Abstract: A vented shaft for a lacrosse stick is disclosed herein. The shaft includes an elongate tube having a wall, an external surface, an internal surface, and an inner hollow defined therein. The wall of the tube has a plurality of holes defined therethrough for permitting fluid communication between the inner hollow and the outside of the tube. The elongate tube also has a designated top end for retaining a closed-loop frame with a net suspended in the frame. Configured as such, the vented shaft is lightweight and thus easy for a lacrosse player to wield during a match.

Abstract: A lacrosse stick including a lacrosse head attached to a handle, wherein the lacrosse head has a taller, or thicker, ball stop, wherein a portion of the ball stop portion is lowered with respect to the immediately adjacent portions of the sidewall portions relative to a centerline of the handle. The net securing structures in the ball stop are preferably located in the lowered portion and therein provides increased ball retention characteristics. The lower portion of the ball stop portion includes a concave inner surface that is preferably flared, or sloped, slightly outwardly along its interior surface from its front side to its back side. The openings for attaching the netting in the ball stop are preferably slightly recessed with respect to the upper surface.

Abstract: A field hockey stick that allows a player to have improved handling of the ball. The field hockey stick of the present invention includes a ball portion in at least a portion of the shaft front surface. The ball portion provides an area to seat the ball providing the player better control of the ball and more accurate drag flicking.