Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: Shooting

  • The 3 Areas of Hockey Dominance

    Improve your Physical Skills, Mental Skills, and Physical Conditioning to Dominate your Opponent! In this post I’m going to discuss what I call the 3 AREAS OF HOCKEY DOMINANCE… now I know that title sounds a little dramatic, but the reality is, if you implement the information I’m about to share with you into your…

  • 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…

  • How to take a Snapshot in Hockey

    As a hockey player there are two shots that you should practice ALL the time until you are a master of both, the wrist shot and the snapshot. The wrist shot will provide you with a very powerful and accurate shot, while the snapshot will give you an accurate shot with a very quick release.…

  • Cycle Give and Go Drill

    Cycle Give and Go Drill The Cycle Give and Go Drill is an awesome way to introduce cycling concepts, and offensive attack patterns. Here’s the diagram: Cycle Give and Go Drill 1. Player from line 1 leaves with the puck and walks up the boards, then cycles back to player from line 2 2. Player…

  • Burkhart 2 on 2 Deflection

    Burkhart 2 on 2 Deflection My good buddy, and assistant coach, Josh Burkhart showed this one to me a couple of years ago. It’s a solid drill that has a pretty quick rotation, so not much standing around once your players pick up the flow of it. Here’s the diagram: Burkhart 2 on 2 Deflection…

  • Cheap and Easy Ideas to make Shooting Practice more fun

    As a kid I spent a lot of time in my barn shooting pucks. Sometimes I would get tired of shooting at the same four targets (or I would break the targets) so I would always try to think of ways to make target practice a bit more fun. One of my better inventions was…

  • Drills to Train for Shooting Accuracy

    Practicing your shot can get a bit old if you are shooting on a regular basis, so I made a video showing a few drills that will make shooting a bit more fun. These drills are meant to test your accuracy, and also give you a goal to try to beat. I have embedded the…

  • Snapshot / Wristshot Challenge – Summer 2012

    Last summer I worked on my slapshot and ended up increasing my slapshot speed by 20 MPH. If you want some help with your slapshot you can see the basics and links to other related videos and articles on our how to take a slapshot article, but this summer I want to see how much…

  • Hockey Shooting Targets: Sniper’s Edge

    The Sniper’s Edge is an Awesome Hockey Targeting System that Offers Plenty of Versatility A few months ago, I got my hands on the Sniper’s Edge from HockeyShot. I had seen this Hockey Targeting System in the past, but hadn’t ever used one before. So, I was excited at the chance to give it a…

  • How to perfect the one-timer

    The one-timer is a great shot if you can do it properly, it is also a great way to embarrass yourself on the ice if you don’t know how to do it properly. There is nothing worse than completely missing the puck, or sending a muffin towards the net that the goalie easily gloves. In…