Athletic equipment heat-shrink sheath thermal chamber

A thermal chamber, the thermal chamber comprising:

• an enclosure defining an interior volume such that the interior volume is capable of holding a heat shrinkable sheath surrounding a portion of an athletic equipment shaft, wherein the enclosure has a longitudinal length between 100 cm and 130 cm and the enclosure comprises:
• a shaft chamber portion,
• an air distribution chamber portion, and
• an air distribution panel having a plurality of apertures extending there through, the air distribution panel separating the shaft chamber portion from the air distribution chamber portion such that the shaft chamber portion is a volume capable of maintaining the athletic equipment shaft and the air distribution chamber portion is capable of distributing a positive air pressure into the shaft chamber portion;
• and
• an inlet aperture extending through a first end of the enclosure, wherein the inlet aperture provides a fluid communication port allowing pressurized air to pass from an exterior of the enclosure to the interior volume and the inlet aperture has an area between 12 cm2 and 62 cm2.