332 Development of a Hockey Stick and evaluation on the hitting performance

Abstract

A new shape hockey stick has been developed Its 1st modal node of vibration and centre of percussion are positioned near the head more than conventional sticks. By using the stick, hockey players could hit ball hard under usual standing position. In this study we made wooden models of the new shape stick and conventional shape stick. The coefficient of restitution of the models has been evaluated by a baseball bat performance test.