carpet puck

[cause4alarm 7]

Are there any practice pucks that work well on carpet (low pile, I'm guessing)?

[ParabolicActivity 48]

I find super old pucks are not bad.

[bvictor 0]

I just picked up a training ball that is the same weight as a puck.  Seems to work pretty well so far.  Unfortunately, can't remember the brand name, just picked it up from the pro shop.

[cause4alarm 7]

On 2/26/2020 at 9:35 AM, bvictor said:

I just picked up a training ball that is the same weight as a puck.  Seems to work pretty well so far.  Unfortunately, can't remember the brand name, just picked it up from the pro shop.

I'm trying to work on things like backhand toe drags. Balls won't accurately capture that feel, will they?

[bvictor 0]

14 hours ago, cause4alarm said:

I'm trying to work on things like backhand toe drags. Balls won't accurately capture that feel, will they?

Probably not?  I'm pretty new to the game so any stickhandling practice is good for me.

[ParabolicActivity 48]

As a coach, I hate stuff like a backhand toe drag. It's such a low percentage play that if you're playing a competitive game just chip it in and go get it. Even if you're 1 on 1 with the goaler or a dman, there are so many smarter plays you could make. 

If you're playing beer league or drop in, dangle til some breaks your stick bud!

 

[BenBreeg 497]

True enough from a game situation, but working on any kind of moves improves overall puckhandling.

[shooter27 122]

2 hours ago, ParabolicActivity said:

As a coach, I hate stuff like a backhand toe drag. It's such a low percentage play that if you're playing a competitive game just chip it in and go get it. Even if you're 1 on 1 with the goaler or a dman, there are so many smarter plays you could make. 

If you're playing beer league or drop in, dangle til some breaks your stick bud!

 

+1 for the use of “goaler”

[cause4alarm 7]

While we're sort of on the topic of backhand toe drags, no goal but this was a nice inside-outside move from yesterday (Kevin Hayes).