Field hockey, yeah, I've heard of it. And there's no way a field hockey player is going to run as fast as an ice hockey player skates.
replyNo, field hockey is a totally different thing. Like ice hockey, field hockey is non-contact, and very slow, and you're not allowed to lift your stick off the surface.
replyIce hockey is a full-contact sport so I don't know what sport you think it is.
replyTo follow up, my guess is that it's "Bandy" which is a predecessor of ice hockey with sticks and skates, sometimes called ice hockey, but with a much larger rink and less contact:
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandy#Bandy_and_ice_hockey
Ice hockey is generally used to mean the specific Olympic sport invented in Canada and played professionally in the NHL at the same level as the NFL.
No, it really isn't. You're not allowed hit other players.
replyIn shinty a perfectly acceptable tackle is to hook someone's legs out from under them and then hit them as they go over to make sure they stay down for a bit.
> No, it really isn't. You're not allowed hit other players
replyUh, what? Do you know what a body check is ?
You've never actually watched an ice hockey game, have you?
replyI have. It's pretty mild stuff.
replyReads to me like a typo. They likely meant “unlike”
replyI'm interested and after work will look for video to better understand game action. But there's no way that shinty is "really fast" compared to ice hockey. Ice hockey players routinely move 15-20mph (~24-32km/h) and occasionally sprint upwards of 25mph (40km/h).
replyYeah, they just scoot about on the ice and don't actually play.
replyIce hockey is a really boring sport.