Hockey sur gazon

FieldHockey

I chose to introduce this sport because I practice it at high level and I have a good performance. For example I have 7 titles of champions of France, 2 European champion titles and I have 19 caps with the young french team.

FieldHockey is a collectif sport that is played 11 to 11, Is same as football but there is no offside and you have to in the circle to score. It’s play with a ball and a stick. This is currently playing on a synthetic pitch watered.

The current world champions are the Netherlands for men

The current world champions are the Germans for women

The current Olympic champions are the Argentineans for men

The current Olympic champions are the English for woman

History of hockey:

The first hockey club comes from England, the first is Blackhealt in 1851 and Teddington in 1875.There are located in London. In the following years, the British army developed modern hockey in the British colonies (Empire of India, and others). In 1908, for the first time, hockey was previewed at the London Olympics.

The rest of the world does not remain inactive and a championship of France was born in 1899. The French Hockey Federation was born in 1920.

The International Federation (FIH) was born in Paris in 1924 under the presidency of Paul Léautey and the impetus of Frantz Reichel who succeeded him the following year and remained in this post until his death in 1932. In 1980, women's hockey was previewed at the Moscow Olympics.

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FieldHockey Pitch.

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