A basic figure used in International Rumba and Cha Cha, taken from Fan Position and involving a Loop Turn for the lady. The figure gets its name from the hockey stick- shape of the path that the lady moves along throughout. Figura básica usada en la Rumba estilo International y el Cha Cha. Parte de una Posición Fan e incluye un Loop Turn para la mujer. La figura toma su nombre del "Palo de Hockey" puesto que el recorrido que efectúa la mujer en su ejecución recuerda la forma del mismo.

If company management says their quarterly revenues usually come in like a hockey stick, they mean that they book most of their revenues in the final days of each quarter. Hockey stick quarters are fairly typical for most companies, because corporate sales forces are often given incentives to achieve sales quotas before the end of each quarter. Their customers, who know that the sales people need to "make their numbers for the quarter," will often postpone purchases until the last minute as a negation ploy so that they can get the best possible price. The downside of a hockey stick quarter is that it increases the chances that a big order slips a few days and doesn't get booked in the current quarter, possibly causing revenues and earnings to come in below expectations. If your company missed earnings expectations, listen to see if it was because one big order slipped into the next quarter. If that's the case, then the earnings miss may not be all that important.

the general shape and form of a chart showing revenue, customers, cash, or some other financial or operational measure that increases dramatically at some point in the future. Entrepreneurs often develop business plans with hockey stick charts to impress potential investors.

The shape of a typical graph of a successful business and an optimistic business plan. The graph dips to begin with, indicating that the company's expenditure is higher than its income, but soon heads 'northwards' as the company establishes a profitable, growing trade.

Term for an MTA boomerang in the shape of an "L"