What are the 3 types of hockey?

What are 5 facts about hockey?

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• At the London 2012 Olympics, hockey was the 3rd most watched sport.
• Celebrities Emma Watson, Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lawrence and Heath Ledger played hockey. …
• Men’s hockey has the fastest swing speed of any sport reaching around 103 miles per hour.
• The original name for hockey was shinty.

What is the most popular type of hockey?

Ice Hockey is considered to be the most popular form of hockey, especially in Canada and the United States. It is also very popular in some countries in Europe and Asia. One of the main reasons for the popularity of ice hockey is the NHL.

What are the two main types of hockey? Ice hockey is the most physical of all variations and this can be seen in the approach to fighting on the rink and sometimes even the stands! If you take away the ice, you still have roller hockey which is played by over 60 countries around the world and has a huge global following. On the same subject : Who invented taekwondo?.

What are the 4 forms of hockey?

Most people have heard of the more popular forms of hockey (ice hockey, field hockey, roller hockey, shinny), so this article looks at some of the lesser known, but equally interesting, from the sport we all love. See the article : Do hockey players eat between periods?. Enjoy!