Street or Ball Hockey is a relatively young sport with a very short modern history, but its roots can be traced back to similar games played with a ball and stick.

The first documented history of such a game called Hurling, dates back to the Second Millennium BC when it was played in Ireland. The development of Ball Hockey has closely followed that of Ice Hockey as it has spread around the world.

Because Ball Hockey is so easy to play it is quickly finding it's way around the world in over 50 countries including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Bermuda, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Chinese Taipai, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia & Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turks & Caicos, Ukraine, USA, and Yugoslavia.

Ball Hockey in appearance is very similar to ice hockey. The major differences, however, are that this sport is not played on ice, but rather any smooth surface such as a street, parking lot, tennis court, or an arena floor. Other differences is that, no skates are utilized, just plain running shoes. Also, instead of a vulcanized rubber puck used by our ice hockey counterparts, ball hockey uses just that...a ball. Children when starting to play this sport begin with a regular tennis ball, but when the sport involves older people and in a more competitive environment, the 'orange ball' is introduced.

Ball Hockey was established in the late 1960's and is a combination of the best skills of many sports such as Ice and Field Hockey, Basketball and Soccer.