Hockey

[HowardKennitby]

Hi all

Can anyone explain why the hockey is being played on a soaking wet pitch?

[MASS1961]

Apparently to reduce friction burns Howard.

[Euphemia]

I understood that the water reduces friction in the astroturf thus making the ball travel faster.

[SlackAlice]

The pitch is artificial grass. If you fell or slid along it you would get friction burns.

[MASS1961]

........and that too Euphemia,

[factor-fiction]

I play football (don't laugh) regularly and on Astroturf a wet surface can make it much better

[HowardKennitby]

OK

Why is the hockey being played on a plastic pitch?

[Buenchico]

It's played on an artificial pitch because it remains perfectly flat, whereas grass is churned up by players' studs and divot marks made by hockey sticks.