Snapshooting with the PM9?

[jazzykat]

The PM9 is basically also the same as the Easton E4.

I am actually interested in 2 types of shots:
1. The old style snapshot (just flex the stick and snap it off): https://youtu.be/lsxYCuu-DUY?t=4m12s
2. The pull wrist shot (toe drag into a wrister): https://youtu.be/tewtEiTvHAo

I reallly like the curve and am able to perform a lackluster version of #1 (I can consistently get off a quick shot) but a consistent and worthwhile #2 is elusive (they are slow and much weaker than my snapshots).

Obviously, I could get a toe curve but that leaves me open to all sorts of squirrely variations on passing long distances.

The reason I'm asking is that I seem to get the best overall performance out of the discontinued Easton E5 (Iginla curve) but have a lot of experience with both the P88 and PM9 but can't really decide between the 2 of them. Your opinion/experiences can help me decide.

And a little about me: I'm RH, Right Defensemen that plays in a semi-competitive adult league. Thanks! Oh, and I can put a slapshot over the net (or keep it down like a good boy) from the blue line with either curve so beginner concerns that are usually solved by correct form are not my concern anymore.

 

[Nvxs07]

Hey! Maybe I can give some advice. So I just got a prostock warrior with this curve and I had the hardest time adjusting with this curve since I'm used to p92. But I learned that If you keep the blade close while keeping the puck in the middle of the blade. Your snapshots will look deadly.

 

[jazzykat]

Hey! Maybe I can give some advice. So I just got a prostock warrior with this curve and I had the hardest time adjusting with this curve since I'm used to p92. But I learned that If you keep the blade close while keeping the puck in the middle of the blade. Your snapshots will look deadly.

Right on!

I took out one of my PM9 equivalents to stick and puck last night and did sort of PM9 vs. P88 and the PM9 won hands down. Stick handling, backhands, and accuracy were better with the PM9. I lost a little velocity on the slapshot but my snapper was equivalent, and I could go high/low on a slapshot just by changing my hand position a little (holding the stick a little lower with my bottom hand helps me really open up with my follow through and go high from the blue line).

End result. After playing with both curves for a season PM9 has won and I bought a clearance MX3 for 135.

 

[Nvxs07]

Right on!

I took out one of my PM9 equivalents to stick and puck last night and did sort of PM9 vs. P88 and the PM9 won hands down. Stick handling, backhands, and accuracy were better with the PM9. I lost a little velocity on the slapshot but my snapper was equivalent, and I could go high/low on a slapshot just by changing my hand position a little (holding the stick a little lower with my bottom hand helps me really open up with my follow through and go high from the blue line).

End result. After playing with both curves for a season PM9 has won and I bought a clearance MX3 for 135.

Good stuff! Glad you were able to adjust. Me...
Not so much ahha. I still like mid/toe curves. But I'm going to keep trying. My shot is accurate with it. But it's hard cause I try to get my shot off quick

 

[jazzykat]

Good stuff! Glad you were able to adjust. Me...
Not so much ahha. I still like mid/toe curves. But I'm going to keep trying. My shot is accurate with it. But it's hard cause I try to get my shot off quick

Shoot like this: https://youtu.be/lsxYCuu-DUY?t=4m12s

It's just stick handle, push a little ahead, push blade into the ice, close, release/open!

I may not be at your level but my release is quick(for my level), however my shots flutter quite a bit.

 

[StLHokie]

I switched to a PM9 about 6 months ago and love it. As for your question, I notice that if you shoot off the toe of the stick, you have a lot more success with the wristshot. Most sticks nowadays are not being made to shoot heel to toe wristshots like many of us were taught. Start with the puck on the toe of the stick, flex and your shot will fly. The release is much quicker, and once you get the hang of it, your shot will be just as powerful and accurate.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

I hate the PM9 because I almost only shoot off the toe. I'm a forward, and I use big toe curves: P08, P28, pro stock Hossa and pro stock Elias Lindholm.

The only way I can get a decent shot with a PM9 is by doing the old fashioned wrist shot, heel to toe. The windup is too long and it takes too much effort compared to the quick snap off the toe.

The P88 is just fine, I can shoot off the toe with that one.

 

[Cams]

The PM9 and 88 are 2 I have never used, don't like that look of it. For the longest time I was using the Stall curve (P91A???), which, going way back to the aluminum shaft/wooden blade sticks, was a Verbeek pattern! I switched the P92 (Backstrom) and loved it. I also made slight changes to my posture, so that is a part of it too. Last year I tried a brand new carbon shaft/blade with the P91A for the first time in a while....my god! I just couldn't do it. My shots are so uncontrollable (it's a big design difference in these 2 patterns!). It was like using a sand wedge! Funny, because before....I could do anything with the flat heel curve (pass, shoot, take passes, etc.). Maybe I'm just getting old too!