Field hockey is an outdoor sport played by two teams of 11 players each using sticks to hit a small ball into the opponentās goal. For a goal (which counts for one point) to be scored, the ball must go into the goal and, while within the shooting circle (semicircle), must have been touched by the stick of an attacker. The ball was originally a cricket ball (cork center, string-wound, and covered with leather), but plastic balls are also approved.
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