More SNAP - 3 tips to instantly add snap to your shot 

As an adult learning to play for the last year- I appreciate hearing that. I thought my baseball background would give me an advantage, but it’s something completely different.

Just started playing last year at 32, and it’s humbling. You can logic and reason all you want as an adult, but learning takes time.

Lefties have an advantage. I feel sorry for righties. Lol

@@WyattKrapfhang in there boys, keep growing the game

​@@WyattKrapf Same here, but I come from a very warm country, so I have never skated before, which means I'm learning both to Skate AND how to play Hockey at the same time. Although it has been hard, it had also been extremely fun. Hockey is, indeed, awesome!

Luckily I was able to develop a good wrist shot 1st year of squirts...but like u that was w my old Titan wood stick. Learning on these composites was weird, finding the right flex took time. I'm 145 and I use a 55, I practice constantly and finally developed that quick release accurate af wrist shot. @ YT I wish it was around in the 80s 😂 ur right

Same thing when I’m working with players. I always record in slow motion and show them. They always think they’re doing it, then they see themselves on video and say “ohhhhh”

@@CoachJeremy exactly! I may not be that old, but man, how did my coaches have the patience to teach me back in the day without having access to film like we do now? It is crazy to think that, with the aid of your videos, kids/adults can: (1) watch this video, (2) film themselves using their phone working on their shot, and (3) watch themselves back on their phone and compare to your video in (pretty much) real time.

For other coaches: I keep an old phone and use a cheap tripod on ice. If it gets hit by a puck, whatever. It films great and you can watch the video back right away.

@@jorach that’s a great idea! I actually just bought a GoPro on super sale (GoPro Hero 8), and tested it out over the weekend. It works great for recording, but I think I am missing the ability to review on the ice that I had with a phone. I think I will just use it to make some instructional videos on my channel, rather than use the GoPro as a training tool.

Wow great tip, I'll use it 👍👌

Now you can simply toe drag release 😎

@@howtohockeytraining exactly! I have been looking for ways to speed up my release, and this was just was I was needing!

@@mhicaoidh1how does bio steel compare to Gatorade does it work better

@@kingblox3731 "work better" is subjective. I can say it's a better product. Gatorade is basically salt and a lot of sugar. Biosteel has vitamins and minerals added, and no caffiene. Biosteel also doesn't contain sugar (compared to 35g in Gatorade). It uses 5 types of electrolytes compared to 2 in Gatorade.

Oh u will. Your like me, a older guy, a dad but passionate AF about hockey. I finally got my skating mastered again and now my shooting is improving...PRACTICE makes perfect

Let’s go!! Record your shot in slow motion and you’ll see some of that flex. Just keep snapping it, a lot of it just takes time to build that quickness

Double punch baby! 🤛 🤜

@@howtohockeytraining session done and yes indeed, that double punch worked as advertised and I gained more velocity 🤙🏼 My flexing still needs improvement and I’m struggling with elevation consistency. But no longer sweeping and getting that snap motion going feels better already. And I shoot better when just launching the puck as opposed to thinking everything through

Some yes, but most use around 80 flex! If you watch your own shot in slow motion you’d be surprised how much flex you get too 💪

Tage Thompson gets more flex on his shot than say Auston Matthews does cuz TT is 6’7” off skates. Thompson, Shea Weber and Z Chara can hit triple digits with ease cuz they’re huge and so are their sticks.

@@axe2grind244 I get it, so the heavier you are, the more weight you can put into your stick, the more you can flex it. So, for a large person, they should be able to flex a 80 flex stick that someone who is smaller. However, if they go up in stick flex, say 90, then they won't be able to flex the 90 as much as the 80, and maybe they won't be able to flex the 90 any more than Matthews can flex his 80.

@@howtohockeytraining I have taken video, and I don't get the bow-shaped flex that NHL players get. I was told that based on my weight I could use an 85 flex, so I started there, and then went down to 75, and it worked well and gave me much more flex. This weekend tho I found a 65 flex stick and tried it out and my shot is much faster/harder. I imagine those players who get that bow-shaped stick flex must be doing something similar, no?

@@AnHourOfWolves Theyre tall therefore longer stick. Look at long drive golf competitions....they use a longer driver cuz of the increased flex. Same applies to hockey.

Did u complete it?

@@brettster6710 no sadley not I forgot about it and didn’t have time

LETS. GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Honestly for me I had a really bad stick and it couldn’t get the shot off the ground idk if it was me or the stick but when I got a new stick my slap shot was insane idk if that’s the reason or if I was just in my head

@@idrkwhattoput I had the same thought process with my clap bomb. I thought a new stick all of a sudden elevated my shot. But what really happened was my stance, back swing and follow through improved greatly after watching Coach Jeremy’s slap shot vid.

I have a 2nd channel where I post every week. I keep this one for all the training videos.

Sorry about that! If you're watching on a large screen it might help to try watching on your phone instead 😊

This video focuses only on one part of the shot. I’ve covered everything you mention here in my 5 part series on the building blocks of shooting and have training courses and step by step training courses for it on The Pond. Everything you mention is great for power, but you can still get a lot of power with only the upper body. I’ve studied a lot of video, I just got back from the NHL combine and was shooting pucks with Bedard who has a great shot. If you watch the pros they don’t always have a “complete shot” in games With legs, body, weight transfer, rotation. Some shots are just the arms, or feet planted, inside leg. It all depends on the situation so I teach how to get a powerful and accurate shot in any situation because that’s how the game is played. No player can always deliver the perfect and most powerful shot. You take the shot you have with the time and space you have.