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Permalink Reply by Wiley Collett on February 24, 2008 at 12:09pm

i dont have links but just get the puck on the heel of your stick and shoot it takes alot of practice backhand is the same

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Permalink Reply by Lee Drinkwater on February 24, 2008 at 3:00pm

ya my friend has a frozen pound so i will try to get some puck handling practice then, thanks

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Permalink Reply by phunklord on February 24, 2008 at 8:45pm

Keep it simple: focus on clean heel-to-toe action with the puck as you're shooting - just like they teach skaters to do when learning to take a wrist shot. In fact that's pretty much what you're doing; taking a wrist shot. After that it's practice, my man. Plain and simple.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Drinkwater on February 25, 2008 at 3:31pm

sweet i'll start practicing that more next practice, thanks

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Permalink Reply by Mitch92 on February 26, 2008 at 6:20pm

While practicing shooting will help, there is a lot more to puckhandling than that. You must be able to read the play and live within your abilities.

Preparation is most important. Getting to loose pucks quickly and getting them under control quickly gives you more time and more choices on what to do with it. Start with little plays like stopping dump ins and leaving them for your teammates to pick up behind the net. If you play on a team with the same players all the time, spend some time talking to your defensemen and your coach to work on communication and breakout plans for when you play the puck. Sometimes a short pass or a simple redirection can help your teammates out better than trying to send a high risk pass. Watch pros like Brodeur and Turco and practice their shooting techniques.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Drinkwater on February 26, 2008 at 8:05pm

ya in my teams practice we do breakout drills but coach sends a pass so it will just stop behind the net and a def. will pick it up. ill ask my coach to send harder passes and have me handle them, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by jonvid on February 29, 2008 at 1:51pm

a good way to shoot the puck is by putting the puck on the heel and while going through the shooting motion let the puck slide off the toe so it does a kind of a sling shot effect.

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Permalink Reply by Lee Drinkwater on February 29, 2008 at 3:14pm

thanks

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