{"id":2279,"date":"2023-01-26T09:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T14:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:51:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:51:28","slug":"product-review-stx-field-hockey-ix-401-indoor-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/product-review-stx-field-hockey-ix-401-indoor-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: STX IX 401 Field Hockey Indoor Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2279\" class=\"elementor elementor-2279\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c6c729 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c6c729\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23fa32b\" data-id=\"23fa32b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20b7a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e20b7a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">While the focus tends to be on outdoor field hockey sticks, indoor field hockey sticks are just as essential for developing a players skills.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Field hockey is typically played on grass or turf, which reduces the speed of the ball. That is not the case for indoor field hockey. The indoor flooring allows for the ball to move at a much quicker speed, so the correct stick can be a game-changer for a player.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-581cebf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"581cebf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4bd281\" data-id=\"c4bd281\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edac904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"edac904\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1-768x98.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2282\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1-768x98.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1-1024x130.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1-600x76.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51yfO7pP95L._AC_SL1500_-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918baaf elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"918baaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SHOP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6917637 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6917637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> <b> STX IX 401\u00a0<\/b><\/span><b style=\"caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.333334px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Field Hockey <\/b><b style=\"color: #0f1111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: inherit;\">Indoor Stick<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">STX is a brand that designs a wide range of field hockey sticks. They tend to be on the less expensive side, and most people have an STX stick as their first field hockey stick.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Carbon Power:\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The STX Field Hockey IX 401 Indoor Stick is made of 40% carbon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The more carbon a stick has, the more powerful and strong the stick is. While carbon sticks are important for outdoor field hockey sticks, it is not as essential of a\u00a0 component for indoor field hockey sticks since indoor field hockey focuses on speed and control, not on power and strength. While it lacks power, this stick is lightweight and allows for a lot of flexibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Shape<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">: The STX Field Hockey IX 401 Indoor Stick has a Low bow shape\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A low bow shape gives the player ball control and typically is designed for offensive players. However in an indoor field hockey game, the reduced number of players and the smaller playing size will likely allow all players in the game to get a lot of touches on the ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Features: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The STX Field Hockey IX 401 Indoor Stick comes in various lengths, weighs 510g, and is listed as an Intermediate skill level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This stick was designed<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\">\u00a0to be adaptable of players of different ages and\u00a0skill levels. The lightness of the stick will help beginners players be able to control the stick, and gives<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0advanced players total control <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; caret-color: #000000; font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap;\">over the ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Overall, if you&#8217;re looking for an indoor field hockey stick, the S<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: var( --e-global-color-astglobalcolor5 );\">TX Field Hockey IX 401 Indoor Stick is a great choice! <\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666667px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: var( --e-global-color-astglobalcolor5 );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfb95a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ccfb95a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SHOP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the focus tends to be on outdoor field hockey sticks, indoor field hockey sticks are just as essential for developing a players skills.&nbsp; &nbsp; Field hockey is typically played on grass or turf, which reduces the speed of the ball. That is not the case for indoor field hockey. The indoor flooring allows for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/26\/product-review-stx-field-hockey-ix-401-indoor-stick\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Product Review: STX IX 401 Field Hockey Indoor Stick<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-product-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2530,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fieldhockeythings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}