This is a post by Jeremy Rupke who has his own hockey tips blog. You can visit his page if you want to buy the Green Biscuit and you can also read his full Green Biscuit Review (and see the cool pictures and videos!)
This is a review of the Green Biscuit training puck. The GB is designed to slide smoothly without flipping over, just like a regular hockey puck does on the ice. The problem with most off ice pucks is they do not slide smoothly, most off ice pucks will flip over due to vibrations and friction.
Design
The unique design of the Green Biscuit reduces vibration which helps stop the puck from flipping over when sliding, and during stickhandling. The next issue that needed to be addressed was friction that would reduce the distant a puck can slide. The GB uses a special type of plastic, and also a unique design to reduce contact points, allowing it to slide much further than most off ice pucks.
Size and Weight
The biscuit is made to be the exact same size as a regular hockey puck, however it is not the exact weight of a hockey puck. Hockey pucks weigh between 5.5 oz and 6 oz but the Green Biscuit only weighs 4.4 oz. The reason that it was made light is because of friction. The added friction of rough surfaces makes off ice pucks feel heavier, so in order to closely match the feel of stickhandling on ice the GB was made a bit lighter
Stickhandling
We took the Green Biscuit out to an outdoor hockey rink and tested a lot of different moves. We did normal stickhandling, quick dekes, toe drags and some fancy moves as well, we were able to perform all of these moves just as we would on the ice with a normal puck
Passing
We tested quick passes, hard passes, one touch passes, backhand passes, and even saucer passes! We were really impressed with how the GB held up, you can see our Green Biscuit video to see what I am talking about
Overall Thoughts We were really impressed with the Green Biscuit. We loved how easily (and how far) it slid on the pavement and really loved stickhandling and passing. The great thing is that we were able to perform all of the dekes and passes that we normal do with a puck on the ice, off the ice.
This is a review of the Green Biscuit training puck. The GB is designed to slide smoothly without flipping over, just like a regular hockey puck does on the ice. The problem with most off ice pucks is they do not slide smoothly, most off ice pucks will flip over due to vibrations and friction.
Design
The unique design of the Green Biscuit reduces vibration which helps stop the puck from flipping over when sliding, and during stickhandling. The next issue that needed to be addressed was friction that would reduce the distant a puck can slide. The GB uses a special type of plastic, and also a unique design to reduce contact points, allowing it to slide much further than most off ice pucks.
Size and Weight
The biscuit is made to be the exact same size as a regular hockey puck, however it is not the exact weight of a hockey puck. Hockey pucks weigh between 5.5 oz and 6 oz but the Green Biscuit only weighs 4.4 oz. The reason that it was made light is because of friction. The added friction of rough surfaces makes off ice pucks feel heavier, so in order to closely match the feel of stickhandling on ice the GB was made a bit lighter
Stickhandling
We took the Green Biscuit out to an outdoor hockey rink and tested a lot of different moves. We did normal stickhandling, quick dekes, toe drags and some fancy moves as well, we were able to perform all of these moves just as we would on the ice with a normal puck
Passing
We tested quick passes, hard passes, one touch passes, backhand passes, and even saucer passes! We were really impressed with how the GB held up, you can see our Green Biscuit video to see what I am talking about
Overall Thoughts We were really impressed with the Green Biscuit. We loved how easily (and how far) it slid on the pavement and really loved stickhandling and passing. The great thing is that we were able to perform all of the dekes and passes that we normal do with a puck on the ice, off the ice.
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