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Dry artificial grass for hockey

Panel talk with Jeroen Hertzberger, Adam Commens, Stephen Butler, Alastair Cox & Colin Young
Ernst Baart
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The Hockey Site
Feb 23, 2023
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For coaches interested in finding out what will be the next revolution in hockey… Non-irrigated artificial grass pitches. The FIH has proclaimed it wants the 2026 World Cup to be the first major event on this new surface… Mind you the surface does not “exist” yet. But we’re getting close. Different turf producers will install the first testing pitches in 2023 to start finetuning based on real life feedback. But for now, we brought together a panel to discuss what’s happening…

Let’s listen to Jeroen Hertzberger (player), Adam Commens (coach), Stephen Butler (shoes), Colin Young (grass) & Alastair Cox (FIH) ↑

We also wrote a column about this same topic for Studio Hockey:

Studio Hockey
Dry artificial grass?
In November 2018 Thierry Weil, the then newly appointed CEO of the FIH, surprised the world of hockey. He announced the Games of Paris 2024 would be played on a surface that did not need any water. His main message was hockey can be played on any surface. A message I support with all of my heart and is a key factor, I believe, in growing the sport world…
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2 years ago · Ernst Baart

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