I need a curve that shoots it HIGH

[AaronYardley 0]

I currently use the Sakic Easton curve but still tend to have trouble going top shelf. I was curious if there are any suggestions of curves that have a tendency to shoot higher than that? I would prefer and Easton but am open to suggestions.

Thank you!

Aaron

[caldakid 0]

if you have trouble shooting topshelf with a sakic curve, the curve isnt the problem, you need to work on your technique

[AaronYardley 0]

Any advice for getting it up high? I am relatively new to hockey.

[Chadd 916]

Any advice for getting it up high? I am relatively new to hockey.

1. Practice

2. Lighter flex

['fitz 0]

+1

[AaronYardley 0]

I guess I am asking what the technique is to get it consistently high?

[TBLfan 25]

1. Practice

2. Lighter flex

3. Roll your wrists

4. Don't grip the stick soo tightly.

[Chadd 916]

I guess I am asking what the technique is to get it consistently high?

Take a lesson from a coach or instructor.

[gxc999 7]

Take a lesson from a coach or instructor.

It's a good idea, but if you can't afford it, youtube will sure help. The Bobby Hull Jr Shooting and Scoring DVD is also quite helpful.

[EastonFan44 0]

3. Roll your wrists

4. Don't grip the stick soo tightly.

definitely listen to that and try over exaggerating the movement of lifting the puck to maybe help you get the movements down and then tighten it all up to put that blister on the goalie.

[Chadd 916]

It's a good idea, but if you can't afford it, youtube will sure help. The Bobby Hull Jr Shooting and Scoring DVD is also quite helpful.

Private lessons are worth any amount for most people when they start out. You can usually get them for a reasonable fee at most rinks. The biggest problem with youtube, and the internet at large, is you have to know the bad advice from the good. If you have to ask the questions, you probably don't know the bad from the good.

[gxc999 7]

Private lessons are worth any amount for most people when they start out. You can usually get them for a reasonable fee at most rinks. The biggest problem with youtube, and the internet at large, is you have to know the bad advice from the good. If you have to ask the questions, you probably don't know the bad from the good.

Fair statement. There's plenty of crap advice out there, even from good players. If this guy is a newbie though, I recommend skating lessons before anything else! God, I don't even want to admit how long it took me to get comfortable on my edges after switching from roller <_<

[TBLfan 25]

Being a coach of adult beginners, teaching them how to shoot is the single hardest basic thing to get them to do. The main problem I see is that they try to focus more on power over quickness of the hands and no matter how many times you explain that... most don't seem to get it for a while. Trying to get them to be less stiff and more loose is a big step, I think the problem there is confidence on skates... there's soo much stuff to learn in hockey, it's not an easy sport.

[EastonFan44 0]

Fair statement. There's plenty of crap advice out there, even from good players. If this guy is a newbie though, I recommend skating lessons before anything else! God, I don't even want to admit how long it took me to get comfortable on my edges after switching from roller <_<

Holy jesus i know exactly what your talking about when I first started ice I just thought in my head what kind of fools play this game. All the other stuff carried over great except skating forward i could skate 10x better backwards on ice the first day than forward it was a joke

[$m0k3 0]

Easton Reps specify the Sakic curve as being able to get the puck up top shelf, take these guys advice and work with that same curve.

[DEATHTRON 19]

Or give whatever the Lidstrom curve is named now, a try. I could never shoot high when I was younger, switched about age 13 and used it for the next 5 years. Going high was never a problem after that. Sometimes a curve just suits a persons technique better.

Zach

[bob_flip 0]

I do high shoot with Drury curve much better than with Sakic

[skarbro 0]

I started out late with lessons. Coach told us to buy a bucket of pucks and take 50 shots a day in the driveway or basement. It helped a lot.

[english15x 3]

If you can, maybe try shooting with a ball at home to get down the "motions" and maybe some technique but defiantly try and get some lessons. Even one should open your eyes, and you can carry on with that knowledge.

[chk hrd 164]

why not just ask for a curve that puts the puck in the back of the net. It's not the equipment, it's the operator

[Jordan 13]

**I guess I am asking what the technique is to get it consistently high? **

Listen. There is no substitution for volume. My 9 year old, can go roof in close, on his forehand and backhand, and can get it to the top corner from the blueline. He can easily pick corners from the high slot.

Not meant to be bragging, just to say that the recipe was a few lessons, and thousands of pucks shot. Specifically, a hundred or more a couple of times per week.

He doesn't use a curve with loft, he uses a P88 (Lindros, now Kane) and has a jr x:60. The stick is quite whippy and works for him.

If he can do it, so can you. You just have to put in the time.

[Machinehead2k5 32]

As most have said, it's 99% operator than stick blade. I use a pretty closed blade face for the most part and can hit the ceiling at the rink on clearing attempts if I wanted to.

[skarbro 0]

You just have to put in the time.

Bottom line. Sticks mean almost nothing. It's all about practice, practice, practice....

[Composite Freak 0]

Just to add about practicing in the garage, make sure you seek out someone that knows how to shoot and have them instruct you first.

Part of my job as a coach and instructor of kids is trying to correct bad habits.

"But my son/daughter took 5,000 shots over the summer..."

Yes, but if the first 10 shots were not done properly (off the wrong foot, hands close to body etc), the next 4,990 will be the same.

[Jarick 5]

Can you get a video of your shooting and post it?