Flypuck

[Sven 1]

Ive seen a puck called "FlyPuck" on Ebay and i wonder if its as good as they praise it on their website (www.flypuck.com).

It says that it glides on concrete/wood/whatnot like a puck on the ice.. with the same feeling.

If it was like that, i could see me buying one and playing in my room. These smarthockey balls arent that cool.

[Aussie Joe 0]

Damn! You really should have warned us about the bad tech'ers on the site. Thank god there is an OFF button for the music.

Looks interesting but, wonder if it "really" works.

[CardinalHcky19 0]

I used their "Phat puck" which is supposed to be the same thing just heavier, and in about 2 months the thing cracked in half.

[Sven 1]

You werent suppose to shoot 120 mph slappers on a wall ;)

[EBondo 242]

I had one, and I hated it. If anything, it messed my stickhandling up. It got all chunked up and broke in about a month, and I didn't shoot with it. For stickhandling practice, I go the easy way. Golf balls.

[BK 0]

I had one, and I hated it. If anything, it messed my stickhandling up. It got all chunked up and broke in about a month, and I didn't shoot with it. For stickhandling practice, I go the easy way. Golf balls.

I second that.

Only downside to golfballs is that they roll faster than a puck moves on ice.. it really helps though once you get used to transferring back and forth.

Edit: this is how I perfected my toedrag.. golfballs leave no room for error.

[KYHockey3 0]

i had a red 4oz one and hated it.

the thing says it perfects the toedrags and stuff and i really think golfballs and smarthockey balls are much better for that.

i dont like using it in my garage vs using a smarthockey or sweedish stickhandling ball.

i love smarthockey balls!! they are amazing compared to flypucks!

[chikinpotpie 138]

I have them in the shop and can't give them away. I did find on good use for the phatpucks though, They hold a door open so well.

[DamnLocust 0]

ProPuck

I use these for outdoor hockey on asphalt, and they work well on pretty much anything besides grass.

[Icedog03 0]

I have them in the shop and can't give them away. I did find on good use for the phatpucks though, They hold a door open so well.

yeah my shop has been sitting on them for a while aswell.

[dix0r 0]

I have them in the shop and can't give them away. I did find on good use for the phatpucks though, They hold a door open so well.

yeah my shop has been sitting on them for a while aswell.

same here as well.

[Edge 0]

I use one on a piece of artificial ice for practice and it works perfect...The shop does have quite a time selling them though.

[jbyun04 7]

i have the regular fly puck one and i can't say that it worked as good as the smart ball.. smart ball is clutch but I use golfballs more than anything.

[hockechamp14 0]

I use one on a piece of artificial ice for practice and it works perfect...The shop does have quite a time selling them though.

why don't you use a regular puck if it's artificial ice?

[Muzza_77 0]

Propucks are the best. They work on practically any surface except for grass/dirt

[DamnLocust 0]

The only thing that might bug some people about the Propucks is that they're slightly lighter than an ice puck, at about 4 oz. (a regulation ice puck is 6 oz. )

[SolarWind 23]

so what's the consensus? flypuck sucks, smartball rules?

sorry for bringing the old topic back, but it's been a couple of years so maybe some new info [or new tools] became available?

[flyweightphantom 1]

get a smart ball or just use a golf ball and you'll be ok.

[ramensandwich 1]

the fly pucks DO NOT slide well and the core rattles around while you stickhandle. It gets you used to using way too much wrist power, then on ice the puck is squirting everywhere. Same thing with inline pucks and smarthockey balls.

golf balls are great but the dimples tend to snag if you don't have a perfect surface, still they're good for overspeed training. the "swedish" balls are the best, they are just wooden balls about 1.5" in diameter. my vote goes for them.

as with any ball, be sure to use an authentic on-ice motion or the smaller diameter of the ball vs puck can throw you off.

good luck!

[willsnipe 0]

I find that in order to use a golf ball i need to use a wood blade/stick. i cant stand the felling with a composite stick.

[Simonp27 0]

I much prefer the Smart Hockey ball.

I didn't rate the Flypuck at all.

The best puck I found for street use is the "Hot Puck" see http://www.planetsports.com/hockeyworld/Su...ey/hotpuck.html

I managed to find some online in Germany but they seem very tricky to source these days.

[SolarWind 23]

the fly pucks DO NOT slide well and the core rattles around while you stickhandle.

yeah - I ended up discovering it first hand (should have waited a day or so for these answer to come rather then jumping the gun & buying the freaking thing :( )...

the damn thing also scratches way to easily - even on a smooth concrete

so I agree with everything above - flypuck SUCKS big time!

[w0ahitsm3 0]

I have the heavy weight flypuck and find it to be alright moving it around on my garage floor. Its pretty slick too so it slides ok. Mainly use it for some strength training in my wrists. But I do prefer just a golf ball or a regular puck on a whiteboard with silicon spray.

[biff44 0]

It is hard to beat a rubber hockey puck for simulating a real hockey puck! Unfortunately, the rubber....grips the ground like it is rubber!

I have a puck that some company added a plexiglass thin disk to on either side, and it glides a lot better. But the problem with all of these substitutes is that they cost to friggin much! You need a bucket full of 40 or more of these things to practice your shooting skills with off-ice. That would be $400 for the flypucks!

I wonder if there is not some easy way to take your standard $0.50 rubber puck, spray on some sort of hard plastic coating on the flat sides, and end up with a bucket full of pucks that are good for both stickhandling and shooting? Advantage? It would handle exactly like a real puck, it would shoot just like a real puck, and it would be dirt cheap!

[ramensandwich 1]

for stickhandling on a whiteboard, i use the blue 4oz rubber pucks that they use for peewee games etc. I drilled about a 1.5 inch hole in the middle of them. it slides nice and snappy, and the hole in the middle keeps the weight on the edges so it won't flip over so easily.