Report ALL Goggle Related Issues

Click the link below to report all GOGGLE-RELATED INJURIES:

http://goggleinjury.com


This is a responsible effort
to gather and analyze data
concerning the effect of
mandated goggle use
in high school field hockey.

Drivers Training

When you got your first car, was it a Rolls Royce or Ferrari ?
Mine wasn't either.  My first car was an old dented VW bug.
The first week I drove the car, another student backed into it.
There was a dent and I was horrified.

Looking back, I was glad to have not had a pretty car, at least while learning.
Bumps, dents, and paint scratches are going to happen.

The same attitude should be used toward field hockey.
Learn with a good, but not awesome stick.  Buy your Porsche after you are

away from other beginners.  They are going to hit your stick.
Bumps, dents, and paint scratches are going to happen.

Counterfeit Brand Name Sticks

Counterfeit sticks have been a problem for several years.  If the counterfeiter fails at selling a fake with one brand, they will repaint the stick with a different brand design.  You might think people would learn that a top end stick, that sells for lots of money, offered "direct from the factory" at a fraction of the cost is nothing but a scam.


I recently heard from a mother who bought two new sticks on eBay.  Her daughter tried them. Had she been a beginner, she wouldn't have recognized the sticks were fakes.  They looked like real Adidas models.  They played like do-do.

If it looks too good to be true, use your head.

What is next? Fake goggles?  They are already fake safety "protection".

Injuries Related to Goggle Use

Already we have witnessed some eye-goggle-caused-injuries and the high school season has yet to begin.  Let's document the concussions, head injuries resulting from the aggressive behavior that is encouraged by a false sense of invincibility that such safety gear stimulates.

Eye Goggles will cause more problems than they will prevent.

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Do You Have a Dita Terra V5?

If you have a Dita Terra V5, 36.5" medium weight; you could be part of HISTORY.

Would you like to be part of history?

 Lauren Crandall, of the USA Women's Olympic team plays with the Terra V5. She has always played with that model stick. She used it to help Wake Forrest win NCAA Championships, she played with it in Beijing, she wants to use a Terra V5 in the London Olympics.

The problem is there are no more Terra V5 sticks currently available and she is playing with her last stick.  

Lauren Crandall needs YOUR Terra V5, 36.5" medium weight stick. Your stick could play in the London Olympics!  Please email:sandy@fieldhockey.net

The classic Dita is not currently in production.  Before the London Olympics a special Limited Edition of the Terra V5 is likely to be produced. 

Why I Like Original (Field) Hockey

At its core, field hockey  is really about the joy of being alive and sharing the
thrill of moving through space and time with others.
It is about the benefits of teamwork and friendship, without losing our individuality.

Much of what we humans do places us in an insular situation.  I, at this moment am sitting at my laptop.  Perhaps you were just texting a distant friend. We are individuals.  

Yet, we humans are a social species.  We form social groups and find strength in our associations.   Each person is as individual and unique as a snowflake.  Alone we are a flake; together we are a ski slope, a glacier, or a snowman. Together you and I make field hockey happen!

Field hockey is a physical activity played around the planet Earth.  It brings individuals together for the benefits of exercise, goodwill, camaraderie, competition, friendship, all in a mode of human teamwork. We need a society, a group of people with sticks in their hands, to play.  I like the word play.  We, humans, need to play to refresh ourselves, to remember that life is to be enjoyed.      

Field hockey, as a community, is like a small town.  It almost seems possible to know and appreciate everyone.  In reality, we might not know each other, but each unique individual who is part of field hockey makes a valuable contribution to our small town.   I love being a shopkeeper on the main street of Field Hockey, USA.

Happy Hockey, neighbor!