If you want to practice a Ice Hockey Drill you should know one thing. Whether your practicing to make the team or to just become a better player all your success relies on your effort. Ice Hockey Drills help train your arms and legs to do the right thing like when you first learned how to walk.
Some drills are tougher than others just like some are funner than others. My personal favorite is the shooting drill, every hockey player needs to know some of the shot fundamentals before they ever play in an actual game. Now there are only four different shot types you can take.
They are,
Forehand Wrist Shot
Backhand Wrist Shot
Slap Shot
Snap Shot
Inorder to get the full training it is best to have some goal or post like the picture below aiming at each taget with the 4 different shots.
These might seem very basic drills but once you learn how to execute these shots with decent precision you can move on to more sophisticated drills.
Forehand wrist shot
Practicing this ice hockey drill will greatly increase your short range as well as long range shot. This is one of the primary shots that can be taken also considered one of the more important ones. I strongly recommend that you master this ice hockey shot before you move on to new shots. When trying this shot remember to be stable and balanced. Always shift your weight from your back foot to you front. When your next to the puck as if you were swinging a golf club but holding a hockey stick slowly shift your weight with your arm back, once your stick touches the puck always follow through. This shot requires some precision to be patient.
Backhand wrist shot
Just like the forehand wrist shot you need to be stable and balanced. When your looking to get more power out of your shot whether its forehand or backhand keep the puck behind you a little bit that way when your swing is at its focule point the puck gets the full swing.
Slap shot
When you experiment with the snap shot you will learn that it is not only the trickiest shot but the fastest. In professional ice hockey speeds can reach up to 109 mph. Some don't realize that having the fastest shot doesn't mean your gonna score every time. It might look good but it doesn't have any accuracy. It does not have a fast enough release to be as acurrate as a backhand or forehand. A great ice hockey drill for the slap shot is to have players on the blue line facing the net practicing shots.
Snap shot
This snap shot drill requires most precision. In this ice hockey drill you will use more wrist than arm, it is a quick wrist snap release. It involves just a snap of the wrist quickly and precise. The best drill is to have a player in the corner passing the puck to another who is in the high slot. He gets the puck and quick releases it towards the net.
These are the shooting ice hockey drills. The more techniques you have the more effective these shots will be. There are a lot more shots to learn from this type of ice hockey drill, but once you can handle these it will be that easier.
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