Legitimately prevent the ball from passing over the goalline beneath the crossbar. this might mean deflecting it with your stick, goalkeeper's pads or body, or trap it and clear it away from the goal.
yes in a way it is, but a field hockey field has a "dome shape" around the goal. and a soccer field's is more like a rectangle.
No. If you do, it is an automatic goal.
you hit the heavy ball in the goal
Four. Two on each goal, two goals on the field.
The official measurement is 460 millimetres.
It is 16 yards from the endline in the center of the goal.
For save percentage, you divide the number of saves over the number of shots on goal.
Field hockey does not record points (that usually refers to the system of cards). It simply counts the number of goals; one goal equals one addition to the total score for that team.
From the ice, floor or field, depending on the surface in which you're playing on.
When you score a goal and it goes inner the net! :P JK
Ice hockey is played on ice, while field hockey is played on a grass surface, the rules in field hockey are kinder than ice hockey, and the sticks vary between versions.
If you get an assist in field hockey, that means that no player (besides the goal scorer) touched the ball after you get it and pass it to the scorer, finishing the ball. Here's the play-by-play: the ball is in your possession. You get rid of the ball and another player on your team gets it in the goal and scores.