Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: backhand

  • Never Shoot Like This…

    Wait… So I’m NOT supposed to shoot like Alex Ovechkin, Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby and many other top scoring NHL forwards? That’s what I was told many times growing up and still hear today. I wanted to publish this article and video to help debunk this myth. The fact is there are many ways to…

  • Simple Tips to Improve Your Shooting at Home

    I have been working with HockeyShot.com lately to produce a series of hockey training videos. The videos come in two parts, how to perform a certain skill, and another video on how to improve that skill at home. The on-ice videos are on my Youtube channel and the off-ice videos are on the Hockey Shot…

  • The Four Basic Shots of Hockey

    The Four Basic Shots of Hockey

    The four basic shots of hockey By Bob Cunningham Oct 31, 2001, 15:44 ©BBS Most National Hockey League players use one or more of the four basic shots in hockey—the slapshot, the backhand, the wrist shot and the snap shot—effectively and consistently. But the big names of the game—Gretzky, Lemieux, Hull, Bure—do all of them…