Stick Buying Guide
TECHNICAL DETAILS - Positional Relevance
In our opinion, a specific position does not warrant a specific stick, it is the skill set of the player that dictates the type of stick that should be used. But there are times when an end user asks the question - "my son / daughter is a beginner defender. What stick should they have?" (Insert any combination of age / agility . Gender / position)
To aid the answering of that process we asked a selection of current international coaches who have no affiliation to the brand to grade the skills that they think are relevant to positions. The top 5 skills that came from that research are listed below.
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DEFENSIVE POSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES
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Ability to aerial / overhead
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Ability to pass over long distances
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Ability to tackle
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Hard hitting
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Ability to run with the ball / eliminate
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MIDFIELD POSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES
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Ability to run with the ball / eliminate
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Ability to pass over short distances
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Ability to receive the ball on the move
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Ability to tackle
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Hard Hitting
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ATTACKING POSITIONAL ATTRIBUTES
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Ability to run with the ball / eliminate
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Ability to receive the ball on the move
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Hard hitting
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Ability to pass over short distances
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Ability to tackle
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Based on the criteria received from those coaches, we have then made product recommendations for the 2019 / 2020 range to allocate products to positions and abilities so you can accurately offer products to those customers.
| DEFENDER | MIDFIELD | ATTACK | ||
| BEGINNER | YOUNG PLAYER / CHILD | GENESIS 0.4 HERO (WOOD) | GENESIS 0.4 HERO (WOOD) | GENESIS 0.4 HERO (WOOD) |
| GENESIS 0.3 HERO (COMPOSITE) | GENESIS 0.3 HERO (COMPOSITE) | GENESIS 0.3 HERO (COMPOSITE) | ||
| GENESIS 0.2 | GENESIS 0.2 | GENESIS 0.2 | ||
| YOUTH | GENESIS 0.2 / 0.1 | GENESIS 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.1 | GENESIS 0.2 / 0.1 | |
| GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.8 NEON | ||||
| ADULT | EVOLUTION 0.9 | EVOLUTION 0.9 | EVOLUTION 0.9 | |
| EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.7 | EVOLUTION 0.7 | |||
| INTERMEDIATE | YOUNG PLAYER / CHILD | GENESIS 0.2 / 0.1 | GENESIS 0.2 / 0.1 | GENESIS 0.2 / 0.1 |
| GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.9 | ||
| YOUTH | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | |
| EVOLUTION 0.7 | EVOLUTION 0.6 MID | EVOLUTION 0.7 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.6 MID | EVOLUTION 0.5 HEX | EVOLUTION 0.6 MID | ||
| ADULT | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | |
| EVOLUTION 0.7 | EVOLUTION 0.7 | |||
| EVOLUTION 0.6 - MID | EVOLUTION 0.6 - ULT | EVOLUTION 0.6 - ULT | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.5 - PRO | EVOLUTION 0.5 - PRO | EVOLUTION 0.5 - PRO | ||
| ADVANCED | YOUNG PLAYER / CHILD | GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO | GENESIS PRO |
| EVOLUTION 0.9 | EVOLUTION 0.9 | EVOLUTION 0.9 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 NEON | EVOLUTION 0.8 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.6 MID | EVOLUTION 0.7 | |||
| YOUTH | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.8 | EVOLUTION 0.7 | |
| EVOLUTION 0.7 | EVOLUTION 0.6 ULT | EVOLUTION 0.6 MID | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.6 | EVOLUTION 0.5 | EVOLUTION 0.5 PRO | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.5 | EVOLUTION 0.3 | EVOLUTION 0.4 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.3 | ||||
| ADULT | EVOLUTION 0.5 | EVOLUTION 0.5 | EVOLUTION 0.4 | |
| EVOLUTION 0.4 | EVOLUTION 0.3 | EVOLUTION 0.3 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.3 | EVOLUTION 0.2 HEX | EVOLUTION 0.2 | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.2 PRO | EVOLUTION 0.2 PRO | EVOLUTION 0.2 HEX | ||
| EVOLUTION 0.1 | EVOLUTION 0.1 | EVOLUTION 0.1 |