How to Shoot Like Connor Bedard: PRO HOCKEY TRAINING

[@OpenSourceSlayer]

best video of this out, waited over a year for something like this to come out

[@nsdahockey]

Thank you for checking out our videos. I appreciate the feedback.

[@jtamagi]

I agree.

[@MikeJones-vb1me]

Last year I started playing again after about 25 years, and also helping out with my son's U9 team. The biggest challenge getting back into the game has been re-learning how to shoot with these new sticks. I need to figure it out so I can teach the kids! Tutorials like this are a huge help, especially because they all want to know how to shoot like their favourite pros. Thanks for the video!

[@nsdahockey]

Thank you for the message, best of luck with your season. Glad to hear that the videos are helpful.

[@jessedahl5746]

I was coming from the same place. Make sure you get a good stick, it can be a night and day difference. With one stick I feel like I can't get any whip (it's a lower flex too), and the other I can just snap it and it flings off super easy.

[@nsdahockey]

@@jessedahl5746 Good call, flex is very important, the lower flex the more whip on the stick, which can be a great thing depending on what type of player and shooter you are. The less flex makes the stick whippier which can be harder to pick up hard passes, it may whip when battling for pucks, but can help a ton if used properly with a players shooting, using the shaft flex to add speed and power on the shot.

[@Dean-h5p7n]

How does he get two minutes penalty when you purposefully dropped your stick? I’m new to hockey and would appreciate some tips. Thanks!

[@dustindukart5378]

Really like how you said to focus on technique not accuracy at first. I used a small trampoline to practice repeat shooting as well as hand eye catching the puck coming back. It helped a lot to get comfortable with lower body position during the shot. Thanks again for this.

[@Vacohockey]

Agree

[@Reese_md]

Bedard doesn’t push down on the stick to get flex, he has a fairly long stick, that when pulled in really tight to his body has to flex a lot, that paired with the puck is how he flexes his stick

[@nsdahockey]

If you watch Bednard’s snap shot in slow motion he pulls the puck in towards his body, he then pushes on the shaft of his stick with his bottom hand and he release towards the net. The only way to use the flex on a hockey stick is to push with your bottom hand. Using the blade on the ice as a bottom contact point, the top hand of the stick as a top contact point and the bottom hand on the stick pushes forcing the stick to flex adding more power/speed to the shot.

[@Reese_md]

@nsdahockey never said you shouldn’t use your bottom hand, I said you shouldn’t push down on the stick to get flex and power, there’s a different between pushing down and pushing through with the bottom hand

[@Reese_md]

@nsdahockey bedards bottom hand follows through rotationally with his hips and torso, I like to think about the body and hands as one motion, even though it may not look like it, they are moving together

[@nsdahockey]

@@Reese_md I believe we’re saying the same thing, you need to push with your bottom hand, no necessarily down towards the ice but a player will down and through the shot, the pushing motion is what keeps the blade on the ice allowing flex from the shaft which increases power in the shot.

[@Reese_md]

@nsdahockey yes, a lot of people say that you shot push down into the ice with the bottom hand though and I though thats what you were syaing

[@PaulMarangoni]

Really great demonstration and explanation.

[@Vacohockey]

Agree

[@gangstagangsta9081]

train 2.0 goes against this philisophy of pushing down and related it more to pushing a 9.5 foot stick through a 9 foot window so the flex is not from pushing down at all which makes sense. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZjNeZulmZuBfbM

[@nsdahockey]

That is a good video, definitely goes into the weeds on Bedard's shot. They do mention "pushing" in the video (pushing through the pane of glass...). There needs to be some pushing with the bottom hand in order to generate flex on the shaft of the stick as the blade makes contact with the ice. When teaching snap shots in general, especially to players learning the shot, the easiest way for them to understand is to have them think of pushing through the shot with their bottom hand to generate flex on the stick and power on the shot.

[@hockeyhacks2.0]

Pushing is a very general term which is why Jason and I don't like using that word. It also is not the same as what Bedsy, Pettersson (especially, how can he shoot as hard as he does with his lanky body?), Ovi, Laine, even guys like Sid and Nate. The flex comes from the physics of the whip and the weight of the stick. The amount of downforce compared to the amount of rotation could not be clearer after watching these great shooters closely for years that they do not push or lean on their sticks. When I changed that 5 years ago, my shot started to get quicker, harder, and up to their standards (80mph+ wrist shot - NHL Standard based off today's puck tracking technology- with 4/4 accuracy in all types of shots while at a high cadence)

[@dustindukart5378]

If you push down it creates more flex in the blade and naturally happens when you pull it into your body

[@hockeyhacks2.0]

@@dustindukart5378What do you mean by push? I just said its a general term. What do you mean?

[@dustindukart5378]

@@hockeyhacks2.0 See my first comment where I specified "push down" aka pressure into the ice... it's not rocket science