Supporting his presentation on Creating a Lethal Release with the Corkscrew Shot, Tyler Dittmer shares this shooting drill that focuses on the technique of the corkscrew shot on the strong side.

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Corkscrew Shooting - Strong Side

Drill Description:

• Players will be lined up on their strong side for this drill (lefties on left, righties on right).
• Coach uses a bingo dabber or ice marker to draw a guide for players.
• Make sure the guide has them shooting on the inside of the dot, then arching toward the boards to promote the rotation of the lower body.
• Coaches look for the inside leg whipping behind the body, crossing the players midline and also in the air.
• Coaches also look to see how hard they are cutting; the harder the inside edge cut, the more rotation which will put more spin on the puck.

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.