Roller Hockey

Roller hockey or inline hockey is played on roller orwrist guards, shoulder pads, and padded pants with
inline skates, with wheels placed in groups of 3 or 4 inshin guards. Goalies need more protection, and it should
a single line. In the United States of America, it hasbe made sure that his or her chest, back, and throat
grown into a significant sport, and indoor roller teamsare protected. It is suggested for a goalie to wear
now play on blue plastic tiles, and with a plastic rollerextra-padded leg pads, and mask cages.
puck. Roller hockey players can alternatively chooseAs far as US rules for this game are concerned, rink
aluminum sticks, or wooden sticks that are coveredmust be 200 by 100 feet in size, and the minimum size
with fiberglass. A great number of people in the Unitedis 165 by 65 feet. It can be of wood, cement, asphalt,
States, Canada, and some other countries, have neveror plastic. Its design is similar to that of ice hockey.
watched a game of hardball hockey, because inlineTwo goals are centered 12 feet from the far ends of
hockey is much more common in these countries.each court. There are four face-off circles, each 12
This game is played with either a puck, or a ball. Afeet in diameter, and one red centerline having 12
puck is made of hard, vulcanized rubber. Goal nets areinches wide. Goals are 4 feet in height and 6 feet in
essentially just steel frames with nylon nets, and theywidth.
can be dismantled for storage. They are quite similarRoller hockey is a street game, and can be more
to those used in ice hockey. The gear used by rollerdangerous than regular ice hockey. This game is not
hockey players is generally loose-fitting sport shirts,quite as fast as ice hockey, but when a roller hockey
pants, and socks. They may also put on helmets withplayer falls, he or she cannot slide along cement or
jaw guards, kneepads, and elbow pads for protectionconcrete surfaces, and this can cause major injuries.
purposes. They may also wear hockey gloves, or