Field hockey features two teams of 11 players each, playing on grass or synthetic turf, and trying to score by using a flat-faced stick to hit a hard plastic ball into a designated goal. The dimensions of the playing field are 100 yards (91.4 meters) in length and 60 yards (55 meters) in width, with goals that are 12 feet (3.66 meters) wide and 7 feet (2.13 meters) high.
In ice hockey two teams of six players each play on an enclosed ice rink and try to score by using a curved stick to shoot a flat vulcanized rubber puck into a designated goal. The dimensions of the standard North American playing rink are 200 feet (61 meters) in length and 85 feet (25.91 meters) in width, with goals that are 6 feet (1.83 meters) wide and 4 feet (1.22 meters) high.