lot of posts there.

sven, in the first sequence you posted, you are doing what the world has dubbed "the benson" move. you will find it much easier to do if you angle your wrist further forward in the first frame until the top face of your stick is contacting the puck, and use that top face to play the puck through the move. as it is, you are using your hook and it's possible for the puck to slide underneath... if your stick has some weird bumps to prevent this then thats good for you but control is better kept on the top face anyway.

hard to follow your pics with the passes so it's hard to tell how you're trying to do it. how far do your passes travel? are you trying to spin the puck or just lift it up?

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