Talk:History of field hockey
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First two chapters. Do not hestate to rephrase my poor English. Lvr 14:40, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Your English could use a little work (your tenses are a bit wonky) which I'll fix in a little while. Are you doing all this from memory, or do you have some sources which you are referring to? If so, could you list them at the bottom of the article?
- Secondly, I would take issue with your characterisation of the change in the game due to synthetic fields. While everybody agrees speed has increased, I think there are a variety of opinions over whether the skills of the game have improved or not. Ideally, what we need is some attributed opinions on this matter (though this might require some work). --Robert Merkel 22:59, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I haven't done that entirely from memory. I read a couple of stuff from internet and mixed it with what I remembered. I would list the most obvious influences.
- What do you mean by "attributed opinions" ? Lvr 09:26, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Opinions on the effects of synthetic fields, and whether the effects were good or bad, differ. Therefore it would be best to find out what the major opinions were/are, and describe them, with direct quotes if we can find good ones. --Robert Merkel 13:03, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I Understand what you mean. I will just have to listen to some old folks in my club !!!!
- Opinions on the effects of synthetic fields, and whether the effects were good or bad, differ. Therefore it would be best to find out what the major opinions were/are, and describe them, with direct quotes if we can find good ones. --Robert Merkel 13:03, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
How do call, in English, the technique that consists of playing the ball quickly "normal hand" and "backhand", in french, we call it "coup droit-revers", also "Indian dribble", because it was invented by Indian people ? Lvr 13:13, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- It's generally called an Indian dribble in English. I don't know whether it was actually invented by the Indians or not. It's a term that's fallen out of use somewhat these days, though. To play the ball with the stick on the left of the body (what you've called backhand) is normally called "(on the) reverse stick", "back stick" or sometimes simply "reverse". with "normal hand" generally described as "fore stick". --Robert Merkel 13:29, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
