Hockey stick
A hockey stick or hockey stick is the essential gaming device of hockey sports such as hockey (field, Halle), ice hockey, roller hockey and inline hockey.
In all these sports, the hockey stick with the hands (usually both) is taken and is used to playing the ball or puck. In principle, it is in all sports from a long handle and a curved or angled element at the bottom. With this lobe or trowel the actual ball contact is usually manufactured. In detail, however, the Schlägerbau differs considerably.
Hockey
Hockey in the modern sense has been around since about 1886, first in England. Originally there were six rules regarding the hockey stick.
- The racket had to be flat on the game page
- The racket had to fit within the inner diameter by a 2 -inch (about 5.1 cm) ring
- The racket had to be smooth and was allowed to have no sharp edges
- The leg had to be curved
- The leg had to be made of wood or plastic
- A minimum and maximum weight was determined, this was 12 to 28 oz (about 340-794 grams)
General
While playing hockey the thugs were made only from wood long, they are now manufactured using plastic composites such as carbon fiber or Kevlar. Advantage of the composite racket is greater durability, formability (in particular with respect to the leader) and rigidity.
In the 1980s, attempts have been made with bats, which contained a ( replaceable ) lobe of aluminum. However, they were banned because the aluminum leg bandage very high acceleration with poor ball control and thus the risk of injury increased too much.
The length of the stick is measured in inches. The standard size for adults is 36.5; according to the rule of thumb that he should go to the navel, there are also shorter sticks for kids and also excess lengths for great players. The racket has the transition to the leg flexion ( bending the inside ) on. This is called instep and shall not be more than 2.5 cm since August 2006. The club itself has a flat and a curved side, which can be played only with the flat.
Field Hockey
The rounded side is more pronounced in field hockey with a massive bulge to allow through the resulting lever shocks and to make the club more resilient. While the club was originally bent rather thin and long, has prevailed through the game on artificial turf a significantly shorter and slightly wider leg. This facilitates the ball handling, especially stopping with the backhand.
There are now a number of different designs of the thighs, which are adapted to the particular use by striker, midfielder, defender and goalkeeper. Here in particular the J hook that Shorti, the Midi and Maxi mentioned.
The diameter of the racket is regulated in order to avoid extremely thick clubs; the club must fit through a ring with 5.1 cm inner diameter.
Special options:
- Because of the increased wear of the leg on sand-filled artificial grass courts, it was customary to wrap the leg with tape and this cure with resin adhesives. However, the club was it sometimes thicker than permitted.
- At present, the exclusive use of wood bats defenders have applied in individual cases metal into the wooden club to increase the weight of the clubhead.
Indoor Hockey
The racket at the indoor hockey has a less thickened leg back, because hitting is not allowed in the hall. The thinner lobe is better suited to the scoop, as these must be brought partially under the ball in the scoop.
Basically, hall hockey sticks are much lighter than field clubs, as it (eg dribbling ) as counts clout at the indoor hockey on more precise ball handling.
Ice hockey, inline skater hockey and inline hockey, unicycle hockey
- Main article: Ice hockey sticks
In ice hockey racket is much longer and square. The trowel is bent either to the right or to the left side, just beginners clubs are straight. Contrary to popular assumption, the choice of the curvature of the racket is not clearly correlated with the handedness. Sampling in athletes show almost equal distribution in the blind handle to the sports equipment. In this case, the statistics of the right and left handers differ. Left-handed grab almost exclusively with the left hand to the top of the racket.
The shank is usually made of wood, but also of other materials such as composites. Aluminum bat may no longer be sold today, because they - should they break - to pose a high risk of injury. It may only have the " remainders " are uploaded. Today the bat often made of composite carbon fiber, wood or composite mixture are. The hockey sticks you decide between shafts, trowels and bats. The trowel is that of higher quality rackets usually like GfK or CFRP laminated composites.
Inline skater hockey and inline hockey are similar to ice hockey, and the thugs are no different. However, not all are suitable for use on rougher ground, as sand, for example, wood Kellen quickly; for there are bats with robust plastic insert in the Kelle.
The club length depends on the player's size, the shaft shall be reduced accordingly. This also has an impact on the spring force of the club, which plays a major role in shots - hence the respective suspension hardness is on high quality rackets specified in the various lengths. For children there are special children's clubs, which have a thinner and more flexible shaft.
Unicycle hockey is also played with hockey sticks, but not with a puck but with a ball
Floorball, Floorball
- Main article: floorball stick
The floorball racket is in two parts ( blade, shaft ) and is made of plastic, with higher Floorball bats have a tapered shaft made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic ( with a matrix of epoxy or polyester resin, usually also with titanium or boron reinforced). In addition, the more expensive shafts have a fine carbon coating. The bolt-on blade there is a wearing part that is made of thermoplastic injection molding. A graduation cap and a grip complete the floorball stick. Such a bat must not be longer than 105 cm and not heavier than 380 grams, making it shorter than a hockey stick according to the International Floorball Federation (IFF ).
Roller Hockey
In roller hockey, both sides of the racket may be used, the material is optional, the length is between 90 cm and 115 cm.