Hockey Rules

Hockey Rules

 

 

The rules of the game have widely changed. The main issues have been

• to adapt the game to the new synthetic fields introduced in 1980s.
• to enhance comprehension from non-players in order to gain TV coverage

Some of these rules changes:

• the FIH eliminated the offside rule (similar to offside in football) in the mid-1990s in order to increase scoring opportunities.
• Constant modifications of the penalty corner rules in order to minimize its importance in the game and its readability
• limitation of the bow of sticks in order to limit the increasing use and power of drag flicks