When struck forcefully, the ball, which is slightly larger than a baseball, can reach speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Why are field hockey sticks shaped like that? The J-shaped sticks used in ...

To play hockey, you need to be able to control, pass, push, stop and shoot the ball with your hockey stick. The curved head of a hockey stick has a flat side and a rounded side.

and in this situation it will be the left hand on the stick - so ultimately right handed people actually have to adapt more to play hockey as they need to learn to use their left hand more than their ...