When taking your shots, you want to roll your wrists through the shot. To visual this you want your palms facing your target as you are taking your shot, and have your palms facing the ice in your follow through.

If you have worked with the Kwik hands stickhandling system, you know how important a proper wrist roll is in puck control, and it is just as important when shooting. This is especially important when taking slap shots, if you don't roll your wrists through the shot you will notice a lot of very high, inaccurate flight paths of your shots.

When taking a shot you want the puck to be situated in the middle of your stick. This will give you the best chance to both transfer as much speed and power into the puck and control your shot.

Although you should practice taking shots from all distances (close and far from the body), ideally for a slap shot you want the puck to be slightly forward of the middle of your body and for your arms to be out and away from your hips, so that it is easiest to generate a hard shot.

For a wrist shot you want to start the puck a full stick extension behind you and release the puck just past the middle of your body.

One of the keys to a hard accurate wrist shot is the weight transfer, be sure to drive your large leg muscles through the shot and you will notice a dramatic speed increase in your shot. Again you want to transfer your weight from your back leg to your lead leg.

Key points:

• Hit the ice 6 inches behind the puck (slap and snap shot)
• Hands closer together for wrist shots and further apart for the more powerful shots (snap and slap shots)
• Transfer your weight from back to front through the puck to drive your leg power through the shot
• Use the flex of your stick to propel the puck
• Keep the puck as close to the mid-point of the blade as possible
• Work on quick release shots (practice shooting off-foot as well to catch goalies off-guard)
• Always follow through with all of your shots (this will increase your accuracy)