Wrist Shots

[HockeyIsLife 0]

Whenever I take a wrist shot it always turns into a flutter ball. How do I get to not be a flutter ball and make it look like a flying saucer?

[AlGiballa23 0]

Whenever I take a wrist shot it always turns into a flutter ball. How do I get to not be a flutter ball and make it look like a flying saucer?

I just think of it as cupping the puck...just practice w a ball or golf ball, slowly cup it with the blade of the stick and kinda fling it in...IDK it's more feel really, keep trying and you'll get it naturally.

[mickz 107]

Approximately where are you loading up your shot?

[HockeyIsLife 0]

The middle of the blade.

Are you suppose to do it on the heel and let it rol off?

[BC_Boy 0]

The middle of the blade.

Are you suppose to do it on the heel and let it rol off?

Yes, otherwise it's more a flick or something like thay, and thats where the whole fluterball thing comes from. The of the blade the puck rolls off, the more of the saucer look you will get on it.

[BC_Boy 0]

Also if you want to improve you wrist shot quicker, so you can get the flat puck, I would suggest try a heel curve on your stick, with a longer blade. Something like the Lidstrom pattern.

[Sticks of Fury 0]

Make sure you don't have a too much of a stiff flex so you can load up on your shot and also find a nice moderate to mid curve first. As you get better you can get a different curve. You have to find your perfect release point. Either from a flick of the wrist shot or from a full extension wrist shot. Start off by shooting at the side boards and aiming at a low target from about 10 feet away and go farther away as you get better. Another thing is to try and visualize the puck and your stick motion as you shoot so you can get a 'feel' where the puck is going to go.

[crutesie 0]

Gurantee this.

cup the puck and Follow through it will work wonders.

Also the heel curve is a good option. i had a lidstrom with a Ultra lite when i was like 8 yrs old [my cousin plays pro i got the teams snapped sticks]

yeah the heel curve really did do the job for me to learn.

[AlabamaICE 0]

My Bauer p109 curve really improved my wrist shot. Lots of stick and puck is what you need. Practice.....Practice....Practice...

[g0o0nshow 0]

i learnt to keep my wrist shots low and falt from the point by thinking about keeping the toe of my stick on the ice as i shoot so that you dont open up the blade and add that little flick in whichmake the puck flutter.

[ShakeAndBake9 0]

Also, think bend in the stick. if you can snap the wrists enough to bend the shaft you will fire it towards the net.

[Patrick67 1]

Started as a 10-year old. Our coach was a former RHL superleague player.

He had some crazy on and off-ice running drills.

We learned to shoot pretty quickly...

[sdh 0]

letting the puck roll on the blade is probably what you are missing and creating that fluttering effect. its like you are slowly chipping the puck instead of slinging it.

[mew1838 0]

By Snapping the wrist you mean flicking up so the face of the blace faces up?

[Chadd 916]

By Snapping the wrist you mean flicking up so the face of the blace faces up?

No, that would be a very bad thing to do.

[mew1838 0]

Then how can I get enough lift?

[Chadd 916]

Learn how to shoot properly and use the correct flex and you won't have a problem. Get a private lesson with an instructor in your area and your shooting should improve.

[chk hrd 164]

the one thing I see alot of people doing with wrist shots is "sweeping" the puck. They get the puck on their blade, get it deep in thier stance and sweep it forward using thier bottom hand for power.

Imagine your stick as a mechanical lever. Your bottom hand is the fulcrum, your top hand supplying the power. When you load the puck you move your top hand out away from your body and pull your lower hand back to get the puck in the right spot. When you shoot you "yank" your top hand back while pushing your lower hand out "dragging" the blade on the ice (this is where you usually see the shaft flex). Roll your hands/wrists over (hense the term wrist shot) so the blade face is toward the ice and finish with the toe pointing at where you want the puck to go.

Alot of the power is coming from the top hand being yanked back, that is why alot of "oldtimers" think the strong hand should be the top hand. Find someone who knows (like a coach or instructor) and have them help you, then practice, practice, practice.

[gavin 0]

Once you've shot about 100 pucks a day for a year or so, not having enough lift will be the last of your worries.

[mew1838 0]

When preparing to shoot the blade should be over the puck right?

[repus 0]

Everyone has their own methods etc, here are some things that I have learned over my years on the ice.

A common mistake that people make is trying to "shovel" the puck or flick the puck up. This will work to raise the puck but it will have almost no power. This is a great beginner method, but doesn't work well.

Wrist shots require two parts, one is rolling the puck down the blade and also rolling the blade over as the puck moves.

In the first part, it will mostly depend on the curve on your stick. From my experience, heel and mid curves you want to start closer to the heel of the stick and have the puck travel across the blade. On a toe curve, you can start closer to the center of the blade and will require less travel.

If you are standing at a 90 degree angle to the net (or wherever you are shooting to), you want to bring the puck back to your rear foot and follow through. Your feet should be shoulder width or furthur apart and your hands seperated approximately the same amount. This depends a lot on the length of your stick, how tall you are etc.

When holding the stick, grip it firmly. This will help prevent flutter.

On the follow through, the puck should leave your stick as it passes your front food. As you get better with the motion, you can extend the motion to go furthur back. Another common mistake that is made here is holding the upper hand still. Both hands should move as you cross your body.

Raising the puck is the big challenge. This is the second part and requires some practice without a puck. This is going to require a roll of the blade from closed to open. I would suggest a 30 degree closed to 30 degree open, but you will find what works best for you.

If you do this without the puck it, do it slowly so you can get the feel for what the motion looks like. When you add the puck, start going half speed and work on increasing the speed. As the speed goes up, the flutter will start go to away.

Once you do start getting the puck up, controlling the height will be the new challenge. This is as simple as controlling the height of your stick, The puck will stay on your stick the majority of the time as your raise the puck on the follow through. If you keep your follow through low, the puck should remain low and vice versa.

Overall, this requires practice practice practice. If you can't do it on-ice. Try a tennis ball or street ball against a wall.

Hope that helps

-dave

[mew1838 0]

Thanks bro

[chk hrd 164]

Good, solid advice, but I'd add one thing.

"When holding the stick, grip it firmly. This will help prevent flutter."

don't hold it to tight though. If you hold it to tight you are causing the muscles in your forearms to be very tense, this makes it hard to roll your wrists over or bend them....

[repus 0]

When I say firmly, think firm handshake, not white knuckles on the remote on the remote in double overtime.

The idea of the firm grip is to prevent the stick fluttering as you follow through.

-dave

[mew1838 0]

So will the drury or lidstorm be better for wrist shots?