What's a "Backhand Slap Shot"?

[Konig von Kuhlem 0]

Has anyone ever heard of a "backhand slapshot" before? Apparently Mike Keane used it yesterday to win a game for the Moose in OT. He said it's a "lost art" and that Jean Hamel of the old school Montreal Canadiens use to use it all the time.

Here's an article about Keane's shot.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2...642171-sun.html

I wonder how much power they could actually get on such a shot.

[JR Boucicaut 3791]

I think it is when someone switches hands and shoots it off the backside of the blade. Basically a left shot shooting right with a lefthanded stick.

[Chadd 916]

Big windup on the backhand. While essentially it is a slapshot with the backhand, there is nowhere near the power of a real slapper. The closest most guys guy anymore is just swinging wildly with the backhand. It's very hard to control.

[dietzie27 0]

I thought it was when you just pull your stick forward instead of back and follow through as a slapshot, just on he backhand.

[Konig von Kuhlem 0]

Big windup on the backhand. While essentially it is a slapshot with the backhand, there is nowhere near the power of a real slapper. The closest most guys guy anymore is just swinging wildly with the backhand. It's very hard to control.

That's what I thought it would be. You would probably need a straighter blade to get a somewhat good shot off with it.

[JR Boucicaut 3791]

LOL I was way off I guess.

[wickedlite44 0]

Think this might be an "old school" shot, there is a guy at my rink that does it to perfection, chadd sounds right, big wind-up, but nowhere near the power of a regular slap-shot.

[cbj05 0]

Would this backhand slapshot be done with your hands apart on the stick like a normal shot, or taking a hack at it with your hands together at the end of the stick?

[Konig von Kuhlem 0]

Would this backhand slapshot be done with your hands apart on the stick like a normal shot, or taking a hack at it with your hands together at the end of the stick?

I would imagine that your hands would be apart, or else you wouldn't get much power/weight tranfer onto the shot.

[wickedlite44 0]

the way i've seen is both hands on the top, sometimes even one.

[juiced 0]

Has anyone ever heard of a "backhand slapshot" before? Apparently Mike Keane used it yesterday to win a game for the Moose in OT. He said it's a "lost art" and that Jean Hamel of the old school Montreal Canadiens use to use it all the time.

Here's an article about Keane's shot.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2...642171-sun.html

I wonder how much power they could actually get on such a shot.

lol i was just reading this article this morning in the free press. I was looking for a video on youtube but no one posted anything. are you from winnipeg also?

[epstud74 24]

Pierre Turgeon used to have a darn good back hand slapper as well. It really isnt a wind up slapper but a back hand shot with a small wind up. You rarely see kids with a decent backhand these days too.

[hitz14 0]

i remember seeing karyia? doing it

[Jason 65]

I think you would generate more power if you were to reverse your grip on your bottom hand as you would if you were taking a faceoff. I'm gonna try it out next time I'm on the ice.

[LkptTiger 1]

I'd be surprised if something like that would work. If it does, you're probably going to lose a lot of accuracy.

[Jason 65]

I'm not sure that this would ever be a useful shot, but I'm curious to see what kind of velocity I can get and also whether I can be accurate. I highly doubt I would ever use this type of shot in a game.

[robin640 0]

A backhand slapshot in ice hockey is the one of the most difficult shots to master. It has four stages which are executed in one fluid motion:

1. The player winds up his hockey stick by raising it in front of his or her body, sometimes raising the blade to shoulder height or higher.

2. Next the player violently "slaps" the ice slightly behind the puck and uses his or her weight to bend the stick, storing energy in it like a spring. It is this bending of the stick that gives the slapshot its amazing speed. Just like a bow and arrow, the stick's desire to return to being straight is transferred to the puck, giving it way more speed than just hitting it alone could do.

3. When the rear of the stick blade strikes the puck, the player rolls his or her wrists and shifts his or her weight so that the energy stored in the stick is released through the puck.

4. Finally, the player follows through, ending up with the stick pointed towards the desired target.

The backhand slapshot is harder than other shots, and because of the violent motion involved and the backwards nature of the swing somewhat less accurate. It also takes longer to execute; a player usually cannot take a backhand slapshot while under any significant pressure from an opposing player because the opponent could easily interfere during the windup. The backhand slapshot is most commonly used by a forward moving laterally across the front of the net.

The invention of the backhand slapshot is credited to no one, however, it's naming and persona are credited to Charin De Silva of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhand_slapshot"

[lancerplayer 0]

I got this kid on my team who has 3 goals all year and all 3 of them were backhands. One of which was a backhand clapper. It was on a power play when we were up a few goals and the D saw him backdoor and passed it and this kid wound up on his backhand and put it away.

[Hordie Gowe 17]

I was surprised to see that Mike Keane was still playing somewhere, I figured he would have hung up the skates by now, but I guess if Cheli is still going at 45 Keane still has a few years left in him.

[ktang 34]

I played with a guy who used to do it as a one-timer shot. At first I thought it was a fluke, but he kept doing it. He uses a short stick, and the windup was only knee-high.

[Patrick67 1]

Played against a guy who scored 2 backhandslappers on us in the same game, our goalie said it wasn't the velocity but the suprisement factor that caught him offguard.

Fool me once... Fool me twice...

Luckily we won the game 6-5 so we let our goalie of the hook afterwards.