Ball hockey
Ball hockey game between USA (Blue) and Slovakia (White) at 2011 World Ball Hockey Championship. | |
| Highest governing body | International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (International) USA Ball Hockey (United States) Canadian Ball Hockey Association (Canada) |
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| Nicknames | Street Hockey, US = dek hockey, some places in Canada call it "road" hockey |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Both indoor and outdoor |
| Equipment | Required = A ball, a hockey stick, a net. Optional in pickup but mandatory in leagues= shin pads, gloves. Optional everywhere for adults, mandatory for kids in leagues = helmet. |
Ball hockey is a team sport and an off-ice variant of the sport of ice hockey. The sport is also a variant of one of several floor hockey game codes; more specifically, it is a variant of street hockey.
Ball hockey is patterned after and closely related to ice hockey, except the game is played on foot on a non-ice surface, player equipment is different, and an orange ball is used instead of a hockey puck. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by shooting the ball into the opposing team's net.