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Protecting the Puck on Your Backhand

Protecting the puck on your backhand is an important skill because it will allow you to get off a clean shot.  If you are driving wide on your backhand side, you want to protect the puck so that the impending defenseman can't take it from you. Watch this week's High End Hockey video to see this in action!

Sniper of the Week: Kinn M.

Congratulations to Kinn M., an 11-year-old PeeWee who is participating in his first 5000 Shot Challenge this year. Kinn wins a $15 TSR gift card and a 30-minute shooting lesson with High End Hockey!

Team: Vipers
Position: Defense
Favorite subject: English
Favorite hockey team: Boston Bruins
Favorite player: Jack Eichel
Favorite pre-game meal: Pizza and a Coke
Favorite non-hockey thing to do: play baseball

Could you be our next Sniper of the Week? Be sure you turn in your tracking sheets to be qualified.

What a Tangled Web...

We Weave (or hit)

The actual quote, from Sir Walter Scott, is "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."  Now let's hope that tangled weave is the back of the  net! Deceptive shooting involves protecting the puck, shooting around obstacles (like another player) and faking shots to fool the goalie.  Watch this week's High End Hockey video to see this in action.

 

 

Take a look at local Challenger, Itai, using a glove as the obstacle to pull the puck around before shooting. Great job, Itai (and little bro, Liam, picking up all the pucks he shot!)!!

 

Sniper of the Week: Jayden A.

Jayden A. is this week's Sniper of the Week.  With over 1500 shots taken already this summer, this 13-year-old Bantam is making up for lost time when a broken arm last year cut short his Challenge!

 

Favorite summer activity: Swimming
Position: Right Defense
Favorite team: Bruins
Favorite player: Zdeno Chara
Favorite pre-game meal: Homemade Pizza
Favorite pump-up song: Rap God (Eminem)

Stars & Snipes

Sniper of the Week: Ethan G.

Congratulations to Ethan G., our Sniper of the Week for last week's star-studded holiday week. This is Ethan's second year taking the Challenge -- last year he shot 5,750 pucks!!!

 

 

Favorite Summer Activity: swimming

Position: defense

Favorite Team: Bruins 

Favorite Player: Bergeron 

Favorite Pre game meal: noodles

Favorite Pump up song: Trapqueen 

As a Sniper of the Week, Ethan wins a $15 gift card to TSR Hockey and a 30-minute shooting lesson from High End Hockey!  Make sure your tracking sheets are returned to juliedalton@tsrhockey.com and you may be our next Sniper of the Week!
 

Week 4: Accuracy + New Sniper of the Week

HEH Video Tip of the Week: Accuracy

This week's video tip of the week from High End Hockey (www.highendhockey.com) focuses on shooting accuracy.  Three things to keep in mind when taking your shot:
1. Stick points to your target
2. Shoulders finish into the net
3. Keep your eyes up the entire time

Sniper of the Week: Cam S.

Congratulations to Cam S., our second Sniper of the Week for this year's Challenge. Cam is a student at Central Catholic High School and wins a $15 gift card to TSR plus a 30-minute shooting lesson with High End Hockey.

Favorite subject: History

Favorite team: Bruins

Favorite player: Stamkos or Bergeron

Favorite pre-game meal: Spaghetti & Sauce

Favorite non-hockey thing to do: hang out with my friends

Favorite pump-up song: 300 Violin Orchestra or Lose Yourself (by Eminem)

Week 3: Snipers + Mitts

We are now in Week 4 of the 5000 Shot Challenge and are well on our way to harder, more accurate shots.  Thirty-five (35) shooters have turned in tracking sheets -- are you being outworked?  Remember Reason #5: because somewhere out there someone is working harder than you. Don't be outworked! Grab your stick and start shooting!

Sniper of the Week

Congratulations to our first Sniper of the Week, Jeremy I.  Jeremy won a $15 TSR gift card and a 30-minute shooting lesson from High End Hockey. 

About Jeremy:

Age: 9

Grade: going into 4th grade

Favorite subject: Math

Favorite team: Bruins

Favorite player: Patrick Kane

Favorite pre-game meal: Eggs

Favorite non-hockey thing to do: Soccer

Mitts

Ever wonder why your one-timers and snap shots don't fire like they should?  Watch this week's Tip of the Week shooting video from High End Hockey's Jon Hutcheon to learn where your hands should be for these shots.  Local players demonstrate how these shots happen in real time!

High End Hockey (www.highendhockey.com) offers shooting lessons and weekly skills sessions this summer!

Week 2: Changing the Angle of Your Shot

Greetings 5000 Shot Challengers!  By now you should be finishing your Week 2 shooting and getting ready for Weeks 3-6.  Be sure you are logging your shots!  Has your shot been getting stronger? More accurate?  Play any fun shooting games? Tell us about it!  We may profile you on our blog!

Here is this week's shooting tip from High End Hockey (www.highendhockey) which focuses on changing the angle of your shot.  You'd use this when you have an opposing player in front of you -- use them to screen your shot.  

Remember...you miss 100% of the shots you don't take!