The Winter Olympics are a highly competitive sporting environment where subtle
improvements in performance can impact the finishing order in many events. Aerodynamic …

Performance analysis is concerned with the analysis, design and evaluation of sport
systems. These systems are complex, and the distinction between analysis, design and …

In ice hockey, concussions can occur as a result of many different types of impact events,
however hockey helmets are certified using a single injury scenario, involving drop tests to a …

Advances in sport equipment have revolutionized athletic competition with engineers
developing equipment that can enhance performance. However, not all athletes are able to …

The purpose of this study was to examine the interaction of players' skill level, body strength,
and sticks of various construction and stiffness on the performance of the slap and wrist …

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between hockey stick shaft stiffness
and puck speed with mechanical energy considerations during stationary wrist and slap …

Background: Recent studies that addressed shot speed in ice hockey have focused on the
relationship between shot speed and variables such as a player's skills or hockey stick …

In current sport equipment evaluation and optimization, most studies consider the body and
an equipment together as one system. This is partially because equipment optimization is …

There has been minimal work examining kinematics of ice hockey wrist shots. The objective
was to determine if puck and blade speed were related to trunk rotation during wrist shots in …

The purpose of this study was to identify joint angular kinematics that corresponds to
shooting accuracy in the stationary ice hockey wrist shot. Twenty-four subjects participated …