Hockey stick
Ahockey stickis a long, wooden pole used to push, pass, or shoot in thesportsofice hockeyandfield hockey.The art of developing ice hockey sticks is a complex science and has become big business. Ice hockey sticks are mostly made ofcomposite materialsand they have different "flexes", meaning some sticks are more flexible than others. In ice hockey, the end orbladeof the stick is normally curved, to help the player get better control of thepuckand better shots at thegoaltender.The goaltender has a bigger blade, to make it easier to stop shots. Players sometimes use hockey sticks to hold back the bodies of other players, or to trip or hit them; sometimes players who do this getpenalties.In field hockey, sticks are shorter, but the blade is thicker, than in ice hockey. It is used to move aballinstead of a puck. More research has gone into studying how hockey sticks perform.[1]The main difference between the two sticks is how they are used in the games.[1]
All the players in both ice and field hockey use hockey sticks.
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