Roller hockey and ice hockey are very much the same. The disparity being that it's done on a dry surface and the players utilize skates that have wheels. There are 2 forms of roller hockey. The first is the standard Roller Hockey that's performed using the quad roller skates and the second one is Inline Hockey that's performed using inline skates. Each one of these types of hockey has a different system and gear. The game has a large number of fans and is being played in virtually 60 countries around the world.

Quad Roller Hockey is well-liked in Latin nations like Portugal, Spain and Argentina. These nations have been dominating the game since the 1940s. Other nations like France, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Andorra and England have been competing in main international competitions but have often failed to defeat the leaders in the game. Within the United States, Roller Hockey (Quad) was commonly known as Hardball Hockey, until the USOC used the title Rink Hockey in November 2008.

The goal of each team, consisting of four players or skaters, as they're usually called, and one goalie, is to make a goal by striking the ball in the opponent's goal with the help of the stick. There are two halves of twenty five minutes per half. The group which scores the most total of goals within the given time will win. Each team will get one minute timeout in every half. There can be a minimum of six players or a maximum of 10 with a support goalkeeper.

The rink is normally fabricated from polished wooden surface, although any flat floor that is non-abrasive and non-slippery could also be utilized. Though there are three typical measurements; minimum measurement of 34x17 meters, average size of 40 x 20 meters and maximum measurement of 44 x 22 meters, a rink may be of any measurement between the minimal and the biggest dimension maintaining the 2:1 ratio.

Inline Hockey in the US is often called as Roller Hockey sometimes as well. It's a sport that's much like ice hockey. Same like in ice hockey the players use sticks to hit the puck into the competitor's goal. It's a well-known North American skilled sport that is embodied by the American Inline Hockey League.

Here are a number of main variations between Inline Hockey and Ice Hockey. Inline Hockey is mainly conducted at room temperature on a plain dry surface. In contrast to hockey where the surface is made from frozen water, the Inline Hockey floor is made of lumber, plastic tiles or sealed concrete. The floor should be such that it lets the wheels of the skates to balance and lets the puck slide easily. Since no floor might be as even as the ice, the pucks utilized in Inline Hockey are constructed from light plastic and the puck is placed on tiny plastic nubs that lessen the friction between the puck and the ice rink surface. Inline Hockey is a much less physical game that carries tough punishments for fighting and body checking normally resulting in a fine. Though players use a whole face mask, they often wear less heavy clothes with less safety padding.