- Hey guys, it's Jeremy
with the Hockey Movement,
and we're bringing you
a full series on how to
improve your shot.
I'm teaching you the
building blocks of your shot.
These are a lot of things
I've noticed with players
from Single-A all the way
up to triple-A and even
men's league players,
are playing 15, 20 years,
and they forget some of these things.
They use one or two but not all of them.
So I want to make sure that
you have a complete shot
and you're getting power
from every single part of
your body.
And this video, we're
gonna be teaching that.
So let's start with the wrists.
In this video series, I'm
explaining what you're gonna do
at the end of the shot first.
And then working our way back
to how you're gonna start
the shot.
So by following the full series,
you can get a really good
understanding of
everything that's happening
and tie it all together
at the end for a really
complete shot.
First thing is your wrist.
Your wrists are really
important in your shot.
And that's what gives you
that extra zip at the end.
So those guys who can get
that little extra zip,
and those nice snap, at
the end of their shot,
that's what they're doing.
Using the wrist, and what
we're going to talk about
in the second video.
So I'm gonna show you in detail
what to do with your wrists.
The wrists are responsible
for extra power,
and extra accuracy.
So if you follow this sequence
you'll notice more power
and more accuracy in your shot.
You want to start by cupping the puck.
So basically your wrists
are gonna be rolled over
a little bit this way.
Throughout the shot,
you're gonna naturally
open up your wrists just a little bit,
and that's opening up the blade.
By opening up the blade,
you're getting the puck on
the blade of the stick,
and that allows you
to lift the puck off the ice.
Now when you're finishing
the shot you want to quickly
roll your wrists over and that's gonna
close the blade again.
So it's a closed, open, closed sequence.
Now you can do this with a full wrist shot
by pulling the puck back.
So you can see here, it's
closed, open, closed.
Or even just with a quick little snap.
It's cupping the puck, opening it,
and closing it really quickly.
And I'll give you an
exercise to practice this,
but I'll show you really quickly here,
close, open closed, just
getting a little quick snap
on that.
On top of getting extra
power from using your wrist,
you can also get extra accuracy.
Now they're the last
joints used, they're like
the cross-hairs in your shot.
Getting that really fine-tuned accuracy.
So, to get more accuracy,
all you have to do is point.
I'm pointing more to the
left here, my shot's gonna go
more to the left.
If I leave it open a
bit more to the right,
shot's gonna go more to the right.
If I really roll my wrists over,
that's gonna keep the shot low.
If I really roll my wrist open like that,
the puck's gonna go high.
So use your wrist in your
shot to control power,
get a little extra power,
and a little extra accuracy.
I'll give you a little exercise here
to have you work on that.
For this exercise we're
really targeting just using
the wrist.
So I don't want you to do anything else.
Don't pull the puck back,
don't get weight transfer,
just use your wrist.
To do that, get about 20
pucks and start with the puck
lined up with your front foot.
So it's forward in your stand, alright.
And all I want you to do is
start by cupping the puck,
quickly open your wrist, and
quickly close your wrist.
And that should be enough to
get a little snap on the neck.
So it's just gonna look like this.
Try to do it as little as
you can, and really target
just getting power and
accuracy from your wrist.
Take a look at the net first, pick a spot,
try to hit it.
(puck slaps)
So just keep on shooting
(puck slaps)
and you can see I'm pretty
much just using my wrist
(puck slaps)
in these shots, not much else.
(puck slaps)
You can also do the same
exercise with your chest
facing the net just to work
on different shooting method.
Still, cupping the puck,
try just using your wrist,
quickly open it and then close it.
Get a quick little
(puck slaps)
flick on that.
(pucks slapping)
Alright, that's it.
If you really want to
improve grab about 20 pucks.
Do this exercise every few
days for the next month or so.
You're gonna notice a lot
of extra power and extra zip
in your shot, and also better accuracy.
Don't forget to check out our next video,
which is the next segment in this series.
And it's how to get that
extra snap in your shot
using the leverage of the stick.
And this is something I
notice a lot of players
aren't doing properly.
Make sure you check that out.
Also want to say thank
you to our sponsors.
So the products that
I'm using in this video,
the Colt Hockey stick.
Also, the hockey trainings
I was using is the
EZ Goal from Hockeyshot.com.
And also the extreme
passing kit is the Pro Size
from Hockeyshot as well.
I'll put the links in
the video description,
and if anyone's wondering
where I got this cool shirt,
it's from Scrappers Hockey.
So thanks a lot for watching the video,
don't forget to check out the next one.
