1-
History
&
Object
of the
Game
2-
The
Essentials
(Offense
&
Defense,
Scoring,
etc.)
3-
Fouls
4-
Field
Diagram
&
Positions
5-
Glossary
of Field
Hockey
Terms
History
The
exact
origins
of field
hockey
are
unclear,
but
there
is evidence
that
ancient
Egyptian
cultures
played
a variation
of this
ball-and-stick
game
4,000
years
ago.
Modern
field
hockey
was
shaped
in England
during
the
18th
and
19th
centuries
and
was
introduced
to the
United
States
in 1901
when
Constance
Applebee,
an English
physical
education
teacher,
attended
a conference
at Harvard
and
taught
the
game
at many
local
women’s
schools.
Internationally,
field
hockey
is primarily
a men’s
sport;
however,
in the
United
States,
it is
almost
exclusively
a women’s
sport.
Object
of the
Game
To
hit
the
ball
from
within
the
striking
circle,
through
the
opponent’s
goal,
to score
points.
The
team
with
the
most
goals
at the
end
of the
game,
wins.
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