Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a hard dry
surface with wheeled skates. Most professional Inline hockey games take place
within an indoor or outdoor athletic court which is a type of plastic interlinking
tiles used to make a skating surface. Otherwise, any dry surface may be used
to host a match, typically a macadam, roller rink, or even cement. The
expression "Roller hockey" is frequently used interchangeably to
refer to 3 variant types of roller hockey, mainly differentiated by the gear
used. There is conventional "Roller hockey", also called Quad hockey,
Rink hockey which played with quad skates and a ball, "Inlinehockey", performed inline skates and puck and "Skater hockey",
played with quad skates or inline skates along with plastic ball Combined,
roller hockey is played in nearly 60 countries worldwide. Roller hockey has
been played in almost 60 countries.
Differences between quad
hockey and inline hockey
Roller Hockey is played both quad skates and inline skates,
but have different rules and gear, and demand several kinds of skating but share
the name roller hockey. Roller hockey (quad) is performed with traditional quad
roller skates, devoting greater manoeuvrability to the participant - that
result in matches full of fancy footwork, tight manoeuvring, and is more like
soccer or basketball. The rod/stick is more or less same as in shinty and
bandy. Roller hockey (inline) bears close similarity to ice hockey and can
performed on inline skates, uses an ice hockey stick and carries a great deal
of fast "rushing back and on" activities. Inline Hockey goalies use a
catcher (a type of glove) to capture shots made on goal, and a mitt known as a
blocker that's used to divert shots on goal. The Quad hockey goalie uses a flat
batting glove that provides rebound characteristics when blocking shots on
goal.
Inline hockey
Inline hockey very similar to ice hockey because
aggressiveness, ability and teamwork are required. Excepting the use of inline
roller skates instead of ice skates. And most of the roller hockey’s gears are very similar to
that of ice hockey. Like ice hockey, Inline hockey is a contact sport consequently
body checking isn't penalized. Also, it's referred to by many names worldwide,
such as Inline hockey, Deck hockey, Ball Hockey, Roller hockey, Deck hockey,
Long stick hockey, Street hockey and Skater hockey depending on which region of
the world where it's played.
Two teams play the game, Comprising one goalie and four
skaters halves by a center line with one net at each end of the rink.
The game occurs on a smooth asphalt surface outside, when played more
informally. The sport is played in three 15 minute periods
or it is played 20 minutes at each of the three periods if it is higher
standard. The sport rules differ from ice hockey in a couple simple ways: there
is no icing and it's played to 4 player format rather than 5.
Normally, only competitive level Inline hockey is bound by the rules of the governing body. Hockey leagues may make alterations to particular aspects of the rules to match local requirements such as dimensions of rink, duration of the time periods and penalties.
Quad hockey
Quad hockey Is a variant of roller hockey. Roller hockey is your overarching title for a roller sport which has existed long before inline skates were"re-invented" from the 70s. Roller hockey was played on quad skates, in many countries worldwide, and so has many names. Sometimes the game is called Quad Hockey, Rullbandy, Rolhockey, Rollhockey, International Style Ball hockey, Rink hockey, and Hardball hockey, based on which region of the world it's played. Roller hockey has been a demonstration roller sport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Inline Hockey and Quad Hockey are the two main type
of roller hockey. Inline hockey and Quad hockey have
different rules and equipment, and involve different types of skating
techniques. Nevertheless, as a whole Roller hockey is one of
the most popular sport in western and European countries.
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