What protective equipment is required for field hockey?

Field hockey athletes should wear a few different pieces of protective equipment. Shin guards, goggles, and mouth guards must be worn. Gloves may also be worn to improve grip and help protect the hands. Field hockey goalies must wear extra protective equipment including a helmet with a cage that protects the face, chest pad, leg pads, and kicker covers on the shoes. Field hockey goalies may also wear neck protectors. As with all other field hockey players, goalies carry a stick at all times. (This answer provided for NATA by the Saint Louis University Athletic Training Education Program.)