Hockey players and golf
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Jim Kobylinski
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Because their slapshot is almost a carbon copy of a golf dowswing (when done correctly), just at a different plane.
Little story
Back when i played hockey as a teenager i might have weighed all of 160lbs at roughly 5'9" but boy did i have a slapshot that was top 5 in the league. Nobody could figure out how someone so little could hit a puck so freakn' hard.
Well as i got more knowledgable about the golf swing i figured out why:
my forearm ended up on plane with the stick, i hit DOWN on the puck, and used a whole lot of drive loading with a bunch of trigger delay. I also had one of the biggest "wind ups" in the league.
Sad part of this story was i played hockey lefty
. I can only imagine how much further i'd hit a ball if i played golf lefty
Little story
Back when i played hockey as a teenager i might have weighed all of 160lbs at roughly 5'9" but boy did i have a slapshot that was top 5 in the league. Nobody could figure out how someone so little could hit a puck so freakn' hard.
Well as i got more knowledgable about the golf swing i figured out why:
my forearm ended up on plane with the stick, i hit DOWN on the puck, and used a whole lot of drive loading with a bunch of trigger delay. I also had one of the biggest "wind ups" in the league.
Sad part of this story was i played hockey lefty
. I can only imagine how much further i'd hit a ball if i played golf lefty
cmartingolf
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Lefty too!
Jim, I grew up in the GWN and played hockey all my life. I was a lefty too and have noticed when "decent" golfers are one directional, meaning play many sports in the same direction (golf, batting, hockey) they can bash the living stuffing out of the ball. I was a lefty in batting and hockey but I write with my right hand? Sometimes I think if my Dad would have given me a lefty junior set I would have adapted just fine.
I worked at a course where a bunch of the Maple Leafs played golf. When they took lessons, the thought of forward shaft lean at impact was easy for them. Infact, the beginning golfers, on the Leafs, did amazingly well when we did some split grip drills. They could sure stress the shaft. Go figure!
Jim, I grew up in the GWN and played hockey all my life. I was a lefty too and have noticed when "decent" golfers are one directional, meaning play many sports in the same direction (golf, batting, hockey) they can bash the living stuffing out of the ball. I was a lefty in batting and hockey but I write with my right hand? Sometimes I think if my Dad would have given me a lefty junior set I would have adapted just fine.
I worked at a course where a bunch of the Maple Leafs played golf. When they took lessons, the thought of forward shaft lean at impact was easy for them. Infact, the beginning golfers, on the Leafs, did amazingly well when we did some split grip drills. They could sure stress the shaft. Go figure!
Leftyplayer
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Most of us hockey players golf after the hockey season is done. Its like a cycle for me. Once March comes around I'm ready and pumped for golf, then when October comes around I put the clubs away and get out the skates.
Up here in Canada I grew up playing hockey. When I was young I don't really remember anybody playing golf, it was all hockey. Most of my friends and I played baseball or soccer during summer months. I wish I got into golf when I was younger. Its a great addicting game.
I remember when I first starting swinging a golf club. A friend said I should swing righty. It just felt so unnatural to me cuz I bat left and play hockey left. I felt more comfortable from the left side. The biggest problem I see most hockey players do at first including myself, is to want to swing as hard and as fast as you could. This resulted in some pretty nasty swings and wicked ball flights...lol.
Up here in Canada I grew up playing hockey. When I was young I don't really remember anybody playing golf, it was all hockey. Most of my friends and I played baseball or soccer during summer months. I wish I got into golf when I was younger. Its a great addicting game.
I remember when I first starting swinging a golf club. A friend said I should swing righty. It just felt so unnatural to me cuz I bat left and play hockey left. I felt more comfortable from the left side. The biggest problem I see most hockey players do at first including myself, is to want to swing as hard and as fast as you could. This resulted in some pretty nasty swings and wicked ball flights...lol.
birdie_man
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What amazed me when visiting my parents was the huge number of left handed clubs stocked in Canadian golf stores. Most stores I was in were about 60/40 or 70/30 rt to lt handed clubs... Golfers Only was nearly 50/50. Here in Australia you would be lucky to find 10-20% of the stock being left handed. Must have something to do with the large number of right handers who use a left handed hockey stick .
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