KwiK-Hands Stick Handling System
I may be able to add a little to this thread.
While motion can be learned and developed with little or no weight, strength development must have resistance. Believe it or not, the ability to roll your wrists with speed throughout a 60 minute game requires more strength then you may think, especially in the later part of the periods when surface resistance increases.
Proper wrist roll motion is the foundation from which stick handling is built. With some very specific motions, adding weight can cause the motion to be developed and committed to memory faster. This is the case with the KwiK-Hands System.
The system develops motion and strength in a very specific fashion. By working from a heavy to light weight ball, the motion becomes easier to execute and increases in range (more wrist roll).
Committing motion to memory requires reps and lots of them. The younger the player the less reps. For high school age players 15+ they may need up to 30-50,000 reps to commit a motion to memory. If a player must be untrained of bad habits it could take twice as many reps. Its for this reason that many hours are spent developing solid skating skills.
The primary reason a player slows down with the puck is poor stick handling skills. Imagine having a young player develop his stick handling skills before their skating skills. A player must take the time and reps to develop both strength and motion.
Using light weight balls will only aid in motion development if the motion is being doe correctly to begin with. Using a heavy ball with added resistance (matted surface) forces the proper motion to be used because the ball does not roll without it.
In addition to stick handling development. Our 4 pound balls are used for passing development with tremendous success.
This is certainly one of the most overlooked areas of youth through high school (public) hockey today.
We have prep schools, colleges, players and coaches around the country and programs around the world using this system with great success. USA Hockey magazine chose our product as one of their featured products.
Also go to
www.youtube.com and search on kwikhands. You will find videos of several players that used our system.
Good Luck….I could go on for hours on the subject but its time to go back to work.
Ron Gagne
Chief cook and bottle washer
KwiK-Hands,Inc.
506 668 6069