DIY stick handling practice tool?

[shawn o 0]

Was looking at a couple different ones. One was from Sweet Hands and another from XHockeyProducts.

Got to thinking I might be able to make my own on the cheap.

Anyone done something like this?

Maybe a couple pucks stacked up and bolted together for the vertical bits and an old wood stick or two or something for the long piece?

[RadioGaGa 162]

If you stack 8 piles of 2 pucks and lay an 8' 1x2 along the top without bolting anything together...you've got an even better rig....

1. It can easily be taken apart/stored

2. You have to be extra careful to not knock the whole thing down...it would probably lead to a better/lighter touch on the puck

[dayroc 0]

(from above posters )This is what i do. Why spend all that cash for a gimmick system?

[Machinehead2k5 32]

Why is that kid practicing on a sidewalk is what I want to know...

But yeah, it's easy to make that puck weaving drill.

[flaming_june 2]

I used to tape three pucks on a wood stick to practice everything. I would have one up top, middle and at the bottom. It really helped with wrist and upper arm strength. If you're looking for something to practice modano's small/medium dribbles with, pucks work fine. I also use 4 legged coffee tables for drills. A lot of none dyi items help enough in stickhandling.

[maxamillion 3]

when i was on one leg for a bit, I was stickhandling a golfball through a chair in my kitchen. i just broke a blade in half, so I stuck it one of my older shafts and I use that too to practice. helps.

[biff44 0]

I made one of these out of a 2x4 and two small flat pieces at the ends. You do need to make sure the openings are wide and tall enough for the puck to get thru. The holes in the picture look a little too wide to me though.

I tried a lot of differnt things, most my kid used once or twice an said "thanks dad". I once made a one-timer practice machine out of a cheap baseball pitching machine with golf balls replacing the ping pongs. That was fun, and he used it for a few weeks. The problem with ANY of these devices is that it is not at all like actually stick handling on ice, so it is questionable if it is really that useful.

A golf or field hockey ball, a carpeted floor, a stick, and the legs of a chair are probably all you really need off ice. Also, a 5 lb pail of pucks and a carpet hanging from the ceiling is good for practicing shot accuracy.