About Hockey

Field hockey is played on gravel, natural grass, sand-based or water-based artificial turf, with a small, hard ball. The game is popular among both males and females in many parts of the world, particularly in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In most countries, the game is played between single-sex sides, although they can be mixed-sex.

The governing body is the 116-member International Hockey Federation (FIH). Men's field hockey has been played at each summer Olympic Games since 1908 (except 1912 and 1924), while women's field hockey has been played at the Summer Olympic Games since 1980.

Modern field hockey sticks are J-shaped and constructed of a composite of wood, glass fibre or carbon fibre (sometimes both) and have a curved hook at the playing end, a flat surface on the playing side and curved surface on the rear side. While current field hockey appeared in the mid-18th century in England, primarily in schools, it was not until the first half of the 19th century that it became firmly established. The first club was created in 1849 at Blackheath in south-east London. Field hockey is the national sport of India and Pakistan.

 

Indian National tournaments

  • All India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Chennai[T.N]
  • All India Gurmeet Memorial Hockey Tournament, Chandigarh[Punjab]
  • IndianOil Surjit Hockey Tournament, Jalandhar[Punjab]
  • All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Hockey Tournament, Delhi
  • All India Aagha Khan Hockey Tournament, Mumbai[Maharashtra]
  • All India Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Mumbai[Maharashtra]
  • All India Obaidullah Khan Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Bhopal[M.P.]
  • All India Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament, Delhi
  • All India Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament, Delhi
  • All India Sanjay Hockey Tournament, Delhi
  • All India K D singh Babu Memorial Invitational Prize Money Hockey Tournament, Lucknow[U.P.]
  • All India Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Tournament, Jalandhar[Punjab]
  • All India Liberals Hockey Tournament, Nabha
  • All India Shri Shadilal Rajendra Lal Memorial Hockey Tournament, Shamli[U.P.]
  • All India Indira Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, Jammu[J & K]
  • All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament, Kolkata[W.B]
  • All India G.P.Kuppuswami Naidu Hockey Tournament, Kovilpatti[T.N.]
  • Senior National Hockey Tournament
  • Junior National Hockey Tournament
  • Sub-junior National Hockey Tournament
  • Amarjeet Singh Bola Memorial Hockey Tournament Chakdana,Nawanshahr,Punjab
  • Bundel Khand All India Hockey Tournament, Mahoba (U.P.)
  • Republic All India Hockey Tournament, Katni, M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Damoh,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Indore,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Mhow,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Ujjain,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Tikamgarh,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Ratlam,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Khargon,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Hoshangabad,M.P.
  • All India Hockey Tournament,Balaghat,M.P.
  • Bhagat Singh All India Hockey Tournament,Gwalior,M.P.
  • Kodava Hockey Festival
  • Dr. B.R.Ambedkar All India Hockey Tournament(under-16 Boys),Nagpur
  • Mahanth Raja Sarweshwer Das memoriol All India Hockey Tournament,Rajnandgaon,C.G.