Field hockey, or hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks. It is most commonly known simply as "hockey"; however, the name field hockey is used in countries in which the word hockey is generally reserved for another form of hockey, such as ice hockey or street hockey.

Hockey has several regular international tournaments for both men and women. These include the Olympic Games, the Commonwealth Games, the quadrennial Hockey World Cups, the annual Champions Trophies and World Cups for juniors.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the global governing body. It organizes events such as the Hockey World Cup and Women's Hockey World Cup. The Hockey Rules Board under FIH produces rules for the sport.

Many countries have extensive club competitions for junior and senior players. Despite the large number of participants—hockey is thought to be the field team sport with the third largest number of participants worldwide (the first being association football and second being Cricket)—club hockey is not a popular spectator sport and few players play as full-time professionals.^{[citation needed]} Hockey is a sport played internationally by both males and females.

Jamie 'Foetus' Dwyer (born 12 March 1979 in Rockhampton) is an Australian field hockey player. He is married and has two children. He has played club hockey for Easts and YMCA Coastal City Hockey Club in Australia. He plays professional hockey in the Netherlands for Bloemendaal H.C.. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He first debuted for Australia as a junior player in 1995, and for the senior side in 2001. He has played over 250 matches for Australia and scored over 150 goals. He has represented Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal and the 2008 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal. He has also represented Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games where he won a gold medal and the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he also won gold. He has won silver medals at the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup and the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Dwyer was born on 12 March 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland. His nickname is Foetus. As a child, he played cricket. He is a long time Brisbane Lions fan and plays Australian rules fantasy football. His cousin is national team temmate Matthew Gohdes. He met his wife-to-be while playing professional hockey in the Netherlands; the couple now have two sons. When in Australia, he is based in Perth, Western Australia as that is where the national team is based.