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Article #166: Is It A Sport, Is It A Plane, No It's Roller Hockey

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Roller Hockey Championships. Inline Hockey World
The sport of hockey has many variations, Championships are rather more complicated
including the Olympic sports of ice as there are two different events each
hockey and field hockey. Roller Hockey year. One is organized by the
however, has also gained in popularity, International Roller Sports Federation
as a recreational activity and as a and the other is run by the International
competitive sport. It is an extremely Ice Hockey Federation. The United States
fast sport, exciting for spectators to and Canada are the traditional leaders in
watch, and demanding a lot of skill. the sport but Inline Hockey is becoming
more popular across Europe and Latin
The goalies differ in that they use America.
different gloves for each sport. Inline Women have come to the sport too,
Hockey goalies use a catch glove, whereas becoming increasingly organized. Both
Quad Hockey goalies block shots with a Roller Hockey disciplines have structured
batting glove. Each of the Roller Hockey competitions. Inline Hockey has had
teams are made up of four skaters and a Women's World Championships since 2002
goalie. Inline Hockey, also known as and women have competed on the world
Street Hockey, is played over two, 20 stage in Quad Hockey, since 1992. Again,
minute periods. Quad Hockey, sometimes the Quad Championships are dominated by
referred to as Hardball Hockey, is played Latin countries. Roller Hockey started as
for an extra five minutes in each period. an amateur pastime, played on the streets
Every sport wants Olympic status and Quad and local rinks. Ice Hockey may still be
Hockey was a demonstration sport at the the leading stick and puck sport, but the
Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. other versions are keen to catch up.
Many World Championships have taken Countries without a tradition of playing
place, with the Latin countries sport on ice have welcomed this type of
dominating. Portugal is the most hockey too.
successful country, winning 15 Quad






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