B2 – Slapshot and One Timer Progression
Key Points:
Work on the slapshot progress from static to dynamic to pressure. Transfer the weight from back to front, follow through at the target and follow the shot for a rebound. Progress from static to moving then against opposition. The second option that a lot of educators would agree with is to "Create a 'need to know' by playing a game that requires one timers and slap shots and then do 'corrective exercises' to teach the slap shot then play the game again.
Description:
We did this one at a time and not as a circuit.
1. Standing individual slap shot.
2. Skate, slap shot, rebound, shoot, pass.
3. Skate, slap, rebound, one touch x 2, leave.
4. One timer x 4 – rotate.
5. Skate, pass low, pass, one timer.
6. 1-1 defend, pass, rest game with goals only on slapshots.
7. Play three cross ice games with the rule that goals must be slapshots or one timers.
8. Play two half ice games where the defenders must get onside before attacking and goals must be one timers or slap shots.
9. Play a full ice game with the same rule.
'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'