Somewhere in the middle; some players prefer a stiff stick while others like a flexible one. It is up to each player.
It is quite simply referred to as a "hockey stick" or a "stick" by most people.
A field hockey stick is a field hockey stick. There is no differentiation between those used on either surface; most stick models can and will be used on both.
In hockey stick factories.
a hockey stick! and a hockey puck! gear!
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Whichever one you feel more comfortable with.
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The hockey stick
The Australian men's field hockey team is sponsored by the well known hockey stick producer kookaburra.
Grays and TK
The materials a hockey stick is made of are naturally springy or flexible. Each one ranges from quite firm and stiff to very giving in nature. The combination they are in, and how they are put together, controls how flexible a stick will be and where it wil bend to any amount. For field hockey sticks, the permanent bend is often built in as part of the molding and manufacture process; this bow can increase with age, and different bows are used in different sticks. The oldest of bowed sticks were originally straight, but gained a bow through age and exposure (the weather and conditions would warp the wood).