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Originally Posted by albertGQ
I only play ball hockey and only use composite sticks now. I will never go back to wood
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Do they break easily?
Seems like a lot of $, and I think I read a sports research paper somewhere (from U of C IIRC) that composite sticks do not perform any better than wood sticks. Will see if I can find the link . . .
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...gary+composite
http://www.canoe.ca/Slam040212/nhl_meet-sun.html
Wooden sticks outperformed the composite sticks.
"This correlates to what is happening on the ice where the composite sticks break after some slashes," Dryden said.
Players who prefer the composite sticks say it makes their shots harder, but Dryden expressed some reservations.
"The composite stick does load quickly and get the shot away quicker," he said. "And there appears to be a bonus about increasing the velocity of the wrist shot.
"The slap shot seems to be very comparable -- wood and composite.
"But for some reason, the composite seems to be better on the wrist shot."
As long as it's in one piece.