Can you fake a shot in hockey?
Harmony Smitham
2025-06-02 08:09:32
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The most obvious fake you can learn is the fake shot. Whether you’re faking a quick snap-shot on a breakaway before pulling it to your backhand to roof it or a slap-shot from the point that you’re going to pass off to your D partner, you need to learn to make that fake with complete control. In the two cases above, the fake shot sets up your real move. You have to make your opponent believe that you’re going to shoot or else the goalie or defender doesn’t need to adjust to it, which makes your real move tough to execute.
So if you’re faking the snap-shot on your breakaway, you need bring your stick back slightly from the puck, lean into your stick, shift your weight to your inside leg (the one closest to the blade of your stick), and open up your blade so it really looks like you’re going to shoot. Just gliding in towards the goalie with the puck on your forehand isn’t enough to sell it. When faking a slap-shot from the point, you have to bring your stick back, shift your weight back and rotate through as if you’re going to make contact with the puck.
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