Hockey is a term used to denote various types of both summer and winter
team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or
dry floor such as in a gymnasium. There are many types of hockey, some
games make the use of skates, either wheeled, or bladed skates while
others do not.
In order to help make the distinction between these various games, the
word "hockey" is often preceded by another word i.e. "field hockey", "ice
hockey", "roller hockey" or "floor hockey". In each of these sports, two
teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre the object of play,
either a type of ball or a disk (such as a puck), into the opponent's goal
using a hockey stick.
