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  • 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…

  • 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…