shooting/training with high flex?

[dayroc 0]

Say i'm shooting about 200 pucks a day on my driveway, in runners.

I should:

a) Cut the stick stick accordingly?

If i do this, it would make the stick a stiffer flex. Should i be training shooting with a stiffer flex anyway?

I use a 75-80 flex on ice, but if i train and cut down a spare stick i have, it would make it 85+ flex. Would this be ok? training with a stiffer flex? would it kill my ice game?

Would it make me stronger? Or would i get use to the stiffer flex and totally snap my ice hockey sticks?

I ask because i currently have 2 one95s.

1) 77 senior flex

2) 85 senior flex

Both cut about 4 inches.

I dont ever use the 85 flex anymore (only used it for a few games) until i realized it was to stiff.

IF i cut the 85 flex down to match my height on runners, it would probably be 100flex. If i train with this stick all summer would it help me?

[Chadd 916]

Use the same flex/brand/model you use in a game. A big part of practicing is learning how your stick loads and released and tuning your release to match the stick.

[farhanshak 1]

second what chadd said. I shoot alot of pucks in the backyard too.

One thing I did was get a balance board (roughly as high as I would be with skates on...give or take bit of height...and shooting.

Another thing is if you have some spare wood pieces or bricks lying around, you can set up a small makeshift platform to shoot off of, put the shooting pad beside it on the ground, and that could mimic the height of skates. This is what I was doing before the balance board. put down a few bricks we had lying around in the backyard.

I try not to shoot for the sake of shooting. I set up games and a point system for myself. Like picking corners. I take my time and shoot too. Of course as i get better I shoot more and faster.

Hope this helped. good luck and have fun.

[Hradsky 1]

What I do is get at least two of the same stick, use one for off ice and one for on ice.

What I do with the off-ice is this:

It helps eliminate the difference from being on skates to not on skates. The only thing that sucks is that it's not just a "temp" thing. I need to find a way to make the knob something I can just get on or off in a matter of minutes and not waste a bunch of tape in the process.

This technique makes me stay away from Pro stock sticks, because you can't really stock up on those. Retail is better because it's easier to get the exact same stick for on/off ice training if you know what I mean.

I feel like using the same stick is important, because switching sticks makes you adjust again, which kind of defeats the purpose of off-ice training.

Anyways, I'd try that out if you have two of the same stick, or if you can find a way to get a knob-type thing on your stick to make you hold it lower then that would work great, and tell me how you did it because once my other stick snaps I'm only going to have the one.

[Chadd 916]

Putting your hands lower on the stick will change the load and release of the stick somewhat. You would be better off standing in some cheap inline skates or on top of some pieces of 2x4 to get the correct elevation and lack of traction.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Playing with different stick lengths on the ice, it doesn't really matter how long the stick I use for off ice shooting is

[Chadd 916]

Playing with different stick lengths on the ice, it doesn't really matter how long the stick I use for off ice shooting is

It makes a difference, just like playing with different length/model/brand sticks makes a difference.

[Machinehead2k5 32]

Hradsky, have you ever though about cutting your stick down and making two different end plugs for on and off ice? Alll it would take is a heat gun to get each plug out, 5 mins tops.

[Hradsky 1]

Hradsky, have you ever though about cutting your stick down and making two different end plugs for on and off ice? Alll it would take is a heat gun to get each plug out, 5 mins tops.

Yep I'll probably do that once I'm down to the one stick, while I have two there isn't really a reason to do so though.

[dayroc 0]

Playing with different stick lengths on the ice, it doesn't really matter how long the stick I use for off ice shooting is

I would think it does.

I was using a normal height ice hockey stick for a few months before for shooting on my drive way and when i got on ice it took a while for me to get my shot back.

As one other poster posted, right now i just lower my hands on the stick about 2 inchs (as that photo shows).

i wonder if standing in roller blades and skates are the same height.

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Since most of my sticks are different lengths and I switch up sticks often, I don't have any problems shooting on ice after shooting off ice regardless of the length of the stick I used to shoot off ice.

[lappin27 0]

just use the same stick u use in a game..

[stevelknievel 51]

I agree with chadd to use the same brand /flex / model as far as length just measure how much taller you are on skates and compensate using whatever you have or prefer

[Axxion89 32]

What I play on doing when I go back to school in CT is build kind of like an elevated stand that mimmicks the height of my skates that way I can use the same stick and practice with its flex. Also, roller blades would be a good idea as well if you have them.

[ice365 0]

The best way to practice your shot is with skates on.

Purchase a couple of sheets of synthetic, it has done wonders for my kids shooting.

Me, well not much hope on or off skates. lol

[ndlancer95 0]

What I play on doing when I go back to school in CT is build kind of like an elevated stand that mimmicks the height of my skates that way I can use the same stick and practice with its flex. Also, roller blades would be a good idea as well if you have them.

What school if you dont mind my asking? And we dont have to worry with this, because we get on the ice for free because our coach owns like 3 rinks across the state. Whenever we want to shoot, we just go to the rink and shoot or on one of the smaller rinks they set up outside on synthetic ice

[Axxion89 32]

What school if you dont mind my asking? And we dont have to worry with this, because we get on the ice for free because our coach owns like 3 rinks across the state. Whenever we want to shoot, we just go to the rink and shoot or on one of the smaller rinks they set up outside on synthetic ice

Quinnipiac, I play at Northford when I'm up

And also, make sure you use the same curve stick when you practice because every stick lies on the ice differently as I learned in my game tonight.

[ndlancer95 0]

Quinnipiac, I play at Northford when I'm up

And also, make sure you use the same curve stick when you practice because every stick lies on the ice differently as I learned in my game tonight.

my coach owns Northford. Marty Roos. He also owns Milford Ice Pavilion. And I just use some old strap on riller skates, like the $20 plascit ones. Cheap but works great off ice

[burrn 0]

Just out of curiosity, what's the meaning of shooting on a balance board??

It's like making sure you don't transfer your weight, which I think isn't good at all...