How to Increase Your Shot Power in Hockey

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Bend your knees slightly and keep your feet shoulder-width apart.. Lean back on to your back leg to shift your weight onto it.. Extend your top hand in front of you to load up your hockey stick.

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1

Bend your knees slightly and keep your feet shoulder-width apart.

Step 1

Bend your knees slightly and keep your feet shoulder-width apart.

2

Lean back on to your back leg to shift your weight onto it.

Step 2

Lean back on to your back leg to shift your weight onto it.

3

Extend your top hand in front of you to load up your hockey stick.

Step 3

Extend your top hand in front of you to load up your hockey stick.

4

Push off your back leg to transfer more energy into your shot.

Step 4

Push off your back leg to transfer more energy into your shot.

5

Snap your stick forward using a simultaneous push and pull movement.

Step 5

Snap your stick forward using a simultaneous push and pull movement.

6

Put everything you've got into your shot to add power.

Step 6

Put everything you've got into your shot to add power.

7

Take 100 shots a day to improve your muscle memory.

Step 7

Take 100 shots a day to improve your muscle memory.

8

Slide a weight onto your hockey stick to take weighted shots.

Step 8

Slide a weight onto your hockey stick to take weighted shots.

9

Use resistance bands to do standing cable rotation exercises.

Step 9

Use resistance bands to do standing cable rotation exercises.

10

Perform front rotary scoop tosses with a medicine ball.

Step 10

Perform front rotary scoop tosses with a medicine ball.

11

Use a slap shot to take a powerful shot in a game.

Step 11

Use a slap shot to take a powerful shot in a game.

12

Position your hands on the stick so they're shoulder-width apart.

Step 12

Position your hands on the stick so they're shoulder-width apart.

13

Wind up your shot by raising the stick behind you.

Step 13

Wind up your shot by raising the stick behind you.

14

Strike the ice about 3–5 inches (7.6–12.7 cm) behind the puck to flex the stick.

Step 14

Strike the ice about 3–5 inches (7.6–12.7 cm) behind the puck to flex the stick.

15

Follow through with your shot to add more power.

Step 15

Follow through with your shot to add more power.

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