field hockey

Field Hockey

• Rules very similar to soccer;• People used to play it in Greece since 200 B.C.;• Modern hockey appeared in England in the

19th century;• Entered the Olympics in 1908;• Hockey was better developed in England’s

colonies;• Hockey x Field hockey;

The goalkeeper

The player

The best teams of the world

The best players of the world

Jamie Dwyer Luciana Aymar

Luciana Aymar’s skills

Brazilian team• World rank: 33th;• CBHG is trying to spread field hockey (“hockey on grass”) in

Brazil;• Projects to introduce field hockey in particular and public

schools, like CMRJ;

Cláudio Rocha

CMRJ team

Carioca Hoquei Clube

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