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Is It A Sport, Is It A Plane, No It's Roller Hockey

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



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