2006-10-04 03:30:17 · 14 answers · asked by vineet p 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Hot key you mean ?
2006-10-04 03:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by ghreewala 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hockey's birth place is Asia and Persia is credited with having devised it about 2000 B.C. It is said that Greeks and Romans played hockey but nothing is known about the nature of the game that they played. The earliest mention of the present day game dates back only to 1527, when the Galway Statutes included 'hokie'- the hurling of little ball with sticks or staves in a list of prohibited games.
Modern hockey, as created in England, resembles closely games once popular in the British Isles and there is no doubt that hockey's immediate fore-runners were the Scottish shinty, the English and Welsh bandy an the Irish hurling.
The game has witnessed numerous refinements over the years. Among the earliest refinement was the prohibition of raising the stick above shoulder level.
Hockey became popular in India when the British Regiments played the game in India and introduced it in the British India Regiments who quickly picked up the game. The first hockey club was formed in Calcutta in 1885-86 followed by Bombay and Punjab. The Bengal Hockey was the first Hockey Association in India founded in 1908. The second was formed in 1920 in Karachi by the name 'Sind Hockey Association'. In the Olympic games, India played hockey for the first time n 1928 held in Amsterdam. She reached the finals defeating Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland. In the final, India defeated Holland by three goals to nil.
2006-10-04 03:53:25 · answer #2 · answered by Naresh C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard round disc called a puck, into the opponent's net or goal, using a stick. The dominant version of hockey in a particular region tends to be known simply as hockey, other forms being more fully qualified.
2006-10-04 03:38:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hockey is a game that is best played on ice!!!!!!!!!!! 2nd best played on concrete skating on rollerblades.
The hockey that you see listed above that is played on a grass field is a women's game in the western world.
2006-10-04 05:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by Hockey, Guns & Beer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hockey is a sport or game..... it involves a stick and a puck. there is ice hockey as well.. its played on a flat floor and not the ground(the surface of the earth-with grass and all)....ppl play hockey wid a ball as well ,this is played on the grass and open surface.
2006-10-04 03:40:10 · answer #5 · answered by TANVI K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the greatest sport in the world. It combines grace, skill, and brute force all in one. Best played on ice.
2006-10-04 05:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by Zac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada's religion
2006-10-06 19:17:16 · answer #7 · answered by chicofrico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cant believe you just asked this question.
It is a sport that is played on ice! And there is more to it.
2006-10-04 08:47:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how DO u NOT know WHAT HOCKEY IS
2006-10-07 16:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's CANADA's game!!!! Got that, Bettman????
2006-10-05 11:32:22 · answer #10 · answered by hockey craze99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋