What equipment is used in In-line Hockey?
All players wear in-line blades and the game can be played with a puck or a ball. Each field player wears a helmet with facemask or cage, gloves, elbow guards, knee and shin pads and protective cup or athletic support, padded pants are an optional extra, and finally a hockey stick especially designed for in-line hockey. Goalies are required to have more protective equipment in the form of protective cup (for males and females), chest protector, goalkeeper’s gloves, goalkeepers leg pads, helmet with full-face cage and neck protector and of course a goalie stick. Insert photo dressed player – photo to be provided What skating skills are needed for In-line hockey? Initially competent skating skills are an advantage. Skating, passing, shooting, and reading the flow of the game are the essential elements to be learned for the experienced competitor. Teams can number from 7 to 16 members. Field players must learn to use the entire surface. When skaters learn and develop as in-line hockey pla
