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Belgium was one of the countries to adopt the field hockey variant, and in 1966 René Frank, a native of Belgium, who was later to become President of the FIH, persuaded the German Hockey Associations to give responsibility over the rules of Indoor Hockey to the FIH. This led to the FIH recognising indoor hockey in its constitution in 1968. [2]
FIH rules do not forbid a shot at goal before the ball leaves the circle after being 'inserted', nor is a shot at the goal from outside the circle prohibited, but a goal cannot be scored at all if the ball has not gone out of the circle and cannot be scored from a shot from outside the circle if it is not again played by an attacking player ...
Williams started umpiring hockey in 2006 [2] following an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and three further knee surgeries. She began volunteering for England Hockey on their Youth Panel in 2006, was runner up for World Youth Promoter of the Year in 2010 [3] and continues to volunteer as the Secretary of the National Programme Umpiring Association in England.
All five FIH (International Hockey Federation) zones were expected to have a continental representation in the Olympic field hockey event. [2] The host nation France received a direct quota place in the men's tournament after having attained the top twenty-five spot or higher in the FIH world ranking list. [3]
The International Hockey Federation, commonly known by the acronym FIH, is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne , Switzerland . FIH is responsible for field hockey's major international tournaments, notably the Hockey World Cup .
Coloured pitches are used to distinguish the field of play (green) from the run-off (red). The hockey pitch is rectangular in shape. The longer perimeter edges are called the side line, the opposing shorter edges are referred to as the back line and the portion of this between the goal posts is known as the goal line The side line must measure 91.40 m (100 yd) and the back line should measure ...
The 2025 Women's FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup will be the seventh edition of the Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup. It will be held at the Žatika Sport Centre in Poreč , Croatia from 3 to 9 February 2025.
In the first set of hockey rules (1886) the use of hands and feet was permitted to stop the ball; the use of feet was outlawed in 1938 but hands could still be used to stop the ball. [24] As such, a hand stop became a large part of early penalty corners; one player would inject, a second would hand stop and the third would shoot.