Passing power

I use the turco grip, and can shoot the puck pretty well. On roller I can shoot from my net -> other net, on ice I can go from my net-> other boards -> face off dots on a rebound. The key is not to grip the stick so tight. Just let it slide off the stick like a whip.

This is the hand position I was talking about with regards to how i hold my stick for puck handling

Originally Posted by Scottish

This is the hand position I was talking about with regards to how i hold my stick for puck handling

How do you bring the puck back on your back hand like that? Is all the power coming from your blocker hand and your glove is just guiding the stick?

I use my glove as the pusher, my way is all wrong I know, but until i get some one on one time with somone to go through the correct way for me then this is kinda of what I do.

It works for me, although i have to be spot on to get any power, backhand is usually not an option for me, but i have enough power to push it 10'-20' if I need to.

Treid the Turco grip today. What a freakin difference! The 1st time i tried it i immediately had more power behind my shot. I was having a hard time remembering where to put my hands when i can out to play the puck during the game. Ill sort that out with some practice. Im so glad i saw this thread.
Thanks

One thing I've rarely seen mentioned, but which I've found makes a big difference, is the positioning of the top hand.

(Aside: I've tried writing the following a number of different ways, but there's just no avoiding the obvious. Go ahead and get it out of your system.)

If I grip the shaft of the stick, just under the knob, I find I have no power at all. I can't lift the puck or get any kind of a hard shot. However, if I hold my stick with the knob in the palm of my hand, I have way more power and can lift the puck easily.

This shouldn't be a big surprise, as this is how skaters are taught to play with their sticks.

The knob of my stick isn't all that large, but it fits in my palm nicely. I see some other keepers out there with giant knobs, and sometimes I wonder if it isn't more of a hindrance to their shot, more for show than is necessarily practical.

Penis.

nice save temple

To be honest, I wouldn't recommend putting the knob right in your palm. For one, often the "bigger" knobs are because 1/2" is what's "legal," so that's what I always tended to go with. The knob's first and foremost function is to allow you to keep hold of the stick in a poke check. Therefore, make sure you have a big enough knob that allows you to adequately do so. (It's akin to my beef with goalies who demand the biggest curve so they can "get the puck off the ice." Yeah, well if you're letting in five hole goals with that massive curve, you aren't performing the primary task of your position, are you?) I always know my hand is in the right position because I can feel the knob hit the outside of the pinky-side of my palm. You can see it in the picture in my first post of this thread.

Second, I find it somewhat odd that you get more power this way. One thing I'm thinking is that you're getting more power this way because you're able to get better rotation of the stick this way. You aren't getting adequate rotation of your stick because of your wrist positioning. However, I find that having my hand just below the knob gives it the best leverage for getting the most power and, more importantly, accuracy. I wouldn't feel like I'd be able to get an accurate pass if I tried holding the knob in my palm.

You're largely right that as a player the end of the knob ends at just about under the palm, but that's because skaters need that rotation of the stick for puckhandling and deking, and they are allowed a much, much smaller knob to do so.

Anyway, whatever works best for you is certainly what you should go with. But at the same time there is often a "right" way and a "not so right" way, and sometimes the "right" way takes a little work, but it's well worth it for the benefits you won't/can't get with the "not so right" way.