tapered or standard shafts

[eastonfinn 0]

I live in Finland and we don't got any taperede shafts here so I wondered is there any advantage for a tapered shaft over a standard shaft?

[habsfan87 0]

welcome

yeah its the low kick point, makes it perform similar to a one piece stick

[eastonfinn 0]

ok, thanks

[start_today 778]

You get a quicker release with tapered, because the flex point is lower, thus taking less time to "load up." You'll get a harder shot with with a standard, because the puck is on the blade longer.

If you can, try both, on top of the physics, there's a lot of personal preference with feel, etc.

[habsfan87 0]

You get a quicker release with tapered, because the flex point is lower, thus taking less time to "load up." You'll get a harder shot with with a standard, because the puck is on the blade longer.

If you can, try both, on top of the physics, there's a lot of personal preference with feel, etc.

I don't know if it would necesarilly give you a harder shot persay, just preference and getting used to. True it may be a longer pendulum thus longer swing rate as you said but it's also a slower kick to it. But yeah if you can def try both

[Patrick67 1]

The harder shot only applies to the slapper (if there indeed is a difference), I shoot way harder wrist and snap shots with a tapered shaft.

[MojoJoejoe1987 0]

Using a taper shaft compared to a standard shaft feels alot different. At first you wont notice the difference but if you go back from taper to standard, you will definitely notice a dramatic change. Taper>standard

[Jat 0]

how hard is it to find tapered wood blades?

[habsfan87 0]

how hard is it to find tapered wood blades?

depends where you live, easton, bauer, christian, ccm, mission etc. make them

[daca 0]

I'd say the NBH Vapor XXX lite woods are the easiest to find.

[Jat 0]

what about online sites? my city does not have any.

[vitaminZ 0]

what about online sites? my city does not have any.

inlinewarehouse.com has a CCM and NBH tapered woodies

[Jat 0]

sweet. thanks.

[walkerdb7 20]

Play it again sports has tons of them...

I just bought three P88's they have 2-3 more p88's and about 6 p9s

[Jat 0]

you bought them at your local shop right?

[walkerdb7 20]

yeah, play it again sports is a chain in the states that offers new and used sports equipment...

I have been researching this topic for weeks and the xxx's seem to be the most abundent... you can find synthesis blades if you look hard and obviously christian if you go factory direct...

I thought picking a pattern and model that was widely available and reasonable to aquire was a good move

[daca 0]

I thought picking a pattern and model that was widely available and reasonable to aquire was a good move

Quoted for truth.

[Jat 0]

yep. we dont have source for sports in canada. boo hoo.

[Chadd 916]

3 tapered stick topics on the first page?