Yesterday afternoon I went down the primary school for a final shooting session in the inlines before this afternoon's Grand Final at Gawler. I was gone around seventy minutes, put through 300 shots in that time. Before, in between, and after completing my circuits (100 each) I conducted separate stick handling drills.
- Skate in large figure eights around entire netball court, using only left hand to hold the stick and deke the puck in front of me, keeping it on the outside around the corners.
- Put five pucks in a line with about two metres between each, carry the puck in slalom through them, keeping puck on outside, each way, both one handed and with two.
- Put two pucks about two metres above the goal circle, about two metres apart, carry a puck in from the side at moderate speed, dodge between the two pucks and shoot at goal as emerge (both ways, ie forehand and backhand shots).
- Line up five pucks in a 'V' above the goal circle, with three pucks about a metre apart in a line towards the centre and then the last two pucks at an angle back towards the goal line at about a forty five degree angle, then skate up dodging between the pucks around the 120' angle and down through remaining pucks to have a shot at post from the side.
I ended the session by skating in from centre about ten times in a shootout simulation. Lots of fails. Decided in the end to come in at speed, dart to the left and flick in the backhand from the tight angle at the last moment. I hit the post only once, on the last attempt.
My shots were 'average' for recent times, though much improved from in the past:
11/6/9/6, 7/12/5/5, 7/7/7/5 (29%)
Of note, this was the first time ever that I put four shots on a row on the post. Twice!
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