Idézet: D00ml0rd - 2010.08.05. 22:12:33 Idézet: Viridel - 2010.08.05. 19:06:57 Idézet: D00ml0rd - 2010.08.05. 05:16:42 they have short and long corners in soccor? dont think so.
From a Corner Kick, the kick can go Long (into the box) or Short.
in Field hockey they do, long corner is taken from the corner position of backline and sideline and a short corner is taken on the backline but only a few yards away from the goal box.
Fair enough - FIELD hockey is the better example.
ice hockey is only played in a couple of countries, field hockey is a world wide sport:)
good question allbeit maybe the hockey could be changed to field hockey.
Keep in mind who plays THIS game - North America & Europe - Ice Hockey is the far more "popular" sport.
Agree in soccer they can kick long or short but its still just a corner, the long and short kick is only a strategy not a rule of the game, in field hockey a long corner would be given for similar reasons as a corner in soccer but a short corner is the equiv of a penalty kick from outside the box in soccer and both games have the same penalty shot from inside one on one for infractions within the goal area.
I'll agree that soccer isn't the best option amongst all possible sports, but amongst the ones listed (soccer, [unspecified] hockey, basketball, and tennis[?]), it could be said that it is the most viable option. This is depending if you think Field or Ice first.
I didnt write the question but i understand where the "centre of the universe" is hence stating the question could be altered to specify field hockey, however, Euro countries dominate the world rankings, Canada is a very respectable 11th and even USA is 21st out of a total 73 ranked countries in the mens rankings, similar story in womens with Euro dominating the top 10 however USA is ranked 10th and Canada 19th.
I would be very surprised if either Euro, Canada or USA had more ice hockey players than field hockey players, despite the publicity around ice hockey, the only reason you guys think ice hockey first is its a professional sport and therefore the publicity machine makes money by keeping it in the headlines. That does not mean that Ice Hockey is the more "popular" sport.
"Keep in mind who plays THIS game " you keep it in mind, this game has no country restrictions so it is blessed with people from many countries, the world DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND NTH AMERICA and nor should this game.

Ok, well, your suggestion that Field Hockey has more players than Ice Hockey in North America - I'm sorry - is utterly laughable. Flat, completely, and dead wrong. Especially Canada - you obviously have NO clue. But fine, moving on.
I would also like to see the number of registered F-Hockey players vs Ice Hockey in Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic countries. I will concede everything south of the Baltic and west of the former Soviet republics, if you give me the rest of Europe and Canada/US - although I may fight you for Germany.
As for World Rankings - those don't *necessarily* dictate the popularity of a sport in a particular region. Canada went to the 2008 Olympics in Water Polo (ranked 11th), but our soccer team sucks. Do you think that means Water Polo is more popular than soccer here???
Lastly, when you do a Google search for "Hockey", 9 of the first 10 listings are Ice Hockey specific - the 10th being a sub-listing, indicating that there are a "family of sports called hockey". So, the "center of the universe" (aka - Google) clearly indicates that Ice Hockey is the primary... And if you took a random poll, I would guess that you would have more people saying "they play hockey on grass???" than knowing what a short & long corner were.
In conclusion, I think that for the purpose of the game, Ice Hockey can be called Ice Hockey, or simply Hockey - while Field Hockey needs that "Field" designation to make it accurate.