On our first day in Fort William we passed by a Shinty pitch and took each others photograph in the Shinty goal. A shinty goal is 12' wide x 10' tall.
Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Highlands of Scotland, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated.
Whilst comparisons are often made with field hockeys, the two sports have several important differences. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. A player may tackle using the body as long as this is shoulder-to-shoulder as in football.
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