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How to Increase Shot Power in Hockey

If you want to increase your shot power, the first thing you need to do is start concentrating your training on where it needs to be, which is the legs, hips, and core!

Exercises:

1. THE WOODCHOPPER
Woodchoppers are an excellent way to elevate your slap shot power because "they target the core muscles, which are vital to the transfer of power from the lower body to the upper body and into the puck," Coghlin notes. Use a medicine ball, dumbbell, or cable attachment to execute the exercise.
How to do it:
• Stand upright holding the weight above and beside your ear with both hands
• Make a swift but controlled chopping motion by moving the weight from the starting position across your body diagonally, ending near the opposite knee
• Finish the repetition by returning the weight to the starting position by reversing the motion
• Do 3 sets of 10 on each side.

2. THE RUSSIAN TWIST
This is another efficient exercise to strengthen the core muscles responsible for providing a strong slap shot.
How to do it:
• Hold a medicine ball with both hands in front of your chest with your arms straight
• Without dropping your arms, pivot on your right foot and rotate the ball and your torso as far as you can to the left
• Reverse direction and pivot on your left foot, rotating all the way to the right. That's one repetition.
• Do 3 sets of 12.

Med Ball Slams - Develop Your Explosive Power and Enhance Your Core!

How to do it: Hold a medicine ball and stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart. Explosively press ball overhead, then immediately slam it to the floor by driving ball downward. As you do, follow the ball with your body, avoid bending at the waist, and end in a low squat position with head up, chest and glutes low (almost like frog pose in yoga, Piazza says). Scoop the ball up on the first bounce and explode upward, driving the ball back overhead and fully extending body and arms. Do 1 to 3 sets of 12 to 15 reps. As your strength and cardio improve, substitute a heavier ball or increase reps.