I am interested in playing field hockey, is it a fun sport?
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Field hockey is one of those sports that you'll enjoy more by playing, as opposed to watching it.\n\nI played it as a kid, it's fun because of its' technical rules, which helps to make it a level playing field between average and good players.\n\nAnd it's not so dangerous, the rules are made in such a way, that it protects/prevents players from violent or dangerous play.
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I love it...plus it's a sport you'll be able to play when you're old.  You can play it indoor and outdoor...
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paintball is a awesome sport/way to release energy..im 41 been into paintball for about 4 years play with men and women of all ages here in Alaska glad to hear you enjoy it and don't let anyone change your mind keep on painting!!!! it will keep you young at heart and limber of body. yes unfortunately just like with so many other "new" sports / things in life,it only takes a few people to give a great thing a bad name.  if played responsibly paintball is very educational and hopefully good stories will erase the bad publicity that a few people,out of the many who play,have given paintball
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Friend,\nI didn't learn to play hockey until I was 34.\nPlaying in adult leagues is not to be compared to high school or college games.  The speed alone would wipe us out.  But the principles are the same.............positioning is the key.  You have to read the plays and anticipate where to be.  Your position on the ice is the key to your success or failure.
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It's a sport. You got a ball, two nets and goalies. The objective is like any other exciting, fast-paced sport: put the ball in the net.
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YESSS. It not only is a very fun game. It combines skill, exercise, teamwork and winning. If thats not a sport what is?
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its fun?\nmost sports were invented for fun!
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Ice hockey is played with two teams having six players on each side on the ice at a time.  Each team has five skaters and one goaltender, who stands guarding a net at each end (a red line called the goal line).  \n\nThe object of the game is to gain possession of the puck (a disc of vulcanized rubber that's deceptively small and alarmingly hard when you get smacked with it (inevitably on the two inches of your body that aren't currently covered by padding)), and work with your team to get the puck into the other team's net.\n\nMuch like in other games like soccer and basketball, the strategy of the game is two-part:  offense and defense.  The five skaters on the ice are designated as either forwards (offense) or defense (defense), with two of each of those (right wing, left wing and right defense and left defense (usually you say right or left D)).  The fifth skater is a center, whose job is to cover both ends, assisting with defense in front of the net, and driving plays coming out on offense.\n\nThere are far too many rules in hockey to cover here.  They have to do with everything from the face-off -- where the puck is dropped by the ref where play stopped or at center ice -- to what kind of contact is illegal versus legal -- you can push and shove in front of the net but you can't whack somebody with your stick, for example -- to what can be done where on the ice, which is divided up by lines.\n\nThe lines are what really differentiate regulation hockey from "pond" hockey, which is hockey in its simplest (and some might argue purest and most fun) form.  The lines are the goal line where the net is, and the two blue lines, which form a "neutral" zone in the center of the ice.  The zone where your goalie is, behind the blue line closest to you, is "your" zone.  After you cross the neutral zone over the other blue line, you're in enemy territory (aka "their zone" or for real, the offensive side (and believe me, some teams are move offensive than others)).\n\nIf you think the lines are confusing now, just wait until you hear this next part.  Ready?  Coming out of your zone, you can do anything you want with the puck.  Go back, forth, across the blue line, up and down the blue line, anything you want.\n\nBut when you get to "their" blue line, the puck carrier has to cross first.\n\nThis is apparently the single most difficult rule to understand in hockey, for players and spectators alike.  So let me explain it again.\n\nIf you're coming out of your zone towards the offensive zone, the person with the puck *has* to cross the far blue line first.  If anyone else does, they're "offsides" and play stops and everyone gets all crabby and if you're the one who blew a really good play by getting your skate ahead of your linemate who had the puck, you're all embarassed and some girl in the stands is going "wait, why did they stop play, now?" and it's just bad all around.\n\nThat's just one rule that has to do with the lines.  There are others.  Icing, which is basically just an excuse for the ref to blow a whistle after you've sprinted end to end, and then gloat while you limp wheezing to the faceoff.  There's also a rule called a two line pass rule, which is basically an offsides rule and everyone ignores it anyway.\n\nThere are also rules about what you can and can't do around and with the goalie, most of which you get thumped by the goalie for doing anyway, and if not the goalie his or her enforcer.  Not that I'm speaking from experience.\n\nEvery time you get the puck in the net (their net, not yours) you get a point.  Regulation games are played in three 20 minute periods, which usually wind up being longer on account of all the time people spend between whistles arguing their case with the refs.\n\nHockey is played with sticks, and there's rules around what you can and can't do with your stick (e
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Ha! Not much chance of that mate. I'm sure people play it here, but you'll have to get your gear ordered in from overseas. And finding a team will be really difficult. Try rugby. Or League. Heaps of people play it, and it's easy to find a team and gear.
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I have been playing softball for 10 years! Its soooo much fun!\nI love it.
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NO, I for one liked the fights. Realizing pure hockey enthusiasts would say that is not really part of the game, you asked is it more entertaining. I really miss the days of old for instance when the 'Broad Street Bullies' better known as the Philadelphia Flyers played. Teams were truly intimidated to play at the Spectrum.
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Hockey is okay for kids, just know what you're getting into. High school games rarely have fights and are often more exciting. Lower level pro games (United Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, American Hockey League) are more likely to feature fights.\n\nNHL Pro games are less likely to have a fight these days since the playoffs are right around the corner and no one wants to break their hand or miss a game because each contest is so important.
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Play hockey because it takes guts and discipline, and those two qualities alone will take you far in the world.\n\nPlay hockey because it's a thrill, and fun because it's fast and dangerous and taking some calculated risks is good for everyone, male or female.\n\nPlay hockey because you will get closer to the people on your hockey team than any other team you'll be on in sports.\n\nPlay hockey because in life you need to stand your ground, and yield nothing, and go all out, and you'll learn all those things in one minute and fifteen seconds on the ice.\n\nPlay hockey because young women who participate in sports are shown in studies to have higher self esteem and better grades than those who do not.\n\nPlay hockey because everyone needs to have a sense of their own mortality and nothing like 60 minutes on the ice will do that for you.\n\nExcept maybe skydiving.\n\nPlay hockey because you already know how to skate and skating's half the battle.\n\nPlay hockey because it's a great litmus test for boys.  The ones who are intimidated aren't worth a second glance.  The ones who think it's cool are.  The ones who come to your games are worth your phone number, and any guy who grabs his gear and joins you on the ice is one you should consider hanging onto.\n\nPlay hockey because you'll love it.  Pretty much anyone who starts -- girls or boys -- winds up with hockey as their passion, and we all need a passion in life.\n\nPlay hockey because it will be different, and will open doors into new experiences for you.  You will learn things that girls who play tamer sports will never know.  Things like reall grit, real toughness, and that the bigger they are, the harder they really do fall.\n\nPlay hockey because if you ever choose a vocation like firefighting or the military, you cannot have a better starting point.  You will have already learned important lessons and skills vital to those kinds of jobs.\n\n(Maybe you better not tell your mom that last one, but it's true -- I've done firefighting and hockey both. ;) )\n\nPlay hockey because it's fun.\n\nGood luck with your mom -- as I've said to others here, maybe make a deal with her that if you play you maintain a certain GPA.  If you don't hold up your end of the bargain, you'll quit.\n\n**\nWith due respect to Zelda, I don't think checking means "exciting."  Women play a different, less physical game much of the time, simply because we have no reason to use our size when size isn't our best advantage.  Women tend to be fast, technical players.  They can also be aggressive, it all depends on the player.  But I've never seen or participated in a 'boring' women's hockey game.
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ya volleyball is fun. the hitting, digging, setting, serving. everything about it is cool.
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of course, its frickin awesome. I mean you cannot argue with one billion hooligans around the world loving every minute of it. I have played for almost 15 years and it is an amazing sport.
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I like hockey because it is a fast paced game. NBA started to bore me to death. Since hockey was going on at the same time, i started to watch it. I picked up on the rules/strategies really easily.
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Ice Hockey. One of the fastest moving exciting sports.....