Research Paper On Field Hockey

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My greatest passion and activity is field hockey. A field hockey sisterhood is like a flock of migrating birds in the deep sky. If you look up, they soar through clouds sticking together in a V-formation similar to the diamond layout on a field hockey field. If you look down at a field hockey field, you will see girls from kindergarten through college ripping, the solid ball. As birds fly south in the winter, they rely on each other for directions like teammates naturally depend on each other for directions. Birds flying through the sky have to silently agree with each other to move forward. When two flocks combine they become stronger, when a team has momentum they both unite to become strong and powerful.
Birds and players have telepathic

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