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We are proud to present TK field hockey sticks. When Thomas Kille was coming through the ranks in the German Bundesliga (the German national league) and playing for the German U21 national team, it was hard to find sticks that would stand up to the demands players were making of them. Thomas saw the problem and set out to find a solution. His early sticks had some of the work done in Asia, with finishing touches applied in his basement in Germany. 

He always sought to understand how different materials could affect the properties of field hockey sticks. That curiosity has helped produce sticks that have always been on the leading edge of technical innovation. TK was one of the first brands to produce durable composite field hockey sticks and high quality foam goalkeeping equipment. Thomas Kille and TK continue to lead the industry by offering innovative field hockey equipment and apparel.

Now top players on the teams of many countries use TK field hockey equipment to reach for the gold.

Check out our full line of TK field hockey sticks!

In 1978 the first TK field hockey stick was produced even though it did not carry the world famous TK logo.  In the basement of his parents’ house, Thomas Kille worked on every raw field hockey stick.  He applied the reinforcements, wound the grips, cloth tapes and finished each field hockey stick with care and precision to make them the best in Germany.  TK was among the first to use carbon fiber to achieve extreme stiffness for better quality field hockey sticks.  On January 1, 1985 the brand name TK was born.  Thomas Kille had a partner, Ranbir Bal, who made the vital contacts to the leading field hockey stick manufacturers in India and Pakistan.

Just seven years later there were more than ten male and female TK contracted players on national squads playing with the TK field hockey stick at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games winning gold and silver medals.

TK also developed its unique head protection system called “Total Integration,” abbreviated subsequently to “TI.”  The man-made resin together with the wooden stick design combine to produce a system that dramatically prolongs the field hockey stick’s life.

In 1999, the FIH changed the rule permitting the use of composite field hockey sticks in all levels of field hockey.  The field hockey sticks are composed of a mixture of glass, Kevlar and carbon fibers.  The field hockey sticks are produced in molds and therefore are not subject to the variations that wooden field hockey sticks experience.

Players have their choice to play with either a wood or composite field hockey stick and TK is leading the way.