| Through the progress of technology, the creation of | | | | curved toward the direction you skate while the shaft |
| hockey sticks has become more and more complex. | | | | of the stick is rigid but also flexible. The wooden |
| Modern hockey sticks are now made of high | | | | hockey stick is usually made out of Mulberry wood |
| technology materials like Kevlar which is used in | | | | with fiber glass reinforcements at the blade. The best |
| creating bulletproof vests, and carbon fiber which is a | | | | wooden hockey stick that you can get are those that |
| material used in space ships and Formula One cars. | | | | have hollow core shafts and whose shafts are made |
| Though modern hockey sticks may be lighter and | | | | from smaller strips of wood. These kinds of wooden |
| durable than the old ones, many professional hockey | | | | sticks are the lightest that you can find in the market |
| players still use the traditional ones that are made of | | | | today. |
| wood. Why? The difference is in the ?feel? of the | | | | The downside |
| stick. The best stick handlers in the National Hockey | | | | The major problem with wooden sticks is that they |
| League (NHL) argue that the feel of the modern | | | | are simply not durable. Professional hockey players |
| composite stick is not as good as that of the wooden | | | | usually use around three wooden sticks a week. This |
| hockey stick. | | | | type of stick may have its downsides but it is still |
| The design | | | | considered the best stick for beginning players. Aside |
| A usual regulation hockey stick usually measures | | | | from being a lot cheaper than composite sticks, |
| around 1.5 meters long with a blade at the end. The | | | | wooden sticks can bring out the full potential of an |
| blade, measuring between ten to fifteen centimeters, is | | | | aspiring player. |