Supporting his presentation on Creating a Lethal Release with the Corkscrew Shot, Tyler Dittmer shares this shooting drill replicates a power play situation, where a player performs a give and go with the defencemen and performs a corkscrew shot.

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Corkscrew Shooting - Power Play

Drill Description:

• Coaches draw a straight line from NZ dot to faceoff dot.
  
• This will act as a guide for the players skating route, as well as where we want them to release it.
  
• Draw a small circle just inside the faceoff dot for release point.
  
• Can use coaches or players to act as Dman on the blueline.
  
• Players in the corners will pass the puck up to the Coach/Player and will skate up the boards near the blue line.
  
• Once the coach/player receives the pass, they will begin to skate towards the middle of the ice. 
  
• Once the player that made the first pass gets up near the blue line, they will pass the puck back.
  
• The player who has skated up to the blueline will perform a glide turn, receive the puck inside of the line the coach drew, then handle the puck towards the release point and perform a strong side corkscrew shot.
  
• This drill can also be done on the weakside for the players with no change in set up.

Key Teaching Points:

• Get into a wide glide with puck loaded in shooting position.
  
• Inside Edge Cut of the outside leg.
  
• Inside Leg Whips Behind/Across midline of body.
  
• Follow through of stick crosses midline of body.
  
• After release of the puck, lower body should be facing lateral while upper body remains facing the net.
  
• The harder you cut on inside edge (rotate), more spin on the puck = harder shot.