El Nino 22
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I am right handed and shoot left. The only time I tried to flex a stick right handed I snapped it. Imagine how hard I would shoot if i shot right. I would have stone hands though.
Why Do Most Canadians Shoot Lefty?
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Well in America you don't want your kid to be a lefty communist so you get him a right handed stick. The opposite holds true in Canada 
The blade on my left handed stick curves to the right?
The blade on my left handed stick curves to the right?
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El Nino 22
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Yeah I don't know why so many Americans naturally pick up a stick and play right handed from birth. I didn't play hockey till I was 8 or 9 so I had already played baseball quite a bit. I bat right. When I went to get a new stick I naturally felt better with a lefty. Anyways, right handed players should shoot left.
EDIT: I write left handed but my right arm is stronger so I don't know what that makes me but my stronger hand is on top.
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Slashing is my strength so the bottom dominant hand thing might be true for me. Stickhandling and shooting are weaknesses. Tripping and hooking are okay.
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Oh its incredibly awkward, and is why I'm so terrible at baseball. For some reason, my body wants to both catch and throw left. I have tried to force one of them onto the right, but it never sticks.
Jtown
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ive always shot right handed but upon learning about the better stickhandling being opposite i tried it out. Felt so weird. Imagine how much better canada could be if they held the stick properly. my god.
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I had no idea people played with their dominant hand NOT at the bottom of the stick whenever you hold it to me it also relates to how you shift your weight on and off the stick and it just seems like it would be really weird to do that on your offside
The WJC Russian team that played Team Canada today only had two right handed players in the entire team
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If you want to talk about "theory" on left vs right, it actually should be dominant hand at the top if you had to pick.
So really, it should be moreso, "Why Do Most Americans Shoot Righty?"
So really, it should be moreso, "Why Do Most Americans Shoot Righty?"
Hyack57
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Me too except I consider myself a right handed batter but I can switch hit.
HabsInsideOut
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I'm in awe how many people use their dominant hand on top. I was always considered myself a decent player, but would otherwise be worthless with my left hand on the bottom. Didn't know righties shooting right was that rare
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My dominant hand, right, is always on top.
I shoot left for hockey, left for golf, and swing left in Baseball
I shoot left for hockey, left for golf, and swing left in Baseball
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I can do both, but for preference I shoot right handed because it feels more comfortable to me and I feel like I can get more on my shot. However, whenever I use a left handed stick I feel that it is easier to puck handle.
I have more of a quicker snap when I use a left handed stick, and I maneuver a lot more better with the puck and stick but the accuracy just isn't there. It's easier for me to stick handle with my right hand on the butt and my left hand on the bottom but I dunno, quicker snap but no accuracy like I said.
I also switch hit when I played baseball.
I wouldn't be screwed over though if I break sticks and was forced to use a dif stick I play roller hockey and have a right handed stick as my primary and a backup right hander and another left hander. Usually my friends like me using the left hander so I can just rip them off when they pass to me (they use the right hander, I noticed that a lot of Americans use right handed sticks) so I believe there is some truth to most Canadians shooting lefty
I have more of a quicker snap when I use a left handed stick, and I maneuver a lot more better with the puck and stick but the accuracy just isn't there. It's easier for me to stick handle with my right hand on the butt and my left hand on the bottom but I dunno, quicker snap but no accuracy like I said.
I also switch hit when I played baseball.
I wouldn't be screwed over though if I break sticks and was forced to use a dif stick
I play roller hockey and have a right handed stick as my primary and a backup right hander and another left hander. Usually my friends like me using the left hander so I can just rip them off when they pass to me (they use the right hander, I noticed that a lot of Americans use right handed sticks) so I believe there is some truth to most Canadians shooting lefty
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I grew up with right handed equipment hand me downs so I shoot left, throw right (left hand baseball glove). Worked out for hockey since I'm left handed but it feels so unnatural throwing with my left even though the arm feels way stronger. I feel pretty good with both hands for basketball.
it definitely feels more beneficial to have the dominant hand at the top.
it definitely feels more beneficial to have the dominant hand at the top.
That's a good point about shifting your weight. Dominant hand on the bottom means the weight shift is the same as when throwing a ball, which I assume most of us did before picking up a hockey stick. I could definitely see dominant hand on bottom being the more immediately natural choice when picking up a stick for the first time and trying to shoot. As mentioned previously though, if you're learning to skate and they give you a stick (without a puck to shoot), you'd probably end up holding it in your dominant hold only (at the top).
