Force Measures at the Hand-Stick Interface During Ice Hockey Slap
Force Measures at the Hand-Stick Interface during Ice Hockey Slap and Wrist Shots Lisa Zane Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology McGill University 475 Pine Avenue West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1S4 May 2012 A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science © Lisa Zane, 2012 Acknowledgements I would like to thank a number of individuals who helped me kick-start this project when it seemed impossible, and see it to its end. First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. David Pearsall, whose optimism, guidance, extensive knowledge, and encouragement were instrumental in the birth and progression of this project. I would also like to thank my “co-supervisor”, Dr. Rene Turcotte, for his input on this project, and for his impeccable shooting accuracy. Yannick Michaud-Paquette was an invaluable resource, as his technical expertise, creativity, patience, and ability to teach his many skills helped me on countless occasions when I saw no end in sight. Ryan Ouckama helped greatly in the development of the force sensing system used for this project and was always full of great ideas. I would also like to thank the rest of the Bmech Boys for the shooting competitions, the territorial lunch time hockey arguments, and also for their support and insight along the way. A big thank you goes to the McGill Martlets and Redmen, and every one of my participants, who were all very cooperative and expressed sincere interest in this study. I greatly appreciate the work of Lainie Smith, for her tenacity and willingness to help with the intricacies of this project.
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