The game of bandy developed from field hockey in a number of countries around the world – in Russia, the sport is called Russian Hockey. In the UK, it is a winter sport from the fenlands of East Anglia, where fen skating on frozen broads became a popular tradition in the eighteenth century. The game is similar to ice hockey, but a ball is used rather than a puck, and the team, pitch layout and many of the rules are similar to football. Curved wooden sticks are used to control the ball.