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The REAL Purpose Of Weight Transfer (How To Shoot Harder In Hockey)

Secret Sauce Hockey

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If you want to add more power, speed, accuracy, and shoot more like Connor Bedard, you need to understand the REAL purpose of weight transfer in hockey shooting.

In this video, we break down how to improve your wrist shot and snap shot by using rotation and weight transfer to increase stick flex and shot pop.

We’ll explain the science behind hockey shooting mechanics and compare simply lunging forward to transfer your weight versus using your weight transfer to create rotation and generate more angular momentum.

If you're a beginner, beer leaguer, or budding professional who wants a harder, faster, more accurate hockey shot, understanding how your body, stick, and weight transfer work together can easily add 10-20 mph to your shot.

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16 Comments

@cp2polk 1 month ago Pinned

Just unlocked the readon why I feel so tired and my puck looks so slow. Great tutorial 👍🏿

@Electric_ 1 month ago

Great video as always. I think what trips some people up, especially newcomers, is they think weight transfer is mainly to lean hard and drastically flex the stick. The stick does flex, but due to the rotation, puck weight, and a rather minor amount of pressure applied to the ice.

A good way to really understand how rotational force works with shooting is to do backhands. If you’re not brining the puck far enough over before your backhand motion, it’s hard to get height and velocity. Even moving the puck over 1 additional foot adds a ton of velocity due to your torso rotation going farther. And the stick will flex on your backhand too just due to pressure from the puck.

@kelkiiii 1 month ago

always love when you upload. this is a really great explanation of the mechanics required for a shot, especially with the clips from other sports demonstrating the rotation. i have my first hockey class next month and this is gonna make my starting point that much better, ty!!!

@MicBergsma 1 month ago

Thanks for the tutorial.. I thought my shots are okay I am gonna film myself and compare to yours to see what I can improve, thanks!

@stefankremer4070 1 month ago

Danke

@kantstenchonthemel5641 1 month ago

very helpful thanks! great shots btw! no risk of punching holes in a dry wall!!

@3DWithLairdWT 1 month ago

YESSS!

The comparison to other sports is something that is so key to this too. Even Boxing, Muay Thai, MMA, etc all use the same principal for punches/kicks as well.

I like to imagine the stick is like a trebuchet, and the top hand is the "weight" that moves from your shot side hip over to the opposite side hip as your body rotates
I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWV0F-3E66k was very good for stepping through frame by frame to check out this hip-rotation and hands across body motion - and is very similar to the ones you showed
You can use . and , to step frame at a time on youtube.

I've even seen cases where players are not stepping forward, but are leaning the top hand side shoulder BACK as they turn, almost using the stick like a giant can opener or pry bar on the puck as they rotate.

@arihsolomon 1 month ago

Excellent video! Any tips for helping us keep the puck from launching over the net and aim better?

@jacksonxbaj 1 month ago

Awesome video. Is this what they call slingshot shooting? This method looks like it would really benefit an old, broken-down player like me in my 50s. I always hit a wall trying to get these mechanics to click—is there a specific slow drill you use to build that muscle memory? I feel like I'm missing one key detail or something.

@projectdads 1 month ago

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@Rasberry-h5p7n 1 month ago

My style is to hit 70-80% the other 20% is for scoring location. Most goals in the NHL are not the strongest or fastest shots. And most sledge hammer shots often missed targets.

@edwardlbc562 1 month ago

The thing is. For baseball, golf or throwing I am righty. I shoot left handed in hockey. This trows me off.

@mhicaoidh1 1 month ago

The only issue I see is this "idea" has lead a lot of "coaches" (especially those online) to teach kids to follow through by sweeping their stick way out to the side. This leaves them visibly off balance in their own videos ... and even the few examples of NHLers letting their follow through get away from them ... they are visibly off balance.

The follow through should still be at the target, and the best shots will have the hip/spine rotation with a forward weight transfer at the end with follow through pointing at the target. You will be on balance for any impacts or reactions to rebounds, etc as well.

Bedard and Petterson can get away with the occasional sweeps to the side ... they're at the top of the game. Us mere mortals should not take their exceptions as being the rule.

@SecretSauceHockey Creator 1 month ago

Your spine is the axis, the stick is the radius, the puck is the particle...when your body rotates around your spine, the puck travels further distance in the same time = THE PUCK MUST MOVE FASTER. In a straight line the puck travels at the same speed as your body. 👨‍🔬🏒:_SSHHappy:...the feet are for balance as the weight transfers around the spine.

@poleguy 1 month ago (edited)

I don't comment on many videos... but at 7:30 you play a clip and then you say "I'll rotate my hips, and my shoulders will follow," Bedard is rotating his hips in the opposite direction from his upper body. He's on ice. You are not. I think this is a key element you are missing. He is producing torque by using his core strength to rotate his upper body for the shot and the lower body to produce a counter-balancing force to double the torque... now maybe he doesn't do this on every shot, so not a universal rule? But, anyway, it's the opposite of what you said right after showing the clip.