Field hockey is a team sport o the hockey faimily. The earliest origins o the sport date back tae the Middle Ages in Ingland, Scotland an the Netherlands. The gemme can be played on a gress field or a turf field as well as an induir buird surface. Each team plays wi eleiven players includin the goalkeeper. Players uose sticks made oot o wid, carbon fibre, fibergless or a combination o carbon fibre and fibre gless in different quantities (wi the heicher carbon fibre stick bein mair expensive an less likely tae break) tae hit a roond, haurd, rubber like baw. The lenth of the stick depends on the player's indiveedual hicht.