Goal Keepers in field hockey are very much specialists at what they do, as they put themselves in front of a field hockey ball to try and stop the opponents from scoring. With this in mind, they need specialist equipment to be able to do it, and in addition to all the protective gear, they also tend to use a different type of shaped stick, as shown by the picture below-

Fig 1: Goal Keepers Stick	Fig 2: Standard Field Hockey Stick

When purchasing your Goal Keepers stick you are looking for the following features-

1. Light: because as a goalkeeper you don't hit the ball as much or as far

2. Straight: because you want all the deflections coming off the stick to be controlled

3. Balance: you want the stick to be balanced right as you will hold it differently to a field hockey player

But above all of this, the goalkeeper's stick needs to feel comfortable in your hand.