Backyard shooting setup

[uclahockey707 1]

Buying a whole setup for my garage/backyard for shooting. Wanted to get your opinions on the pro/cons of the "shooting pads" versus the "Dryland floor tiles" available at hockeyshot.com

If any of you guys have experiences with either I would love to hear them.

Thanks & Happy Thanksgiving

Scott

[flyweightphantom 1]

I've been toying with the idea of getting a shooting pad, but these tiles look very cool and you can buy as many as you want and set it up however you want. I'd like to hear if anyone has tried these as well.

[Tread42 0]

I'm looking to do something similar in my garage. This would be for my 6 year old and 13 year old. I am interested to know if anyone has experience with the tiles as well.

In addition, has anyone used the EZ Goal Pro folding goal? It may be what I'm looking for in the way that we could fold it up and put it to the side when not in use. Looking for feedback on stability and durability.

[flyers10 57]

I have a shooting pad from hockeyshot. I shoot off it into a snipers edge shooting tarp I bought from hockeyshot too. It works great for me. The tarp has the 5 target holes to catch the puck and no worries about a post deflection hitting stuff in my garage. The tiles look to be a good idea if you are going to create a large enough area to work on passing, one-timers, etc. Too much work for me to lay that down and then take back up to re-park the cars in the garage. I think code SHOOT1231 works as 10% off at hockeyshot until 12/25.

[Tread42 0]

In case others may be interested, I did find this.

Video of the Dryland Tiles

[AIREAYE 248]

Use laminated wood or strong cardboard, it's cheaper

[simnorm 2]

Wow, those tiles are expensive.

[jww83 0]

I have a shooting pad from hockeyshot. I shoot off it into a snipers edge shooting tarp I bought from hockeyshot too. It works great for me. The tarp has the 5 target holes to catch the puck and no worries about a post deflection hitting stuff in my garage. The tiles look to be a good idea if you are going to create a large enough area to work on passing, one-timers, etc. Too much work for me to lay that down and then take back up to re-park the cars in the garage. I think code SHOOT1231 works as 10% off at hockeyshot until 12/25.

How effective is the slide on the shooting pad? In other words, does shooting off it feel close to shooting off a sheet of ice or is there noticeable friction/resistance?

Also what's the durability like? Does it really hold up to repeated slap shot practice?

[uclahockey707 1]

Just ordered the pro style net with 14 tiles and the passback, I'll throw a review up here asap guys.

[flyers10 57]

How effective is the slide on the shooting pad? In other words, does shooting off it feel close to shooting off a sheet of ice or is there noticeable friction/resistance?

Also what's the durability like? Does it really hold up to repeated slap shot practice?

Shooting wise it feels fairly close to ice. If you are gonna practice stickhandling on it you may want to spray some pledge or other type of lubricant to get it slicker like ice. I've taken about 500 slappers on mine and some marks but no damage at all.

[Officer Dangle 0]

I bought a shooting pad from Pure Hockey for like twenty bucks. It's really good to shoot with. Stick handling with an ice hockey puck is OK at best though, even when I tried spraying pledge and a couple of other different things on it. It works very well with an inline puck though.

[AIREAYE 248]

Freezing your pucks before you shoot with them works well because as they warm, water condenses on it, making them slippery

[fatwabbit 93]

go to Ikea and go to their clearance outlet (called 'as-is'). You can basically pick up a some laminate flooring for about $10. It comes in a pack of 10-12 pieces of laminate flooring, each one is about 5 feet long and 1 foot wide. Link them however you want, and its a decent playing/shooting area. Its normally very smooth so the puck glides pretty well... if not then just spray with some silicon spray and you will be fine.