Editing Field hockey (section)

===The game===
A match ordinarily consists of two periods of 35 minutes and a halftime interval of 5 minutes. Other periods and interval may be agreed by both teams except as specified in regulations for particular competitions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/media/12236728/fih-rules-of-hockey-2017.pdf |title=Rules of Hockey including explanations from 1 January 2017 |date=2016 |publisher=FIH |access-date=1 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110151032/http://www.fih.ch/media/12236728/fih-rules-of-hockey-2017.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2017 }}</ref> Since 2014, some international games have four 15-minute quarters with 2 minutes break between each quarter and 5 minutes break between quarter two and three.<ref name="Fih.ch" /> At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held on the Gold Coast in [[Brisbane]], the hockey games for both men and women were played in four 15-minute quarters.<ref>{{cite web |title=XXI COMMONWEALTH GAMES COMPETITION REGULATIONS MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HOCKEY COMPETITIONS |url=http://www.fih.ch/media/12943979/cwg-2018-regulations-published-20-february-2018.pdf |website=International Hockey Federation |access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref>

In December 2018, the FIH announced rule changes that would make 15-minute quarters universal from January 2019. England Hockey confirmed that while no changes would be made to the domestic game mid-season, the new rules would be implemented at the start of the 2019–20 season. However, in July 2019 England Hockey announced that 17.5-minute quarters would only be implemented in elite domestic club games.<ref name="Application of the rules of hockey">{{cite web |title=Application of the rules of hockey in England for the 2019–20 Season |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=46512&itemTitle=Application+of+the+rules+of+hockey+in+England+for+the+2019-20+Season.&section=22 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106130144/https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?itemid=46512&itemTitle=Application+of+the+rules+of+hockey+in+England+for+the+2019-20+Season.&section=22 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref>

The game begins with a pass back from the centre-forward usually to the centre-half back from the halfway line. The opposing team cannot try to tackle this play until the ball has been pushed back.<ref name="Fih.ch" /> The team consists of eleven players, usually aligned as follows: goalkeeper, right fullback, left fullback, three half-backs and five forwards who are right wing, right inner, centre forward, left inner and left wing. These positions can change and adapt throughout the course of the game depending on the attacking and defensive style of the opposition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kingslangleyhockey.org.au/doc/JnrPosPlayDraft5.pdf |title=How to play hockey |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303084151/http://kingslangleyhockey.org.au/doc/JnrPosPlayDraft5.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>