- Hey guys, it's Jeremy from The Hockey Movement,
bringing you a series on the building blocks
of having a complete shot.
In the first video, we're talking using the wrist,
this is the second video,
we're talking about getting that snap.
This is something a lot of coaches will be asking you to do
and I've noticed kids all the way from single A
up to triple A are not doing this properly,
and even guys that I play hockey with in the men's league,
they've been playing 10, 15 years,
still don't have a really good snap,
so it's gonna help a lot of people
get extra power on their shots.
Let's get to it.
The combination of using the wrist motion
that I taught in the last video,
and the snap motion that you're going to learn in this video
is gonna to mean the difference
between being an okay shooter and a great shooter.
I'm gonna show you an okay shooter,
what it's gonna look like.
And this is what I call sweeping the puck towards the net,
pretty much locking the wrists and not getting that snap,
using only the bottom hand, so watch here.
Just sweeping the puck towards the net,
and you can still get power, you can still get a shot on net
but you're not finishing your shot.
To finish your shot, you need to use that snap motion
and that wrist motion.
This all happens as you're releasing the puck.
It's really simple to know
if you're finishing your shot or not and getting that snap.
To get the snap,
you have to have the shaft in front of the blade
as you release the puck.
So watch here, you see the shaft is lined up with the blade.
This means you can only use your bottom hands,
see, my top hand is right here,
so you can't pull back that top hand,
you can only sweep with your bottom hand.
But to get that snap, if the shaft is in front of the blade,
now you can use your top hand and your bottom hand
and get really good snap on that puck,
so that means I'm pulling back with this top hand
and pushing with that bottom hand
and getting a good snap motion,
so I'm snapping there and then falling
and finishing with my wrists as well.
A simple exercise to work on this snap motion
is to get about 20 pucks and work on just getting that snap
and using the wrist motion
that we talked about in the first video.
That means I don't want you pulling the puck back,
I don't want to get that weight transfer yet,
remember, we're targeting this snap.
Make sure that the shaft is in front of the blade,
so you don't want your hands like this,
you want them like that.
And work on really pulling back this top hand
and pushing with this bottom hand.
Looks like this.
Here's a shot in slow motion, so we'll freeze frame it here,
and you can see the shaft is in front of the blade,
and that position allows me to pull back that top hand
and push forward with the bottom hand,
and that motion right there,
you can see actually flexes the blade,
so that pull-push motion is gonna load up that stick
and give you more power.
You can do the same exercise with your chest facing the net,
that just helps you work on different shooting positions.
Remember, you want the puck
a little bit forward in your stance,
because you don't want to drop back
and really focusing getting hands out,
pulling back and pushing.
Looks like this.
So, you're probably thinking, Jeremy,
you didn't get the shaft in front of the blade there,
isn't that what you just taught us?
It actually did get in front of the blade,
but it happens really quickly
and I'm gonna show you that right now.
So this is the start of the shot.
The shaft is sort of lined up with the blade.
Now, watch what happens right here,
quickly, you get your hands away from the body
and now you can see that shaft angle,
so the top hand can pull back
and the bottom hand can push through.
So that's what I'm gonna do right now, pulling, pushing,
and you can see now the shaft is actually flexed,
loading it up to get more power,
and once we get better,
we can work on really leaning on the center of the stick
like Phil Kessel does
to really load that shot up for lots of power.
Alright guys, that's it for the snap.
If you wanna get more power in your shot,
just grab about 20 pucks and really target getting that snap
maybe once or twice a week,
really focusing on pulling back with that top hand
and pushing with the bottom hand,
and also don't forget to finish with the wrists as well.
That's what I call finishing your shot.
The great thing is, sometimes that's all you need to do,
you don't have to worry about pulling the puck back,
getting that weight transfer, all of that stuff.
Sometimes you're gonna need to rebound,
you'll be five feet from the net,
and all you gotta do is
boom, snap that puck up and roof it.
And you're gonna notice
you're gonna get a lot more goals in close,
'cause you get a really quick release with that snap
and finish with the wrists.
I'm gonna give a quick shout-out
to some of the products I'm using.
So number one is the COLT hockey stick,
number two is training aids I've been using,
I have the Extreme Passing Kit from HockeyShot.com
and the EZ Goal behind me,
you can also get that on HockeyShot.com,
and of course, the shirt is from Scrappers Hockey.
Thanks a lot for watching this video,
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