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I went down half a size last time I got skates and ended up with smaller steel. Ended up with a similar issue, on my toes more and less stable. I simply went to a larger profile radius, 12' with a +1 pitch, which evolved into a 13' radius and a neutral pitch. You can probably get things sorted by tweaking your profile.

It's funny, someone on another forum made a thread asking how to deal with an a-hole around the Seattle hockey community. https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/question-for-older-players-about-handling-a-serious-problem-player.2637201/

IMHO, it's all relative. If a stick is feels and performs just right for you, then it's worth every penny. The stick can have all the bells and whistles on it, but if you don't like the feel of it, then as far as you're concerned, it's garbage. We're all different in what we each like and look for. Sometimes what we like skews toward the expensive side of things. Other times it can be in lower price ranges. If there was a way to guarantee 100% that a stick would flex the way I wanted, had a bladed just the right stiffness, and had the curve and weight that fit me perfect, I don't think I'd grumble too much at having to dish out for it.

Doesn't seem like they have that much more than what you'd find in retail right now for Intermediates and juniors. Was hoping they'd have the option of a p28 in a lie 6. Nope. Hopefully more options to come once things have been running for a bit.

The only rule is what you're comfortable with. If you're being an ass, you'll get chirped. If you get chirped for doing nothing, that person is the ass. There's a difference between playing with high level players vs low level players. High level players are in control most of the time, from where they shoot to how they wield their stick. They tend to be aware of what's going on. Low level players are wildcards. They'll aim low stick and send it into the rafters. They'll skate like they're baling hay, poking and jabbing guys all the way up the ice and not even realize what they're doing. In general, they can be menaces to others and themselves. So if you're playing with low level players, strap a cage on. Hell strap two cages on.

Just popping in to agree with the p30 as the curve closest to what the OP described.

The simplest thing you can probably do is to use two laces, one for the bottom of the skate, and one for the top of the skate. That way you can control the tightness on top and bottom. Another thing you can try is to skip one of the eyelets right above where it's hurting to reduce pressure on that area. Aside from lacing, you can try the lace bite version of bunga pads.

For me, getting new gear isn't all that exiting. I'm more exited about finding stuff that matches what I like. Once I find it, I'm exited about having it. I try to keep up with what's coming out because I realized that doing that is much simpler than doing rushed and sometimes panicked research when I need to replace something. It also allows me to spot good deals when I see them.

Glad things worked out for your kid. Sad that that "coach" doesn't get hoisted up on his petard. That's a silly way to run a team at that level.

Honestly, there's nothing to be gained from playing out the last 6 seconds. But there's plenty to lose. In those types of games, people aren't in the best of moods. All it takes is for one person to do something to aggravate the other team, which can be anything from a dirty look to taking a comment the wrong way, and it's a brew-ha-ha. It's better to sacrifice those precious 6 seconds and get everyone to their beer therapy sooner.

I don't have any experience with these models, but I have some experience with the increased thickness in tongues. I'm in Bauer S190s and one of the features in this model is an extra thick tongue. One of my initial concerns was that the thicker tongue was kind of giving me lace bite. When I talked to the fitter, they said it was a common complaint. Any way, making a long story short, at first, the thick tongue along with the plastic lace bite guard on it was definitely giving me discomfort and bit of lace bite. But after 2-3 months of regular use, the tongue slowly broke in and became less fluffy. Now it's fine. No lace bite.

I was contemplating giving them a try. How do they compare to the free resources out there? How much more detail do they get into?

When the skate breaks in, the liner can compress, making the skate around 1/4 size larger. According to this chart below, at 25.5 cm, you're somewhere between a 6 and a 6.5. Not sure if the EE are a half size larger, but if you're wearing a D, it's harder for your foot to shift around, so it may seem smaller. For me, I'm in between sizes too, but I went to the smaller sized skate and found that choice worked out better. One thing to remember is you can stretch skates at least 1/4 size larger to get them to fit better, but you can't really shrink them. From your description, there's a good possibility that after the liner compressed, your skates are about a half size too large for you right now, especially if you fail the pencil test. Aside from getting new skates, you can try wearing some padding like bunga pads. They'll push your foot up a tiny bit, but it's still an imperfect solution and may affect heel lock. The lack of support is probably due more to the skate being a bit big than the actual material. In general, you can learn to skate and get used to skating with little lateral support from your skate. I'm not expert on figure skates, but from the outside looking in, they don't have nearly the same support as hockey skates, and well, most do just find with them. http://www.hockeytutorial.com/uncategorized/ice-hockey-skate-sizing-chart-width-and-length/

Honestly if you think about it, the differences are probably in the hundredths of a second. That might matter to a pro, but for beerleague probably not so much. But if you don't feel good, and don't have confidence that your stick is going to do what you expect it to do, when you want the stick to do it, that makes a bigger difference. For me, hesitation and second guessing causes more lag than any difference in kick ever could. The more comfortable you are with your stick, the better you'll play, regardless of type of stick. Now finding that comfort, for me at least, can be a tall order.

Gahhhh, I didn't notice that until now. There goes the usefulness of that.

There's data for who uses what at the geargeek website, and they do a breakdown of percentages by brand. https://www.geargeek.com/ From the data on that site, there isn't a whole lot of difference in terms of one kickpoint being overwhelmingly popular than another. For example, Bauer is used by 37.8% of players. Of that 37.8%, 12.7% use Nexus, 14.5% use Vapor, and 10.6 use Supreme. A cursory glance at CCM and it seems the breakdown is similar. As for low kick stick, especially Warrior, not being versatile, isn't that sort of the whole point? I mean, there's no free lunch as they say. In order to specialize in one thing, eg quick release, something has to be sacrificed at least a little. I can't find the video for this, but I remember hearing from a product rep that the Warrior Alpha was developed to address the issues with the Covert line in terms of the blade opening up with big slappers. The best of both worlds/versitle sticks are the Nexus and Jetspeeds, mid kicks, and the ones meant for power are the AS1 and Supreme lines, high kick sticks. So if you're looking for versatility, a low kick stick is definitely not the answer.

For me, aside from working on the fundamentals and the mechanics of the shot as described in detail above, the one thing that help me develop a quicker release was me deciding to go down to a whippier stick, I mean really whippy. I'm 5'5 175lbs and I use a 50 flex. I find the lighter flex makes the movements to get off to quickly snap shot a lot more fluid and natural. The light flex comes along with some issues that I have to deal with outside of shooting, but in terms shooting, I shoot a lot quicker, more accurate, and when I really get a hold of it, it's sometimes even a bit harder than when I was shooting with a higher flex. Now a whippier flex stick isn't for everyone, a least not in games, but I found sometimes practising with an even whippier stick than I'd normally use in a game can help develop the feel for he movements involved in getting a shot off quicker.

I have both these skates. I have Nexus N9000 in Ds and Supreme S190s in EEs. I'm an adult 5'5 175lbs with size 4.5 feet. Been skating since I was a kid. When I was buying skates a few years ago the Supremes were giving me volume issues, but they fit me in every other way. Fearing lacebite, I went with the Nexus. I found for me, the forefoot width was about the same in both skates, but there was a lot more vertical space in the Nexus toe box. I had to use powerfoot inserts to reduce the negative space there. I also had to add padding to the sides of Nexus's heel area, had to wear Stable 26 socks, and use a custom lacing method to get proper heel lock. Though it was a bit of work, I was relatively happy with my Nexus skates after all the adjustments were made, but was always curious about the Supremes. After a couple of years, I saw the Supremes on sale for an insanely good price, so I got them just to see if there were things I could do to avoid the lacebite. The first little while with the Supremes, I was getting mild to moderate lacebite, even when I used lacebite pads, but as the tongue broke in, I found the lace bite pretty much went away. It only appears in a mild form when I'm doing lots of hard edging drills with lots of repetition. Doesn't show up at all during games. I find with both skates, if I lace up the skates too tight, I get pain in the midfoot. I baked my Nexus skates, but found that the Supremes were fine right out of the box. Never had them baked.

Was doing some Boxing day browsing at a local shop and saw these on the shelf. It's an adjustable composite endplug. Not shown is the bolt that runs down the center to hold everything together. It's the same price as a composite plug, but heavier, and obviously adjustable. Thinking I might pick one up to fool around with. http://propulsports.ca/en/

Petty much this. 1- I've been skating most of my life and with my feet I encounter similar symptoms when ever I tighten my skates a little too tight. One trick I've used to address this is to use two sets of laces for each skate, one set for the lower part of the skate and one for the top. This way you can have your ankles tied tight and not have it affect the looseness of your mid foot. As for your cold toes. I use Powerfoot inserts. They're pieces of foam that reduce negative space around the toes and help with fit. They're also supposed to help with performance, but whatever. For me, they help keep my toes warm and make the skates feel snugger around the toes, and that's all that matters. You can pick them up online, in a hockey shop, or you can makes your own 2 I'd tend to agree it could be form issue. IMHO you're stressing certain back muscles. As long as they're warm, your good. But as soon as they get a chance to tighten up, tightness and spasms. Aside from tightening up your form, try warming up your muscles before skating and find some hip and lower back stretches to do after and outside of practice. Skaters have a tendency to develop tight hip and lower back muscles, which can cause back and even shoulder pain and discomfort. Retaining and regaining flexibility will not only help with your skating, it'll help with your health in general. Disclaimer, I'm not a doctor so be careful and take proper precautions before starting rigorous stretching routines. My 2 cents. It's worth what you paid.

You can find the info in this thread

A while back I decided to focus on improving my crossovers, and below are some of the youtube videos I used. I'd watch them over and over, and I think I gleaned a lot of insight on mechanics and what I needed to work on. IMHO, you should pay attention to the first one because it describes in part what I think is an issue you have. There's a lot of repetition in what they're saying in the videos, but sometimes all it takes is the same thing being said by someone else to get things to click. For example, there's a video done by figureskaters that I found very helpful in my visualization of the mechanics of the cross over. The most in-depth video is by the iTrainhockey channel. It's super long, but it's packed with lots of useful info. It breaks down a lot of the edging work building up to crossovers and stuff. I also included a couple of videos on dryland drills you can do to help with your cross overs. Any way's hope some of this helps. First, here are the basic ones. Here are some more in-depth ones Some Dryland training exercises you can try.

The reviews I saw say they smoothed out the transition from the upper shaft to the kick point. You can definitely feel that, especially if you can compare them side by side. And that's what makes it feel easier to load. As for going up in flex, if you find the T2 almost too whippy, then you might find the T3 to be too whippy. It's hard for me to say by how much because I like using whippy sticks so I always err on the side of more whippy. I have a 1x. I haven't used it in a while, but I found it to be a little on the stuff side for my tastes, so maybe you can use that as a gauge on just how whippy the T3 will feel to you.

I have a similar problem to you. I have size 4.5ee feet and when I was buying skates I had volume issues. Failed the pencil test easily on Supremes and didn't like that thick tongue, especially when I skated on them. The tongue made me wary of lacebite, so I went with Nexus and did some personal mods to make the heel lock work. Always knew I was sacrificing a bit of performance to avoid lace bite, but I always wondered what if I went with the supremes instead? Then I found some S190s on extreme discount and said why not? Worse case I end up with a set of spare holders and steel. Skated on them for a bit. Really like the performance boost, but that thick tongue with the hard plastic on top was still bugging me. I was getting mild lace bite from the hard tongue rubbing against the top of my foot. I decided to stick with it, and luckily enough as the skate liner and the tongue broke in, the lace bite went away. I took a small gamble and it paid off for me My 2cents

I've had the Trigger 3D since Black Friday. It loads a lot easier than the Trigger 2. As Nicholas G mentioned, it does load similarly to a Warrior QRE, but to me, the Warrior stick still feels whippier and still loads better. In terms of puckfeel, the Trigger 3D takes it. Overall, I really like it.