Carbon fibre offers the advantage of being light with high stiffness [stiffness describes how much a material deflects (or bends) under force], and high tensile strength [tensile strength is the force required to bend the material until breakage]. When used correctly Carbon is an ideal component for hockey stick composition contributing to delivering high ball speed [power for hitting, slapping, pushing] whilst light [stiffness to weight ratio] so contributes to reducing overall weight to enhance players ability to move the stick quickly enabling “quick hands”.
Carbon fibre has the disadvantage of being brittle [being brittle describes that a material when subjected to stress breaks easily] in a hockey sense this mean that from impacts the carbon fibres are easily broken from stick to stick impacts and from repeated ball striking, and secondly carbon fiber has limited vibration dampening characteristics. These key disadvantages are overcome by how the Carbon is used and the use of Kraibon, Fiberglass, Aramid and The Resin Matrix in the composite Lay-up.
