So, as a halfback, one of my roles is to be a part of the defensive side during a penalty corner or short corner, these are 30 seconds of hell where 5 defenders face off against about 8 attackers. If you have never seen one of these, Google it, you'll be amazed at how dangerous these are.

The typical setup with these corners is to have two defenders run straight at the attacking side and two marking the goalposts to make the goalkeepers job easier. Yesterday in my match, I came within an inch of having my season ended when the attacker took a shot which struck the goalpost at headheight with me. It was so close my ear was ringing for about 5 mins from the impact with the post.

As much as I love the sport, short corners will always scare me, especially because I haven't been so lucky in the past and have been struck in the foot, leg or arm before