How hard can you (or your kid) shoot the puck

[DannyGallivan]

Because of COVID, I bought my boy a radar device to track the velocity of his shots as he practices on the driveway. One thing I noticed is that we all probably shoot the puck a lot slower than we originally thought.

The radar is consistent, so I can only presume that it is somewhat accurate. My top wrist shot speed (now, understand that I'm a broken down middle aged man) is in the top 40's mph. My top snap shot (with two bad knees I don't have a lot of stability so I don't do a full slap shot) was 53 mph from a standing position.

My son, who is eight years old, shoots a 25 - 36 mph wrist shot and a 48-51 mph slap shot (he hit 51 once, when he rang it off the post).

So, have any of you tried to "radar" your shots, and how hard does a typical eight year old actually shoot the puck?

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[Filthy Dangles]

Never recorded it but I have a pretty decent wrister/snap shot. I'd guess in the 70-75 MPH range if i can take it in stride.

As for your kid, working on his release is more important than his velocity.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Because of COVID, I bought my boy a radar device to track the velocity of his shots as he practices on the driveway. One thing I noticed is that we all probably shoot the puck a lot slower than we originally thought.

The radar is consistent, so I can only presume that it is somewhat accurate. My top wrist shot speed (now, understand that I'm a broken down middle aged man) is in the top 40's mph. My top snap shot (with two bad knees I don't have a lot of stability so I don't do a full slap shot) was 53 mph from a standing position.

My son, who is eight years old, shoots a 25 - 36 mph wrist shot and a 48-51 mph slap shot (he hit 51 once, when he rang it off the post).

So, have any of you tried to "radar" your shots, and how hard does a typical eight year old actually shoot the puck?

Your 8 year old shoots the puck just as hard as you?

 

[DannyGallivan]

Your 8 year old shoots the puck just as hard as you?

Ha, ha. Yeah... his slapper is almost as hard as my snap shot. To be fair, most of his slap shots are in the mid 30's to low 40's. He hit 48 a few times and 51 once. It could be a quirk of the machine, though, as it sometimes clocks the speed of the stick moving.

 

[Ozz]

The only time I ever shot with a radar was at the Winter Classic a few years ago where I hit a 70-something snapshot against the goalie they had to face fans. My full slapshot SUCKS for some reason; I can only really get off good half-slappers though I still doubt they're better than my snap.

 

[Pez68]

Hit 81 on my wrist/snap shot. Most are in the 65-75 range though.

85 on my slap shot.

Almost never take slap shots.

My son who is 13 hit 67 on his slap shot. Wrist/snap shots are consistently in the mid to high 50s.

 

[Slats432]

Although recently retired, my kid at 17 shot 81.6 MPH with a snapshot in Rapidshot. His slapshot was measured in academy at over 95 MPH.

 

[puckpilot]

I'm middle aged. On average my wrist/snapshots are around 57mph. Though, when I'm using a super whippy stick, I can get the shots into the 65-70 range. Slapshots are very meh, about as hard as my wrist/snapshots with the really whippy stick, between 65-70.

My nephew at 9 was clocked at 45 mph with his wrist shot. I was told that his result was one of best on his AAA team. Surprising considering he's always been a head shorter than the rest of the kids.

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

I clocked my shot a long time ago, I could hit 65-70 mph with a slap shot when I was 16.

I grew 3-4 inches and put on around 50-60 lbs since, so I think I may be able to hit a 80 mph slap shot if I resumed training again (no hockey for over a year due to COVID).

 

[HansonBro]

I cant say for my shot anymore. I think at the hhof it was 74, and I was 12 or 13.

What I can say, is that my slapper has always felt better with a wood stick. Anyone else feel the same?

 

[Hockydad2468]

My 7 1/2 year old has been practicing for a few years now. He’s 65 lbs 4’5”his Wristshot is 35-40mph his Slapshot 40-45mph with a cut down 30 flex Bauer Vapor flylite stick prob now a 36 flex.

 

[ted2019]

I've never had my shot recorded. but when I use to warm up our goalie, him and my teammates use to call me Mark Howe for my wrister/snap shot ( good 33 years ago). My slapper was deadly, but never use it much ( afraid of hurting someone with it). I also just used a plain ol' wooden stick.

 

[Perennial]

I'd be disappointed if I couldn't hit 90 mph...

 

[Cams]

I'd love to find out and get on a radar gun, especially on the ice, as I think the readings would be different.

 

[Marotte Marauder]

You can tell how hard a shot is by the thud they make when they usually hit the boards.

Release and accuracy trump MPH every time. But fun to play with the radar test.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I have an absolute muffin. It's the part of my game I wish I could improve, because I'm decently good at getting open but rarely beat the goalie with a clean shot. I've learned to just put it low off the pads most of the time, because I'm more likely to generate a goal on the rebound.

 

[JMCx4]

If I was still playing, they'd need to add a "WHIFF" reading on the speed gun. That's why I gravitated to playing in goal - and my teammates didn't allow me to stray from my crease.

 

[EdJovanovski]

75MPH
My dad got 38 lol, my uncle got 70 once. But most his shots were in the 50’s, but I consistently got in the low 70’s.

 

[SUX2BU]

Growing up, 60-70

Today, you can time mine with a calendar .......

 

[biturbo19]

I'd actually be super curious to find out. However embarrassingly slow it is.

All i know, is that i've had more than one "beer league" sort of goalie describe me as "The Shooter". Which is weird. And my accuracy is tremendously scattershot. But my wristshot and off foot wristshot especially has some velocity to it when i get it off right, and it heads in the right direction. My slapshot is honestly probably weaker than that.

I think a lot of it comes down to just using a very long stick for my height. For obvious other reasons. And i've just gotten used to it. And can sort of leverage it with wrist shots. It's not a lightning release, but that's all i've got to offer man.