(Hard Question)-If your smaller in hockey do you hit better or if your taller? I know the answer! do you?

Answer 1

no. The force of a check really depends on strentgh, balance, and speed. The faster you hit , the more effect it will have on a player. a person could be small and strong and check very hard. like martin st louis

Answer 2

All you have to do is look at the players in an NHL game to find out the answer. You will see very few tall, thin guys. A low center of gravity is crucial. Now, Players have gotten alot bigger over the past 10 years, just as in all sports. But traditionally the ideal hockey player was maybe an inch or two under average height, with a muscular, solid build. Muscle mass is crucial, since you need strong legs to attain maximum speed. It's physics: massXspeed=momentum. I'd say today in the NHL, and ideal size would be about 6'-1" and 220 lbs.
p.s. The greatest player ever--Gretzky, was an exception, of course, at 6-1 and only 170. But hey: he was a magician, and plus, his coaches always had him surrounded by goons to protect him.

Answer 3

It all depends on the situation and also if you consider hitting better to be harder or just effective. If you are referring to better hitters then usually the smaller, quicker players get in many more effective hits...just a quick bump will get a guy off the puck if it is well timed. Open ice hitting is usually better accomplished by smaller guys as they are able to avoid hits in space and are quick enough to deliver. Along the boards the bigger, stronger guys can leverage a hit far better than the small guy...nothing like a shoulder introducing your head to the glass, not to mention getting your own ribs crushed into the board/glass divider.
And the most important factor in being a good hitter has nothing to do with size...it is the size of the players heart. Either you have the passion to hit or you dont and size has nothing to do with that.

Answer 4

smaller, because your center of gravity is lower to the ice than a taller player. also when a smaller/ shorter player hits a taller player they are taking them out closer to the taller players center of gravity making them more unstable. this is why football players on the line of scrimmage squat down close to the ground.

Answer 5

Smaller because i have someone 4 feet tall on my 13-14 year old bantam team and he takes out everyone

Answer 6

Smaller because you have a low center of gravity, so its harder to knock you off balance

Answer 7

It depends how you use your center of gravity as a bigger player. If you are big and can use COG well then you are a better hitter.

Answer 8

seems like youd b able to hit it harder if you were taller but more accurately if you were shorter. so define better.

Answer 9

smaller?

Answer 10

No, it doesn't depends on height at all.