Hockey : Wrist Shot fundamentals
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The Wrist Shot
Many players overlook the wrist shot. You grow up practicing in your back yard, raising your hands when you actually raise the puck over the net for the first time. Then you put in on the back burner as you slice at the puck in your first attempts at a slapshot. But the wrist shot is your bread and butter, especially as a forward. You can catch the goalie off guard with a quick release and also hide the angle of your shot.
Players take this shot for granted but a few minor tweaks can add 5 to 10 mph to your top end speed. I created a Youtube video that highlights specific things (one of them I didn’t consciously realize until I was out of the game):
Drive Forward to your Target off the Back Foot: This isn’t basketball where you can have a fade away shot totally off balance. You need to push/drive yourself off the backfoot toward the net at the start of the shot.
Really create a torque by rotating your midsection: In golf, baseball, tennis, boxing, hockey, and many other sports the speed of the punch, ball, puck is largely based on how much torque you can create through the midsection/core of your body. The stronger your core muscles are the more balance and power you create.
Applying a lot of pressure to your Bottom Hand: This is the one that I didn’t realize was so important until catching Kovalev or maybe Kovalchuck mention it briefly in a mid-game interview. The more pressure you put on that bottom hand the more work your stick does by flexing and snapping through on release. You’re paying 200 a dollars for it so it might as well help you shoot faster. Shoot like you mean it. This is why, when you see a picture of a player releasing a wrist shot that he/she has that gritted teeth expression on their face. They’re putting everything they have into that bottom hand pressure.
Open your Front Foot: I have never seen a young player shoot a slapshot without opening their front foot to allow their hips to clear through. But many young players will keep that foot closed when shoot a wrist shot. This doesn’t allow you to fully employ the midsection torque noted above.
Snap your Bottom Hand at Release Point: Near the front feet at your release point you want to be snapping the bottom hand over.
Point Your Toe to the Target: For accuracy purpose you want to point the toe at the target. This should be stressed on low shots. Players that shoot high are already following through toward the top areas of the net. But when you tell them to shoot low they take 20% off the shot and baby it in there. The follow through is still high. You need to have the exact same motion, grit, and speed on the shot, only with a low follow through.
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Wait so that ice is …
Wait so that ice is fake?
sick synthetic ice
sick synthetic ice
@owenboen67 Yeah …
@owenboen67 Yeah shooting off the wrong foot is a great way to disguise your shoot. But I believe you need to learn the basics first. If you can’t transfer your weight and put power behind a shot this way then you have no chance shooting in stride. When you shoot in stride it is a completely different motion as you have to be over your stick more and put a lot of weight on your lower hand to create that flex. Unfortunately I don’t have access to this ice anymore to make the video
@Hopkins12Bretzki3 …
@Hopkins12Bretzki3 not really. it’s about 80% glide and if you don’t have the right amount of silicone spray then you’re not going anywhere.
@guitarandhockey …
@guitarandhockey Sorry that I didn’t get back to you. In my opinion keeping your head up to see where you are shooting is over rated. Goalies are so good that they can read your eyes. Great goal scorers will look a goalie off with a pass and just shoot. Of course you need to keep your head up on the ice or you will get absolutely buried but more importantly is how quickly you release the shot. I have a new shooter tutor that I created based on where you are shooting from in the offensive zone.
What about keeping …
What about keeping your head up to see you’re target?
SPORTS ARE FOR ALL …
SPORTS ARE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN
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I think you should …
I think you should break down how to shoot it in stride cause thats a very limiting example of how to shoot a wrister
does it the …
does it the synthetic ice have the same feel as real ice?
@chasefilming …
@chasefilming Gretzky must have failed pretty hard then…
@bhattmagandhi
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@bhattmagandhi
It’s made by Kwik Ice out of Minnesota
@bhattmagandhi
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@bhattmagandhi
You can buy it at KwickIce. Youtube doesn’t allow me to write the .com address but google that and it will come up.
@Score100goals
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@Score100goals
where can you buy that synthetic ice?
@Score100goals k …
@Score100goals k thanks
dude chill it
dude chill it
thanks man my wrist …
thanks man my wrist shot is way better know
You shouldn’t teach …
You shouldn’t teach it facing sideways to the net. It’s more important to be able to take a wrist shot while moving. you usually don’t have time to turn
@Turbolova44 …
@Turbolova44 depending on the size, weight, and strength u got… the stick does matter… with the stiffness and also the blade… some players like to shoot only using the tip… wich requires a deeper curve… and some ppl like starting from the heel of their blades makign the puck slide on it, wich ppl use heel curves…. the stick matters alot more then u think lmao
@kodafan101
It’s …
@kodafan101
It’s synthetic ice made by Kwikrink based out of Minnesota. It is a form of Plexiglass but you spray it with silicone and you can skate on it. There are entire rinks made of this stuff but many people put it in their garage or backyard so they can skate year round.
@Ready2GetSniped101 …
@Ready2GetSniped101
This is Pronger’s NHL pattern. I doesn’t list a flex but it is way too stiff for me. I would guess it’s way above anything that is sold publicly. Maybe 130 or something like that.
the stick doesnt …
the stick doesnt have anything to do with the power. you have you use your body.
What flex is your …
What flex is your stick that you used
Really cool except …
Really cool except for the Ducks logo. GO SHARKS GO !
@waywelive …why …
@waywelive …why are you watching this if you don’t want tips then hotshot
@waywelive wow bro …
@waywelive wow bro you’re a HUGE hater for no reason lmao.