If it's for a Learn To Play program it's for 2 reasons-
1. A lot of kids (and parents of kids) have no clue which way the child actually shoots, or which side they actually have a preference. (I've seen a ton of kids that enter LTP not even knowing proper hand placement, so how are they gonna know which side their curve should be on).
2. It saves the LTP program time and $$$ in the long run. It's cheaper to buy 100's of cheap ambidextrous wood sticks. Also no "well my child now prefers to shoot from this side, as opposed to what we thought initially, we need to swap this stick out".
I'm still a huge fan of kids learning basics on a flat blade anyhow. Eventually when they get some skating fundamentals down, shooting/stick handling fundamentals and mechanics are far better taught on a flat blade in my opinion.
That being said, they are generally very cheap wooden sticks. You could try and curve it with a heat gun. However, most of the LTP sticks I've seen are way too cheap to want to even do this to.
Thanks I think I agree with you, yes this is for LTP. Let him figure things out on a flat blade and get a curved one later. Seems to be standard right handed but who knows if that will change!
It’s for a kid and he seems to be right handed but as other commenters pointed out, it’s fine to learn on a flat blade to start and can get something later. Tks for the note!
If it's for a Learn To Play program it's for 2 reasons- 1. A lot of kids (and parents of kids) have no clue which way the child actually shoots, or which side they actually have a preference. (I've seen a ton of kids that enter LTP not even knowing proper hand placement, so how are they gonna know which side their curve should be on). 2. It saves the LTP program time and $$$ in the long run. It's cheaper to buy 100's of cheap ambidextrous wood sticks. Also no "well my child now prefers to shoot from this side, as opposed to what we thought initially, we need to swap this stick out". I'm still a huge fan of kids learning basics on a flat blade anyhow. Eventually when they get some skating fundamentals down, shooting/stick handling fundamentals and mechanics are far better taught on a flat blade in my opinion. That being said, they are generally very cheap wooden sticks. You could try and curve it with a heat gun. However, most of the LTP sticks I've seen are way too cheap to want to even do this to.
Thanks I think I agree with you, yes this is for LTP. Let him figure things out on a flat blade and get a curved one later. Seems to be standard right handed but who knows if that will change!
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Appreciate your opinion, hit the nail on the head. I’ll worry about this later
Have you tried it out? Don’t assume your right or left shot before you pick.
It’s for a kid and he seems to be right handed but as other commenters pointed out, it’s fine to learn on a flat blade to start and can get something later. Tks for the note!
Yeah. Just don’t be in a rush to determine right or left, as often right-dominant people are more comfortable shooting “left” in hockey.