GTHL_AAA_HOCKEY 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 If you're watching CBC right now, they were talking about sticks, and Hull said his stick is a 62 easton flex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polk 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 You just beat me to it. Damn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fonya 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Thats crazy. I know its not impossible but wouldnt it be pretty hard not to snap a 62 flex during a slapshot? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Hull uses a different technique than most people. It's not about swinging the stick as hard as you can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vapor 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Hull uses a different technique than most people. It's not about swinging the stick as hard as you can. I saw a special on how he shoots, so in the next session I had on ice, I tried to mimic what he did, and I didn't come close :) Very hard to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_The_Man_16 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 It's Brett Hull his dad tought him how to shoot since he was little. No one shoots like him or probably every will be able to shoot like him, so don't take this the wrong way or anything, but we may as well stop trying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chadd 916 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 I used to use Easton 100 flex or stiff flex sticks and I find that I have a better shot with a 90, 260 or TPS R flex now. Letting the stick do some of the work really does help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_The_Man_16 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 There is a differance between letting the stick do some of the work and all of the work. Most people will never be able to master letting the stick do all of the work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rh_joel 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 I seem to be able to switch between about 70-100 flex fine. The only thing that is a bit strange with using really whippy sticks is when they flex when stickhandling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akhockeyplaya 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 i dont think ive ever noticed a stick flex during stickhandling. at least not so much that it affected my stickhandling to a large degree. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shorthanded67 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 I never noticed it either until trying a Hull Custom. I could feel it bend stickhandling a lightweight roller hockey puck. Very strange feel indeed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 45 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 I find that the 'noodle' feel in the shaft when puckhandling with a whippy stick just feels awful. I used to use an 85 for roller hockey a few years ago, but even back then on ice it was horrid. I tried to go back to it recently and i'm much bigger and stronger now, i didn't like the feel of it too much. But my shooting technique just wasn't suited to the whip as i felt most of my energy was being wasted... but yeah hull's technique is geared to those whippy shafts.... hink its fair to say try what others do, but in the end use what works for yourself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fonya 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Hull uses a different technique than most people. It's not about swinging the stick as hard as you can. I saw a special on how he shoots, so in the next session I had on ice, I tried to mimic what he did, and I didn't come close :) Very hard to do.A while back I saw a clip of him on the internet. He was teaching how to do a slapshot. It was one of the nicest shots I have ever seen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_The_Man_16 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Do you remember the site? I wouldn't mind seeing that clip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fonya 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 Unfortuantly I dont, it was a long time ago and the clip was when he was with the stars. Maybe you could google it but I dont know what you could type in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thejackal 46 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 www.shotandagoal.com ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icedog03 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 My mom got a video a few years ago where its Brett and his brothers showing you how to shoot like they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ambro 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 What is it called? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thejackal 46 Report post Posted March 28, 2004 What is it called? I forgot but its sold on the website i posted. There are also snippets from the video on site (go to "Teach yourself") Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icedog03 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 What is it called? Its called Shooting and Scoring. Its from Bobby Hull JRs instructional Video Series Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kobe 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 http://www.sfu.ca/~eyiua/HullTips.zipHere. I uploaded it on my server. It's not the whole video of course but it's a collection of 8 tips including the one on how to take slapshots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirsch 1 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Good stuff. Thanks for the clips. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PiKappaPhi 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 there is nothing like feeling the stick loading up and then ripping a hard shot. I guess its party of my nature to do as little as possible to try and get good results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 2048 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 there is nothing like feeling the stick loading up and then ripping a hard shot. I guess its party of my nature to do as little as possible to try and get good results. I'm amazed by how much I love this whip flex. Every slapshot I take feels like a bomb. Or at least more of a bomb than turd I used to sling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan_The_Man_16 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 That is the coolest thing ever. I watched it over and over. Love the wrist shot segment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
