Home > Industry/Domain > Sports > Field hockey
Field hockey
Of or pertaining to a sport which is played between two teams of eleven players with hockey sticks and a hard, solid plastic ball. The object of the game hit the ball through the opponent's goal or net. The team with the most goals by the end of the game wins.
Industry: Sports
Add a new termContributors in Field hockey
Field hockey
Free hit
Sports; Field hockey
A free hit is given to one team when the other team has committed a foul outside of the goal area. The hit is taken where the foul took place. See Rules of the Game for a complete explanation.
Aerial
Sports; Field hockey
This is a pass that is meant to move the ball over a long distance and is usually used to pass over defenders heads to a teammate.
Aerial pass
Sports; Field hockey
Hitting or playing the ball while it is in the air and not on the ground.
Back line
Sports; Field hockey
The line signifying the end of the field. This is also called the goal line. When an offensive player knocks the ball out-of-bounds over the back line the defending team gets to put the ball back in ...
Back stick
Sports; Field hockey
This is when the ball hits the rounded face of the hickey stick. This is an illegal shot.
Back pass
Sports; Field hockey
This is a defensive pass to pass the ball backwards to help the attacking team get their offence in place before moving forward to attack the defenders goal.
Featured blossaries
weavingthoughts1
0
Terms
1
Blossaries
0
Followers