Historically, ice hockey players waited all year long for winter to play some puck. Without ice, the only way to play, or even practice, was knocking a ball around.
While ball hockey and roller hockey are fun, too, shooting a puck on ice after handling a ball on the pavement was always a difficult transition. Cradling a pass with a tennis ball or an orange street hockey ball is nothing like receiving a puck, and taking a wrister or slap shot is something different altogether.
Modern innovations in training gear from top companies like HockeyShot allow players of all skill levels to work on essential hockey skills during the off-season that they’ll take with them to the ice. Let’s check out how it works.
Wrist Shots
Having a fast accurate wrister can be devastating for opposing goalies. It’s all about developing a quick release, so you go bar-down before the goalie even sees the puck on your stick.
That’s hard to do without a lot of practice and feel. After becoming accustomed to the weight and sensitivity of a ball on your stick, re-adjusting to a heavier, flat puck on the slick ice can be challenging.
Now, you can install synthetic ice revolution tiles anywhere to get the ice-like feel when cradling the puck before letting
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