A method of manufacturing a piece of sporting equipment is provided. A namebar is affixed to a surface of the sporting equipment, the namebar being blank and adapted to receive thereon a printed design. A solvent-based clear coat is applied to the surface of the sporting equipment including the namebar, subsequent to the affixing of the namebar. A removable covering is applied over the namebar, subsequent to the applying of the solvent-based clear coat. Then, a gripping material is applied to at least a portion of the surface of the sporting equipment including the removable covering over the namebar, subsequently to the applying of the removable covering.

A method of manufacturing a piece of sporting equipment is provided. A namebar is affixed to a surface of the sporting equipment, the namebar being blank and adapted to receive thereon a printed design. A solvent-based clear coat is applied to the surface of the sporting equipment including the namebar, subsequent to the affixing of the namebar. A removable covering is applied over the namebar, subsequent to the applying of the solvent-based clear coat. Then, a gripping material is applied to at least a portion of the surface of the sporting equipment including the removable covering over the namebar, subsequently to the applying of the removable covering.

A training device for a game of stick and ball, such as filed hockey. The training device can mount to a standard hockey stick to guide the movements and limit certain movements and spatial positions of the hockey stick while practicing. The training device includes a disc having a central section and a peripheral rim; a sleeve in the central section receives a handle and a shaft of a stick; and a fastening member coupled to the sleeve and secures the training device to a head or the shaft of the stick that is within the sleeve.

A training device for a game of stick and ball, such as filed hockey. The training device can mount to a standard hockey stick to guide the movements and limit certain movements and spatial positions of the hockey stick while practicing. The training device includes a disc having a central section and a peripheral rim; a sleeve in the central section receives a handle and a shaft of a stick; and a fastening member coupled to the sleeve and secures the training device to a head or the shaft of the stick that is within the sleeve.

A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.

A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.

A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.

A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.

A skating aid comprising novelty figure, such as a snowman, from which a stick or handle, similar to the handle of the hockey stick, protrudes is described. The base of the novelty figure typically has two flat sections proximate its bottom angled relative to each other with the first flat section defining a storage position of the aid when it is not in use, and the second flat section defining a skating position for the aid when in use.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to improved ergonomic hockey sticks and hockey goalie sticks having shafts and paddles with variable geometric shapes and facets for enhanced gripping ability, and methods for the production thereof.