On 4/26/2017 at 0:25 AM, Jamarquan said:
I just can't find a comfortable way to shoot from the toe, which I sometimes do. Shooting heel to toe is fine. The rocker is good and I like the lower lie. I've tried the P45, but these types of curves are harder to find (P12 is gone except custom,P38 is rare.)
EDIT: getting lift on shots also sucks.
3 hours ago, start_today said:
If you can't get the puck off the ice with a pm9, you need practice shooting, not buynew blades.
I think I get what he is saying, as Jamarquansounds like his experience with blades/ shooting/ and general play, is mightily similar to mine. Speaking from my own experience, on wristshots (which I mostly use) I can snipe top corner with P28 pretty easily. With P88, I can shoot middle of the net, above the pads, pretty easily. With PM9, sure, I can lift the puck, but it is like my aiming "scope" only allows me to aim at a level, I cannot really aim left or right too well once I get the puck into whatever level I wanna shoot at (middle of the net, top of the net, etc.). The PM9just does not allow me to wrap up the puck (as P28/88 does)so that I can aim it properly.
I can see that if I shot snap shots, and shot them well, that I could aim ok maybe with a PM9type of blade. Just does not fit the muscle memory of the 100,000 shots that I have taken in 30 years (mostly wrist shots, as that was what we took in street hockey mostly when I played as a kid since no one wore gear and you did not wanna clip a guy in the head when raising the stick for a windup or follow through). I am pretty sure that when I was a kid, I was using a P88 equivalent that was just a little bit more closed, which is why in my quest for a perfect blade, I have tended to try to find this (and mostly just use P88). I got turned on to the P28 when shooting in HM, on dry land, and was amazed at how easy it was to pick corners. The first time I tried it, I said, "Meh, this is easy on dry land sure, but on ice I am sure it will not work for me." So, I borrowed a P28 at the rink, and same success, when skating and shooting in non-game scenarios. So I bought one, and tried in live games. Once serious game action started though, my initial thought (this will not work for me due to rocker and open toe) was pretty much correct, so it is back to the P88.
