There are only a couple of similarities between field hockey and hockey. They are both Olympic sports. I didn’t think field hockey is since you never seen it on TV, but it is. They both have goalkeepers who both have lots of padding, a mask and hand protectors. They both have net for goals.
But, there are lots of differences between the two. Field hockey was first played in the 19th centaury where hockey was first organized March 3, 1875. In field hockey there is barely any contact but in hockey there is fighting, checking, and pretty much decking people. What they play on is different too. Field hockey plays on turf where hockey plays on ice. Field hockey has 16 players playing 11 at a time where hockey has 20 playing 6 at a time.
Field hockey can raise the stick up high and juggle the ball where hockey if you bring your stick to high they will count it as high sticking and you get sent to the “sin bin” (penalty box) for 2 minutes. In field hockey they just have mudguards and shinguards, where hockey has helmets, chest pads, shorts that are all padded, pads around the shins, and pad on your hands. The last thing is you can’t choose when there is a timeout on the field so you keep going and going where in hockey there are timeouts all the time.
So I showed you some similarities and lots of differences between hockey and field hockey. I like hockey better cause there is more contact, but everyone has his or her own opinion between the two.
Very good job with the similarities and the differences in this essay. Excellent work Weston.
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