Should I use a right or a left handed stick in ice hockey?

Your top hand is the one that "anchors" and stabilizes your stick as your puck handling, shooting and passing, skills that require excellent coordination and control. Yes, it would seem advantageous to have your strong hand on the bottom so you could use it to generate more shot power. read more

Go to a hockey shop, use a left handed stick to try and stickhandle a ball, then try a right handed stick at stickhandling. One will feel natural to you, the other will feel foreign in your hands. I’m right handed and shoot right handed, my son is right handed and shoots left handed. read more

This isn't the way you hold a hockey stick, but nonetheless the end goal is still accomplished. If you're right hand dominant, most likely your right hand will be at the top of the broom stick and your left hand will be in the middle. Whatever the case, you should most likely hold the hockey stick the same way you hold the broom. read more

In the United States, the vast majority of hockey players put their dominant hand lower on the stick. This means that right-handed players most commonly use right-curved blades. Holding a stick like this is thought to add more power to shots and passes, as the lower hand is responsible for the force of the swing. read more