Editing Shinty (section)

===Stick===
The ball is played using a ''caman'', which is a stick about {{convert|3+1/2|ft|m}} long with two slanted faces. The stick has a wedge shaped head, roughly triangular in cross section,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uscamanachd.org/rules/|title=AN OVERVIEW OF THE RULES OF SHINTY|website=US Camanachd|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> which must be able to pass through a ring {{convert|2+1/2|in|cm|spell=in}} in diameter.<ref name="shinty.com"/> Unlike the Irish ''camán'', it has no blade. The ''caman'' is traditionally made of wood, traditionally [[Fraxinus|ash]] but now more commonly [[hickory]], and must not have any plate or metal attached to it. The ''caman'' would be made from any piece of wood with a hook in it, hence ''caman'', from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic word ''cam'', meaning bent or crooked. It can also be called a stick or club. The slant of the face will vary according to the position that the stick is used for. It can be made according to the player's height.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

[[File:ShintySticks1.JPG|thumb|Showing the development of shinty sticks through the years]]

Plastic camans are common in the youth variant "First Shinty".{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

[[Image:camanachdfield.jpg|thumb|The field of play]]