Can physics help improve your hockey skills?

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The discussion revolves around the application of physics concepts to improve hockey skills, with a focus on how physical principles can enhance performance in the sport.

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  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

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  • Participants explore ideas related to skate maintenance and its effect on friction, as well as the impact of initial speed on shooting performance. Questions are raised about the influence of stick blade shape on puck speed.

Discussion Status

The conversation is ongoing, with participants providing suggestions and raising questions about different factors that could affect hockey skills. Some guidance has been offered regarding the relationship between physics and skill improvement, but no consensus has been reached.

Contextual Notes

The original poster is required to provide three ideas for their project, indicating a constraint on the number of suggestions needed. There is an emphasis on relating these ideas to physics principles.

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Well, I have a project in which I have to relate hockey and basketball with physics(I've finished basketball). One of the questions are
"How can you improve your hockey skills?". I have to give THREE ideas on how to improve your skills and relate it to physics. At the moment I only have 1 which is:

Sharpening your skates before a game so that they won't be dull. If they're dull, the skates would undergo less kinetic and static friction to move therefore causing you to slide uncontrollably.

Does anyone have 2 other ideas?

Thanks in advance.
 
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How about shooting faster by starting with an initial speed toward the goal? Accelerating the puck more by extending the time and distance for which you push on it with the stick?
 
Thank you!
 
Is the shooter using a stick with straight or a curved blade? How can this impact the speed of the puck?
 
turbo said:
Is the shooter using a stick with straight or a curved blade? How can this impact the speed of the puck?

Wow, I never thought of that XD thank you very much!
 

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