10 Facts About Roller hockey

1.

Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates.

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Roller hockey is played on both quad skates and inline skates, have different rules and equipment, and involve different types of skating but share the category and name of roller hockey.

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3.

Roller hockey is played using traditional quad roller skates, affording greater maneuverability to the player - this results in games filled with fancy footwork, tight maneuvering, and is more similar to football or basketball.

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4.

The Quad Roller hockey goalie uses a flat batting glove that provides rebound characteristics when blocking a shot on goal.

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Rink hockey is the overarching name for a rollersport that has existed long before inline skates were "re-invented" in the '70s.

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6.

Rink Roller hockey has been played on quad skates, in sixty countries worldwide and so has many names worldwide.

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7.

Roller hockey was a demonstration rollersport in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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8.

Inline hockey is a variation of roller hockey very similar to ice hockey, from which it is derived.

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9.

Roller hockey is a growing sport with teams cropping up all over the country.

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10.

Many of the same brands that make ice hockey equipment make roller hockey skates including Bauer, Easton, Mission, Tron and many more.

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