Wrist shot..

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I've been playing for about 3 years now, and my wrist shot has always been ahead of the rest of my skills. I grew up playing tennis and shooting the puck has a LOT in common with a topspin forehard, so it just came naturally..

Anyway, as my other skills have improved my wrister was just a little stagnant. I worked on weight transfer & loading the stick but I never really got the 'zip' on my shots that better players always have..

I got a little ice time last week, and on a few shots I noticed that the follow through on my wrister was way too high.. So for a few minutes I concentrated on keeping the follow-through low and with the face of the stick down..

Man. What a difference. I found the zip I've been missing.. I felt like I was getting 50% more weight transfer than before.. I felt my stick loading up and releasing way more.. The puck stayed flat, and had a nice spin on it. I was way more accurate and could really pick out the corners..

No real point here.. Just the thought that sometimes the very small, fundamental details can really make a big difference in your skills..

[echi24 1]

i found that strong forearms are key to a good shot, especially wrister. i was talking to a trainer that came to help our team during the playoffs, former london knights player...his forarms were almost as big as some guy's biceps, and his wrister was harder than the slapshots of almost every player on the team. military chin-ups should help alot

[kovalchuk71 212]

Can you explain what a military chin-up is? I couldnt find anyhing on it....

[Eazy_b97 1]

I'd assume its like a Military Press, but a chin-up.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Well ya, but I just cant invision it

[Eazy_b97 1]

Facing the Chin-up bar. Grab the bar, palms facing away from your body, then pull yourself up.

[kovalchuk71 212]

Oh thats all lol...I always that was just a chin-up lol

[Duder84 0]

while on the topic of wrist shots, do you guys find it better to let the puck roll the whole length of the blade? or just off the toe?

[ktang 34]

while on the topic of wrist shots, do you guys find it better to let the puck roll the whole length of the blade? or just off the toe?

I think that depends on the curve. E.g. rolling off the whole blade for heel wedges, and flinging it off the toe if you have a big toe curve.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Depends how stripes of tape you have too. SInce I tape just for mid-toe to toe, I shoot from the toe to get a good spin from the puck.

[Cavs019 708]

I roll from heel to the sweetspot on the Drury and rip it with a ton of snap on my wrists.

[Duder84 0]

Are your wrists more open or closed on the follow-through? I tend to close my wrists more...but i guess that also depends on what kind of curve you're using eh?

[twiztidwrista10 3]

Ya, I have a paper route here and all that folding news papers has payed off.It really built up my writs. For my wrist shots I let the puck start at the heel of the blade and let it roll to the toe(drury). For snap shots I try to rip it real quick of the toe. Lately Ive been in a bit of a shooting slump mostly with my snappers, any tips??? Ive been experementing with tapeing it from mid-toe but, I seem to keep comeing back to heel-toe. I think it helps get the puck rolling off your blade for saucer passes and what not.

[Cavs019 708]

Shooting off the toe on a snapper with the Drury is tough. Put it right in what I like to call the "bird's nest" (the point right where the curve starts), and just snap it. It takes a good deal of wrist strength.

[twiztidwrista10 3]

I got the wrist strength. Its just im still getting used to the drury again. I had it on my 1st one piece (synergy) and then i switched to modano b/c our lhs doesnt carry drury . So i was in anaheim for a tournament and we stoped a some huge hockey store and they had the drury so i picked up one and I got hooked again.

[hockeypunk3 0]

For me i'm used to using a mid-curve, but on my Vapor 5 i have a hossa(modano clone) and my wristers seem to either hit the cross bar or over the net. My style of shooting just doesn't match my curve well... so i stick with my genesis and lindros blade. all in all the moral of my story is sometimes stick with what you know you shoot well with.

[echi24 1]

i usually just do a standard heel to toe release, but i dont put the puck all the way on the end of the heel, probably 3/4 of the blade and let the puck roll off from there...

a regular chin-up is with your palms facing inward, and your curling and building your biceps most prominently. with a miliatry chin up your isolating your forearms and your chest. try holding yourself up in a chinup position for 60 seconds, and see in comparision what holding yourself up in a military chin-up feels like. the forearm usually doesnt get as much attention, but its key to a good shot

[hockechamp14 0]

I can get my shot off really fast and hard mid stride by snapping the toe. I've been working on it while shooting in my basement, and it's totally paying off.

[QandA 0]

I don't understand why I have the weakest wrists on my team, yet I still have the best wrist shots. Does anyone know if theirs a science behind it?

[hockechamp14 0]

I don't understand why I have the weakest wrists on my team, yet I still have the best wrist shots. Does anyone know if theirs a science behind it?

maybe you get yours off faster, or have the reactive stregnth (rebound) from the back pull, or maybe you have a strong core and good weight transfer. There's a million reasons why you can still have a good shot.

[hockeydude_49 0]

Some things I've done to develop my wrister is to do the thing where you get a broken stick and cut it so its like 2 feet and drill a hole in the middle, attatch some sort of string or small rope to it, tie a 10 pound weight on the end, and roll it up like 15 times. It really develops your forearms. Another thing is to get a weighted puck and shoot wristers against the boards for like 15 minutes at a time, then go shoot with a normal puck and they're rockets.