Protouch

The Hockey stick industry has been on a trend solely seeking lighter and stiffer sticks, in accordance with a drive towards a faster game, at the expense of players. The athletes have responded by wrapping unsuitable medical tapes around the face of their sticks in an attempt to soften the touch on the ball. 

PROTOUCH repeatedly heard back from athletes that they wanted a hockey touch-tape that gave them ‘extra control. Control doesn’t just stop at dribbling, it extends to passing, receiving, flicking and 3D skill precision. The team ran tests on athletes in simulated game environments to see how the ball interacts with the stick and how an interface introduced between this collision could best serve the athletes. 

PROTOUCH Touch-Pods are the result of hundreds of hours and prototypes spent analysing this interaction. PROTOUCH is the purist and most technical hockey touch-tape ever developed, delivered in the simplest format.