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The Gryphon Indoor Blockr is a hand guard built specifically for the indoor game, where the ball moves faster off the boards and close-quarters stick contact is constant. It shields the back of the hand and fingers without the bulk of an outdoor glove, keeping stick feel intact for the quick touches indoor field hockey demands. One size fits all, so there's no sizing chart to check before ordering. It's a low-cost way to add protection to an indoor kit bag without changing how the stick sits in the hand, suited to players stepping up from casual indoor sessions to more competitive five-a-side hockey.

The Gryphon Freddie-F in black is a compact skills stick built for stick-handling drills and warm-ups rather than full match play. It gives players - from club training sessions to pre-match routines - a shorter, lighter tool to sharpen ball control before picking up their full-size field hockey stick. The head shape mirrors a standard playing stick closely enough that touches, drags and turns translate directly to the pitch. It works equally well indoors on a gym floor or outdoors on turf, making it a fixture in many kit bags alongside the main stick. Finished in black, it's supplied as a single, universal-fit piece with no sizing to choose. A useful pick for coaches building a session around close control, or for a player wanting extra touches at home.

The Gryphon Mini Freddie-MF in Teal is a scaled-down field hockey stick built for young or beginner players who need something smaller than a full senior length. It carries over the head shape and balance of Gryphon's adult sticks, just built down in size and weight so first touches and swings feel natural rather than awkward. The teal finish sets it apart from the black and Ice Blue versions, useful for telling sticks apart in a family or team kit bag. It comes as a single, universal-fit stick with no indoor/outdoor split, moving easily between playground practice, early training sessions and casual turf games. A good option for a child's first proper stick, built to behave like the real thing rather than a scaled-back toy.

Ritual's Elastic Pro Tape is the roll you reach for when a grip starts slipping or a stick head needs reinforcing. It's an elastic wrap rather than a rigid tape, so it stretches around the handle or shaft of a field hockey stick and holds without bunching. The stretch gives it enough grip on itself to stay wrapped through a full session, and the elasticity means it can be tensioned tighter at the point where most players want extra hold, just under the grip. White in colour and sold as a universal-fit roll, it's one of those small items that ends up in every hockey bag once you've used it - simple to apply, cheap to replace, useful well beyond taping a single stick.