The international governing body (FIH) has sanctioned lower-infilled, water-based turfs. GPlus Polytrack provides the "wet-like" speed without actually requiring irrigation. The ball rolls true without bouncing on a hard sub-surface.
showed synthetic tracks had only 0.41 fatalities per 1,000 starts in 2022 compared to 1.44 on dirt. All-Weather Performance gplus polytrack