How do I improve my one timers by myself?

[Perry94 0]

is it possible? or do I have to call ppl up? I don't wanna bother people for personal gain, you know.

[Ratfinklives 0]

Banking it off the boards is an easy way to get used to it at lower speeds, but for real results your better off finding a friend... hell find one who also needs improvement (most people do) and you'll both be better off.

[Bo from Boston 0]

impossible without someone feeding you the puck. The adjustments you make in relation to where the puck is when it comes to you makes all the difference. Standing on the blue line taking slapshots and taking one-timers from a hard pass ACCURATELY are very very different.

[Chadd 916]

Finding a friend is by far the best way. I've found "walking" the blue line with the puck and shooting helps a bit as well. Skating backwards along the blue line, pull the puck towards your body, stop and fire. Not as good as having someone feed you the puck but it's a usefull skill and does relate (somewhat) to one timing the puck.

Learning to get something on the puck, even if it isn't in the perfect position is critical. On the rare chance you get the opportunity to onetime the puck in a game, the odds it will be in the perfect position are slim.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Forget making the one-timer...setting the pass up dead on where the guy wants it is a talent on it's own. I'm was trying to feed a buddy in warm up one night and he wanted it dead between his feet...do you think I could put it there...no f'ing way!

I find when I'm the shooter...I tend to lift my Head too soon (I have the same problem when I golf). I blow a tire...miss the puck all together.

I'll keep working on it...

Cheers.

[Chadd 916]

Most people tend to make the mistake of taking too big of a windup on a one timer, that makes it harder to time the pass correctly. You should never have to wind up past your knees, you don't gain that much force by going past that. Once you get the timing down and are making solid contact you can try taking a bigger windup.

[steve66 45]

You can use a ball off ice or a puck on the ice, pass it hard to the board or wall so it comes back to you. The bounce won't always be true, which is a bounus really. That way you can get used to adjusting to the feed coming back to you so that you can get a good connection.

HAlf of the battle is knowing where you want the puck to go, i.e. towards which foot suits your technique to get the connection.

The huge wind up is not critical, just make the most of the contact and converting the steam on the pass coming to you.

Try to practice whislt stationary and moving. Once you are happy with where you need it to be in your stance, work on the precision of the shot.

[biff44 0]

I have not found a way yet, but am thinking on it. There is something called the Boni puck shooter that costs thousands, that will shoot pucks at high velocity to you. I was thinking that maybe a low cost version, like the baseball shooting machines with two small rotating tires, could do the same thing for a couple of hundred and some assembly time. Anyone ever try anything like that?

[kosydar 0]

I've done what Steve does in my living room with a small foam ball. The main thing that you need to practice is your technique, so even a foam ball can help dramatically.

[Perry94 0]

yah I tend to lift my head way to early...thx for the tips

I'll be bookmarking this...

[Chadd 916]

yah I tend to lift my head way to early...thx for the tips

I'll be bookmarking this...

Watch the puck all the way to your stick.

[Perry94 0]

but then I've always learned to look up before you shoot?

[Chadd 916]

On a one timer, I know where I want to go with it before I shoot. I pick a spot as close to the post as possible and either high or low and I go with it. It's hard to look at the net and watch the puck come at the same time. You have to have a sense about where the defenseman are and how to make sure it doesn't get blocked.