wrist shot hand placement

[dsjunior1388 81]

Watching the wings game, Mickey Redmond talking about Marian Hossas wrist shot. Redmond says Hossa shoots with his hands higher on the stick than anyone he's ever seen, meaning his right hand is, of course, at the butt, but his left hand is only about a foot and a half below the left. Redmond says shooting this way requires more strength.

I can see his theory, but with composite sticks I have to disagree. I recently began experimenting hand placement, and found that the higher i move my right hand (im a righty) the more im able to load the stick, and the more speed and power I can put on the stick, and by extension the puck. I also am able to more easily manipulate the hieght I get on the shot, even while switching to a heatley curve, which, of course, is a remarkebly small curve. Lastly, my shots seem to spin better of the blade, and i get more tight shots and less fluttering butterflys.

Anyone have thoughts on this?

[fatwabbit 93]

I shoot that way as well... my snap shots basically dont change position from my wrist shots, and for years i've taken slap shots with no change in the hand position. The only time I really shift my hand down is when i am practicing a slapper...

I find that I have better accuracy and my shots dont flutter as much.

[thejackal 46]

I can agree with what you're saying, but all this comes at the expense of release speed. I played varsity with a guy who almost has both of his hands together when he did wrist shots. He was the strongest guy on the team but at the point he rarely had enough time to even get a full wristshot off because of the lag in his swing.

[Chadd 916]

I always went by the saying that your bottom hand elbow should touch the top hand to position your hands for stickhandling and wrist shots. More separation than that takes away more than it gives.

[dsjunior1388 81]

I always went by the saying that your bottom hand elbow should touch the top hand to position your hands for stickhandling and wrist shots. More separation than that takes away more than it gives.

I would say that is roughly where my hands are.

[interpathway 9]

AO also shoots in this manner often.

[HattrickSwayze 3]

I've found the same thing. For me, there's no need to move my right hand (I shoot righty) farther down the stick to get more power on my shot, except for slappers. If anything it puts me more off balance. I would assume the reason it feels like you're getting more speed is because you have your stick extended farther out, and you're getting more leverage to load up the stick.

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

I had a huge improvement in the power and control of my wrist shots when I stopped moving my bottom hand down, plus a little quicker release, because my hand was already in the correct position.

[Jarick 5]

Interesting thought Chadd, I'll have to give that a try.

When I used a longer stick, I had my hands a little closer together and with a whippy stick I had a pretty good shot, although the accuracy was a mess. I now use a shorter stick and my bottom hand is farther down, better accuracy and power, but the release is definitely slower.

[Chadd 916]

Interesting thought Chadd, I'll have to give that a try.

When I used a longer stick, I had my hands a little closer together and with a whippy stick I had a pretty good shot, although the accuracy was a mess. I now use a shorter stick and my bottom hand is farther down, better accuracy and power, but the release is definitely slower.

My bottom hand is lower than the "standard" I mentioned as I feel it gives me more control when passing.