Stick Weight/Body Body Weight

[sdomm 0]

Hey guys I plan on buying a couple new sticks and just wanted to get an idea as to what kind of flexes people are using. I'm 165 and currently I use a 100 flex, before that i was using 85. I'm not sure which i like better, i have a better shot with the 100 but i think that is due to the difference in blade pattern that I switched to more so than flex, so now I'm not sure if I should go back down to 85. Any opinions on the matter? How much do you weigh and what flex do you use.

Thanks

[mattzilla 0]

I am currently using an 85 ( sherwood ) and i HATE IT.

im 6'5, 220 pounds.

I find its just too flexy.

before that i had a 105 easton and i loved it. i just wanted to try something new,

unfortunately, i dont like the SWD and im poor, so i'll stick with it until i make it work then im gettin some more eastons.

[kukakid 0]

I'm about 150 and I use a 100 flex Warrior. The Warriors do seem more whippy than the equivalent eastons though. I would say of the Warriors I have used they come in at around a 90-95 on the Easton scale.

Anyways these work pretty well for me, some flex to em but still fairly stiff.

[604bullet 0]

i'm 120 using a 77 flex Vapor XXX Lite, cut about 2 inches.

still quite snappy IMO.

i rarely take slap shots, but the odd time i do, the puck rockets off the stick

my wrist shots are quite hard as well

ii also have a 75 flex warrior dolomite , cut about 2 inches and it feels the same as my vapor xxx lite

[DCott 0]

150-160 i think, I use a 100 flex with about 2 inches chopped off, I just like the feel of a stiffer stick (I know that sounds gay)

[KennyWu 24]

5'10, 140. I use an 87 flex, Naslund curve XXX Vapors and 87 flex Nike90s. Stickhandling feels crisp, wrist shot is snappy but it's harder to pass.

[thejackal 46]

i'm around 6'2", 190. i usually take 10 wrist shots for every slapper in games, so ive been using 75-85 flex sticks. just got a 100 flex sickick which i really like for slap shots, but the release isnt quite as good because of the flex.

[saba 0]

100 flex 218 and 6 feet. Like others have said wristers suffer slappers are great with the Inno

[Bryan Czajka 0]

6' 2" 225 use a 100 flex XXX lite

[sdomm 0]

So stiffer for better slapshots and passes and less stiff for stick handling and wrist shots seems to be the consensus? how about snap shots?

[TheBert 0]

That's the thing, there is no consensus. It's just that all things being equal, a stiffer stick will produce are harder shot. But it's better to drop down to a whippier stick if you can't even flex the 100 stiffness stick.

You say you shoot better with the 100. And that's probably the case cause a blade pattern shouldn't play that much of a factor in your release. Although, using the rule of weight divided by 2, you should be using a 85 flex.

Get the impression that you should just experiment on your own yet?

[Hoffer 0]

I am 6'1 180 pounds and use a TPS R8 Lite regular flex usually but the one I am using right now is whip and after getting use to it I really like it.