> Pam Sweeny's post stated that recent UofM recruit Dave Sphear
> "shoots right-handed" made it sound like that was something unique, which
> made me wonder (since I have a 3-year old just starting hockey).............
>
> When you learned (or teach youngsters) how to hold a stick and shoot a
> forehand shot, is it with the left hand down on the stick and the right
> hand up at the top (ie, "left-handed") or vice versa ("right-handed")?
>
> Which way do the majority of hockey players shoot, or is there a preference?
>
> If you are a "right-handed" person (ie, write, bat, throw, golf) right-handed
> and you play hockey, do you usually hold a hockey stick and shoot that way?
>
I write, golf, bat, fish, and shoot a gun right-handed but play hockey
left-handed.
I figure I'm left-handed because that is the way my older brother's sticks were
curved when I first picked one up an shot pucks at the garage in the back
yard.
I'd buy my 3-year old a floor hockey stick (you can bend the blade in your
hands - but keep it straight at first) and let him shoot a puck around the
basement for a while and see which way he prefers.  You don't want to buy a
$20+ hockey stick, chop it down to crumbcrusher size and find out your kid
shoots the other way.  Makes for a good tomato plant stake though.
 
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