Stick handling training device and method
Various embodiments include a stick handling training device for a user to hold in one hand while holding an elongate shaft of sporting equipment in another hand. The stick handling training device includes an elongate tubular body configured to cover a portion of the sporting equipment shaft. The elongate tubular body includes an outer grip surface for the user to hold in the one hand. A cylindrical passage is included through the elongate tubular body from a first aperture at a first end to a second aperture at a second end. A diameter of the cylindrical passage is larger than a widest lateral dimension of the elongate shaft such that when the elongate shaft is disposed in the cylindrical passage and the outer grip surface is held by the user, the user may freely rotate and slide the elongate tubular body relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate shaft.
1. A stick handling training device for a user to hold in one hand while holding an elongate shaft of sporting equipment in another hand, the stick handling training device comprising:
an elongate rectangular cross-section shaft of sporting equipment;
an elongate tubular body configured to cover a rectangular portion of the elongate shaft of the sporting equipment, wherein the rectangular portion includes the rectangular cross-section of the elongate shaft, wherein the elongate tubular body comprises:
an outer grip surface configured for the user to hold in the one hand; and
a cylindrical passage through the elongate tubular body from a first aperture at a first end of the elongate tubular body to a second aperture at a second end of the elongate tubular body, wherein a diameter of the cylindrical passage is sized to be larger than a widest lateral dimension of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft such that when the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft is disposed in the cylindrical passage and the outer grip surface is held by the user, the user may:
freely rotate the elongate tubular body around a longitudinal axis of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft; and
freely slide the elongate tubular body along the longitudinal axis of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft, including off an end of the elongate shaft to remove the elongate tubular body from the sporting equipment.
2. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein the elongate tubular body is rigid.
3. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein the outer grip surface includes a slip-resistant texture.
4. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end each include a flange protruding beyond the outer grip surface radially away from the longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular body.
5. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein a first axis extending perpendicular to the first aperture is oriented at a first oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular body.
6. The stick handling training device of claim 5 , wherein a second axis extending perpendicular to the second aperture is oriented at a second oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular body.
7. The stick handling training device of claim 6 , wherein the first axis and the second axis are parallel to one another.
8. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein a first axis extending perpendicular to the first aperture and a second axis extending perpendicular to the second aperture both extend at a same oblique angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular body.
9. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein the sporting equipment is an ice hockey stick.
10. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the cylindrical passage is continuously smooth from the first aperture to the second aperture for promoting the free rotation and sliding of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft relative to the elongate tubular body.
11. The stick handling training device of claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the cylindrical passage includes a non-stick coating for promoting the free rotation and sliding of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft relative to the elongate tubular body.
12. A method of using a stick handling training device, the method comprising:
inserting an end of an elongate shaft of sporting equipment through a cylindrical passage of an elongate tubular body of the stick handling training device to mount the elongate tubular body on a rectangular portion of the elongate shaft, wherein the rectangular portion includes a rectangular cross-section of the elongate shaft, wherein the cylindrical passage extends through the elongate tubular body from a first aperture at a first end of the elongate tubular body to a second aperture at a second end of the elongate tubular body, wherein a diameter of the cylindrical passage is sized to be larger than a widest lateral dimension of the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft,
holding, by a user with a first hand, an outer grip surface of the elongate tubular body;
holding, by the user with a second hand, another portion of the elongate shaft not covered by the elongate tubular body;
rotating the elongate shaft held by the second hand relative to the stick handling training device held by the first hand; and
freely sliding the stick handling training device along the rectangular portion of the elongate shaft, including off an end of the elongate shaft to remove the stick handling training device from the sporting equipment.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein rotating the elongate shaft held by the second hand relative to the stick handling training device held by the first hand is performed while holding an ice hockey stick.