Hockey Report Part 1

Hockey Report

Hockey is a popular sport in New Zealand, played with a ball and a stick. It is played by running up and down the field, trying to sweep or slap hit the ball into the opposite goal.

Positions:

Since there are only have 11 people in a team they need to know where they are going. One place is the goalie, they stop the ball from going into the goal, therefore the other team can’t score a goal. But they also need people to run the ball up to the fords because the goalie wears so many pads they can’t run. That’s when the backs come in. They run the ball up to the mids as well as help the goalie to get the ball away from the goal, meanwhile the mids do quite a lot like… run the ball up to the fords so they can score a goal or help the goalie and backs to get the ball away from the goal.

Basic Rules:

Here are some of the basic rules of hockey…

If the ball has just gone out everyone need’s to be 5m away from whoever is taking the ball, before they can tackle them. ( Not a rugby tackle ) In higher levels people can lift the ball above head height if they are 5m away from other players. If the ball is in open play they have to be 5m away before anyone can lift the ball. No one can hit anyones hockey stick before they hit the ball, this is called hacking. They can’t let the hockey ball hit anyone's feet or it is an advantage to the other team. They can only use the flat side of there stick. No one can’t play without a mouth guard, shin pads or with jewelry!

equipment:

In hockey there is a lot of things people need, to play safely. First the basics, a hockey stick and a ball. Then stuff people can’t play without, shin pads and a mouthguard. Then if they have a goalie then they need goalie gear.

Famous Nz Players

Kayla Whitelock is the captain Sean Dancer is the assistant coach and Mark Hager is the Coach. In the team is Sam charlton who is a defender at the age of 25. Frances Davies who is a defender at the age of 21.