Question: Does the colour of a goalie’s kit make a difference to the opposition. i.e. does the striker get distracted by bright colours? Answer: The studies I’m aware of in regards to colour have been done with football and ice hockey. There are two different schools of thought, one is to blend in and the [...]

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After 18 months of fundraising a squad of 29 great hockey players from Westlake Boys High in Auckland leave for Singapore today on their way to Holland and UK. I am really grateful to OBO for generously sponsoring my entry in the tour programme and I am looking forward to giving my OBO Cloud gear [...]

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Just another quick article on keeping warm during/between halves at a match.

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Just a quick article on the technique of ‘bouncing’.

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Sorry for not writing more this past year; been more busy than I’d hoped with studying. Here’s a very quick article to point you in the direction of baselayers if you didn’t know about them before!

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For the next 12 months OBO will appear as a sponsor of FHF (fieldhockeyforum.com). Look out for the OBO logo in the top right hand corner of the forum… In particular we will sponsor the ‘Goalie Zone’… FHF made the announcement on their fifth birthday. OBO had this to say on the happy event … Happy Birthday to FHF! For 5 [...]

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Hi guys , I’ve been a goalie for 18yrs  now but the only arm guard I’ve been comfortable with is the cooper one which no more is in the market , so luckily I gave the arm guard to be made in the smililar fashion and its great… unfortunately I’ve never been comfortable with the [...]

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Hi everyone! I’m trying to develop field hockey shoes for goalkeepers with strap ridges cut out of the grips on the sole of the shoe.  My idea is to develop a waterproof shoe but  bulky enough to fill out the kickers nicely and never slip out of the kickers because the straps slot into nice [...]

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I’ve just submitted the following reviews to the Barrington Sports website and thought that I’d share them here too.  I’ve had the Obo training gear since September 2010 so feel that I’ve used the equipment enough for me to write a well informed review.   I have a pair of Deflecta’s, a Flicka stick and [...]

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Having had my head protection for some 10+ years now, the foam is somewhat mouldy and nasty. I can get replacement foam from local retailers but want to know A: Is it worth replacing it, and B: How do I go about removing the existing foam without damaging the shell? Can’t really afford to buy [...]

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