership to anything? You are being petty and ridiculous. Beyond that fact that it doesn't effect you personally in any way what so ever - especially since you can't even spell it correctly.

Answer 7

who gives a damn??