Hockey Shooting Drills

Hockey shooting drills are very important for players. These shooting drills will help players with their technique. They will help them shoot faster, have more power in their shot and help with their accuracy.

Wrist shot target

The wrist shot is pretty much the most accurate hockey shooting drill there is.

Players must learn that these shots have to be accurate. There is no use in having a great wrist shot with no precision. There is a simple way of testing a player’s wrist shot accuracy.

First, you must get four targets. You must install each target in each inside corner of the net. The player must stand between the blue line and the net. Give the player ten pucks. He must now try to hit each target with as few pucks as possible starting with the upper left target.

When the player seems to have a good control on his shot and has hit all targets in order, it is time to take a few pucks out. The player will eventually be left with only four pucks, one for each target.

One-timer targets

This hockey shooting drill is a bit more complicated. There will be one player in each face off dot. The shooter will be at the blue line. Like the above hockey drill, targets must be placed in the net. One at a time, a player in the face off dot will make a pass to the player at the blue line. He must then immediately shoot the puck at one of the targets.

When his shot is taken, the other player in the opposing face off dot must make a pass to the player at the blue line so he can take another shot. This drill goes on until no more targets are left.

Slap shot targets

The slap shot can be one of the most devastating shots in hockey. Its speed alone can severely injure another player in front of the net. This is why this shot needs a lot of accuracy. At the speed the puck is going, you want it to go in the net and not in a players face.

A good way to practice this hockey shooting drill is to put a series of pucks on the blue line. If the player is right handed, he will start on the right or vice versa. The idea is to shoot pucks at the net without stopping. The targets are not really there for accuracy like a wrist shot, they are mostly there to help with the boundaries of the net. The more this shot is practiced, the more power and accuracy the player will have when it comes time for a game.

Hockey shooting drills are important to teach and learn with the right power, speed and accuracy.

Matt Fortin has been coaching hockey for over 22 years. You can access his tried and true hockey drills and practice plans on his website: Best Hockey Drills.