Why is carbon fiber often used as a stick to hit objects in sporting goods

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Things like Badminton rackets, Tennis rackets, golf clubs, softball bats and hockey sticks. I know its light and all but what are the other reasons why is it used as a stick to hit objects? Can someone give me a detailed answer? Edit: Is tensile strength an important factor to making these sticks if so why?

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Carbon Fiber also has some great energy transfer properties. In the skating world, the amount of energy your foot can transfer to the ice greatly differs by the materials between your actual feet and the actual ice. So using full one piece carbon skates (relatively new to hockey and figure skating, but been around for over 20 years in speed skating) has led to much higher levels of efficiency. I can elaborate more on this if anyone is interested since this is my field of work.

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