Field hockey has been around for a very long time. ... (US Field Hockey Association Online- "History & Tradition") The modern game of field hockey evolved around the mid-19th century in England. ... (US Field Hockey Online- "History & Tradition") Over the next decades, field hockey prospered. ... (US Field Hockey Online: History and Tradition- Field Hockey Timeline) It also appeared in Seoul in 1988, and Atlanta in 1996. ... (US Field Hockey Online- "Field Hockey Timeline") The men team has participated in the games in 1936, 1948, 1956, 1984, and 1996. ...

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This creates a more ridged playing style where some players don't go all over the field. ... This far more open playing style makes hockey a more fluid and fast game. ... My next point is that in both hockey and lacrosse goalies are babied. ... In lacrosse the goalie has the opportunity to join the rush up field and try to create an oddman situation much like a power play. ... Hockey goalies wear considerably more equipment than their lacrosse counterparts. ...

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But then in 1880, the All Women's Hockey Association was born ("Field Hockey" World). ... In 1887, the very first women's hockey club was established in East Mosley and not too much later the All England Women's Hockey Association was formed in 1889 ("Field Hockey" US Field). ... Applebee of the British College of Physical Education promoted the sport of field hockey in the US in the early 1900's ("Field Hockey" US Field) The United States Field Hockey Association (USFHA) for women was established in 1922 the game was featured again in Amsterdam's program in1928. ... ...

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Canada's first college, Kings College School, established in 1788, adapted the exciting field game of hurley to the ice and originated a new winter game, Ice Hurley. ... Although both women's and men's ice hockey follow the bylaws of USA Hockey, there are several differences in the rules of each game. ... USA Hockey has recently set up a system to make the youth hockey age divisions the same for both boys and girls. ... There are 49 registered NCAA Division 1 Men's ice hockey teams compared to only 30 registered NCAA Division 1 Women's ice hockey teams. ... Males ...

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Field hockey is a very intense and exciting sport. ... There are three ways to score in field hockey-penalty corner, penalty stroke and field goals. There are also many factors that affect how to make the perfect shot in field hockey such as the speed of the ball, the amount of time your shot takes, your angle from the goal, your distance from the goal, the field conditions and the position of the goalie. ... According to data that I found the average field hockey ball is shot at 50-80mph and can even reach up 100 sometimes! ... Another way to score a goal in field hockey would be on a penalt...

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The game of hockey has been around for a long time. ... Most people believe that hockey began northern Europe, specifically Great Britain and France, where field hockey was a popular summer sport more than five hundred years ago. During the winter when the lakes and ponds became frozen, many of the athletes playing field hockey took the game to the ice. ... Hockey evolved over the years to a worldwide sport. Today hockey is being played all over the world either on the field, ice and even on the streets. ...

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Hockey!! ... That is not the case in hockey. ... Hockey is not easy. ... Mostly anyone could walk on a football field and run, or step on a basketball court and shoot a basketball. Not everyone can play hockey. ...

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I can relate this to my personal experiences with ice hockey. ... I worked hard every practice (like in hockey), and I started to improve all my skills. ... My whole team ran onto the field and picked me up at home plate, I was so proud. ...

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The entrance to the field from the bench area was just like that of a hockey rink in that it was a low-wall with a small door leading onto the field. ... The substitutions are made just as they are seen in a hockey game. ... There was one referee on the field as we lined up to start the game. ... The game was extremely fast-paced, just as a hockey game is, with the ball legally played off the walls that were about ten feet tall with a plexi-glass section where the spectators sit. ... The team walked off the field, not really talking about the win, but more about what our plans were for th...

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Lacrosse Speech There are professional hockey players, professional football players, and professional soccer players. ... Lacrosse is a mixture of three sports hockey, football, and soccer. ... Each group of players must stay on their section of the field. ... Much like hockey, lacrosse starts with a face off at the center of the field. Field players are only allowed to touch the ball with their crosses. ...

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Hockey is just about the worst sport I have ever speculated. ... If they see their parents acting in a hostile and violent way, and encouraging them to act the same on the field, they will inevitably act in the same manner, creating a vicious circle. ... Hockey ruins lives for kids in Canada. Canadian hockey fans are among the most bizarre, giving the hockey players their blind faith. Hockey followers promote selfish players, violence and encourage innocent victims to take part in the violence of hockey. ...

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Field hockey was the one sport that almost every girl in my family played. ... I was in 6th grade and joined the schools youth field hockey team. ... I think field hockey helped me to better in school and stay focused. ... My best friends through out school I met while playing field hockey. ... Although I loved field hockey a lot it wasn't my whole life. ...

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In what was one of the most influential and important concepts ever published in the broader psychological field, Leon Festinger's creation of cognitive dissonance completely changed the way psychologists understood decision-making and behavior. ... As most hockey players know, the team you play for and the individuals that make it up is the most important aspect of the sport that I had come to love. ... The cognition's of my love for hockey, and the importance of joining successful and close teams were not only related, but perfectly consistent with who I was as a person, and my beh...

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This is no surprise, seeing how player salaries have skyrocketed over the past few decades in the major sports such as basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. ... Just a few years ago, two adults got into a fight at their sons" little league hockey game and one ended up dead. ... Many reports can be seen on the news of parents running onto the field and attacking the referee, or umpire. ...

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They resemble a pool skimmer, and this is what dignifies the sport, like hockey and their hockey sticks, and like jai alai with their gloves. ... Lacrosse was taken as a serious type of ceremony, so much to the point where special conjurers and ceremonialists would prepare the equipment and the field for play. ... The ice hockey rules are modeled after the game of lacrosse, since they are practically one in the same, where lacrosse doesn't have a stick purely to hit and grass instead of ice and hockey skates. Most hockey players often indulged themselves by playing lacrosse, since they...

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Football and hockey are two sports, which there is a lot of hitting, and there is the problem of telling who is an aggressive athlete or who is an assertive athlete. ... The players that have good morals are the ones that you see involved in a large collision, but gets up off of the playing field and helps the other player up, and did not wish any harm to them or their teammates. ... Males compete in more contact sports than females do, but you never see females taking their field hockey sticks and hitting another athlete in the head with it like you would see at a male hockey outing. ...

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When I was fourteen, I injured my back playing competitive hockey. ... I played everything from volleyball to hockey and even some contact games, for example, rugby and football. ... I am looking for a development position in the chiropractic field where I can practice on the general public but also witness the intricate techniques performed on top-level athletes. ... My practice would employ the best in their fields and I would ensure that I would have the latest technological advances for every field to ensure that only the best was given to all patients. ... In parallel with classes in bioc...

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Sports such as football, hockey, wrestling, rugby and other contact sports are placed in the violent category. ... Hockey with its more continuos play, holds a higher level of violence. ... Also contact with the use of the hockey sticks, the puck, and Fighting is common during a game, which has often lead blood shed during the event. ... As the emotions of the players and fans reach a heighten state during the course of the event, can cause not only increased aggression on the field, but brutality also among the fans watching. . ...

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"What it takes to be a regular guy" In our modern day culture there are many characteristics that a man is expected to possess to be considered masculine. I am sure there are many different views by different men on which traits one must hold to be considered a regular guy. This paper will give ma...

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An example of this is when men participate on field hockey teams dominated by women, creating positive and negative results to the game and also socially. ... Those who oppose men participating in field hockey claim that their presence on the field will change the nature of the "women's" game. ... An additional argument in opposition to men participating in field hockey, as well as other female dominated sports is associated with equality. ... Although, this point is also important in the argument for those who see the participation of men in field hockey as a positive aspect to the gam...

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(Kupelian,1997) Whether it's a hockey player intentionally slashing an opponent across the face with a hockey stick or a boxer biting an opponent's ear, the newspaper headlines are dominated by stories of athletes and their violent actions. Of course, contact sports such as football, hockey, and especially boxing require the use of aggressive bodily force against opponents and are violent by their very natures, but where do we draw the line? ... Recently, athletes have faced criminal charges for their violent acts on the field of play. One example is hockey player Marty McSor...

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For example, a physically demanding sport such as hockey brings teammates closer together because of the physical aspects involved in the game. ... Depending on the child's attitude, a contact sport can be an excellent way for him to build character and excel physically on the playing field and continue straight into the real world....

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This behaviour can include swearing, aggressively disputing calls made by an official, arguing and intimidating officials and other parents, invading the sporting field and can even lead to physical violence In a land that idolises it sporting heroes this shameful behaviour destroys the very essence of good sportsmanship and the concept of a fair go, two values Australians espouse to be an integral part of their culture. ... I know I was both shocked and appalled when reading that in Boston, Massachusetts in July 2000 a father who was watching his son's hockey game beat another fa...

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