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A great one-time slap shot is a two way street. In order for the execution of it to work, the shooting must be great, but the one timer passer must also place the puck where the person shooting wants it.
As part of being a complete hockey player, you need to not only be a great one-time shooter, and have a great one time slap shot, but also be a great one timer passer. You must start by doing five essential things.
1. For the best shooting location, the passer should try to place the puck between the targets two skates. As the passer, a good hockey passing drill to build toward this particular skill is to attempt to pass the puck between two cones.
2. Even for a one time slap shot, the player shooting must minimize the time of his windup so as to not giveaway his intentions to the goaltender. A shorter windup also allows the player shooting to have a quicker release. On most occasions, a slap-shot is going to be your most effective one time shot, so working on a one time slap shot with a short windup is a most essential shooting skill.
3. As the player shooting, either through slightly raising your stick or through another method, you have to make the potential one timer passer aware of your intention to receive a pass for a one-timer. If you are the passer, make sure you recognize where your teammate wants the puck if they look to be in position to be shooting a one time wrist, or slap shot.
4. For slap shots especially, your back foot should be bent during windup so that you can transfer weight from your knee to your stick and generate more power when receiving the puck from the passer.
5. Speed is key to one time shooting, and because of that, the slap shot is often your most effective shot. However, if you are in such a rush that you don’t look at the net before shooting, your shot is going to be worthless. While you should be looking for the one time pass and the one timer passer, make sure to quickly glance at the goal to see how the goalie is positioning their body, and then make a mental note of where you plan to target your slap shot.
For those who need to work on their ability both as a one-timer passer, and at one time shooting and slap shots, at Hockey Train we provide hockey training equipment and hockey gear that will help you improve all facets of your game.
For hockey passing drills, one timer passer work and for one-time slap shots, our Hockey Passing Trainer is perfect for both on, and off ice hockey training.
The Hockey Passing Trainer has a reflex bend that is designed to feed the puck right back at you when you fire the puck at it. It’s the perfect way to not only work on your one time slap shot, and overall shooting, but also to work on your skills as a one timer passer.
As you increase your skills over time in one time shooting, you should start increasing the speed at which the passer sends you the puck. As you repeat the process you should continue to get much better at one time shooting and at your one time slap shot. The passer will also get better at understanding your preferences for where you want the puck.
For those advanced hockey players, it is important to vary your one-time, wrist and slap shot attempts. During hockey passing drills, have the passer send you the puck for one time wrist and slap shots at different angles, distances and speeds.
During hockey passing drills, you also may want to ask your passing teammates to try to hit you on the fly, or send the puck a little behind or ahead of you in order to simulate the adjustments you’ll have to make in the game. The more you challenge your shooting, the better you’ll get, and the better your one time slap shots will be. This also goes for the passer who is forced to make more challenging plays.
Remember, the best one time shots come when the passer makes a quick pass to the player shooting, thus making it hard for the goaltender to track the puck. The best way to try to finish the play is to get the puck on net before the goaltender can even adjust laterally to the initial pass. Because of that, on most occasions, a one time slap shot is going to be your best option for finishing the play.
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