The field hockey ball is hard. I’m surprised they don’t have head protection.
In junior high we played field hockey during phys ed class. One of my friends could raise the ball with ease, and had a wicked shot. I stupidly got in the way of one of his wicked shots and the ball ricocheted off my leg and hit the side of my head. I’m not sure which hurt more, the hit to the leg or the head.
It was a freak accident that the ball hit my head also, but it happened.
That’s just it, stuff happens.