Hockey: Point the Front Toe on the Backhand Shot
Although it doesn't have the same speed as the slapshot, many goalies find the backhand an extremely difficult shot to stop.
A subtle shift of your players' front foot position can make the shot more accurate and powerful.
Better Backhands
As your players shift their weight from the back to the front foot, instruct them to
References:
1. Newell Brown and Vern Stenlund in cooperation with the Huron Hockey School, Hockey Drills for Scoring, Human Kinetics Publishers, 1997.
2. Don MacAdam & Gail Reynolds, Coaching Hockey for Dummies, Amazon Digital Services - Kindle Edition, 2010.
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