The slap shot is the hardest shot to perfect and takes a lot of practice to get the puck to move as fast as intended. An overwhelming amount of professional hockey players say accuracy comes from technique and power comes from transferring the weight of the shooters body during the shot. Lets examine technique first; the basis of any shot is hand placement. For a slap shot the shooter will want his secondary hand at the top of the stick and the primary hand about half way down the stick. One of the fi

These tips will make the road to the perfect shot a shorter one. Although I don't have a 100-mile per hour shot, I could easily break a fence plank after only two years of practice and following these rules. Truthfully, only practice can bring someone a 100-mile per hour slap shot or a perfectly accurate wrist shot, but unless the correct form is practiced the shooter will not improve.

rst things to learn when taking a slap shot is do not make contact with the ice where the puck is lying. This will help the shooter use the flex of the stick to his advantage. If the ice is hit about six to twelve inches behind the puck it will cause the stick to bow. Consequently, when the stick does come in contact with the puck, it will release the bow creating a sudden snap in the stick and therefore transferring more energy to the puck. The second rule to follow during a slap shot is to transfer the weight of the body. At the start of a slap shot the shooter should be on his back foot (the foot farthest from the goal) and as the stick hits the ice the body's weight should be thrown to the front foot. This sudden shift of weight uses the body's mass to keep the stick moving when it hits the ice. Also a slight snap of th

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