| This article provides useful, detailed
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| | storage. They are approximately the same
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| information about Roller Hockey
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| | as those used for ice hockey. Costs run
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| Equipment.
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| | about $400 depending on quality. Roller
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| Roller hockey, also known as inline
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| | hockey players wear loose jerseys, pants
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| hockey, is played on roller or inline
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| | and socks. For protection, helmets with
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| skates with wheels, which are placed in
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| | mouth guards, kneepads and elbow pads are
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| sets of three or four in a single line.
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| | recommended. Hockey gloves-or at least
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| Skates are generally priced at $100 and
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| | wrist guards-should be worn. More
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| up.Aluminum sticks are preferred for
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| | safety-conscious players may also wear
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| roller hockey, however, wooden sticks
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| | shoulder pads and padded pants with shin
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| covered with fiberglass may also be used.
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| | guards as well as a jockstrap. Goalies,
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| This is because concrete or cement, upon
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| | of course, need more protection. In
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| which inine hockey is usually played, is
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| | addition to all the protective gear
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| much harder on the sticks than ice. The
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| | mentioned above, a goalie must also be
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| sticks, with suede or rubber grips, are
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| | equipped with chest, back and throat
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| broader and bent at the base, to maneuver
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| | protectors, extra-padded leg pads, mask
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| the puck or ball and are priced at
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| | cages and more. Roller hockey is a street
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| upwards of $20. Roller hockey is played
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| | game with as many safety concerns as
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| with either a puck or a ball. The puck is
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| | regulation hockey. In fact, roller hockey
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| made of hard, vulcanized rubber and is
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| | can be more dangerous since, although the
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| made in regulation sizes; balls are made
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| | game is not quite as fast as ice hockey,
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| of plastic. Both cost about $5 each. Goal
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| | concrete or cement does not allow one to
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| nets are supported by steel frames with
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| | slide along the surface when one falls,
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| nylon nets and can be dismantled for
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| | causing more scrapes to the skin.
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