One of the great things about Snipe Lights is its versatility. The built-in game modes offer a variety of ways to improve your shooting speed and accuracy. But it doesn’t end there.Â
With just a little imagination, players and coaches can customize their hockey shooting target experience and create specific exercises that can be laser-focused for any player’s individual needs.
Here are just a few outside-the-box ways to use Snipe Lights: Practice Only One Type of Shot in Any Game
Does your backhand need work? Here’s your chance to use repetition to hone it and develop muscle memory in a way that’s impossible during scrimmages or games. Plus, it doesn’t involve needing to have a goalie all to yourself.
Want an advanced workout for your one-timer? Grab a teammate or coach to feed you pucks while you try to catch which target is lit with your peripheral vision as you wind up.
You know Alex Ovechkin didn’t develop that killer one-timer from the left face-off circle on power plays without tons of repetition to get the timing and aim down.
Start With Your Back to the Goal Before Every Shot
This twist teaches players to make lightning-fast decisions. Face away from the hockey net targets to start. Then spin around, find your lit target, and shoot. Then spin back and repeat for every shot. You’ll be amazed at how much this can improve your reading and recognition.
Race for the Puck
Add a new element of competition to every shot. On the whistle, make a two-player race to the puck. One player on offense and one on defense. Offense tries to get to the puck in time to get the shot off and hit the lit target. The defense tries to get a stick on the puck to stop them. The offense gets a stick length head start since D-men can poke check.
This is another advanced tweak that helps simulate in-game conditions.
Shoot With a Player on You or Distracting You
Some of the best goal scorers can light the lamp even with a player draped on them or bearing down on them quickly. Ask a buddy to create a little havoc while you’re shooting to increase your focus under pressure.
You can adapt this one to any player’s skill level. Beginner players can benefit from sticks waving in front of them or even verbal distraction. Elite players can master their shooting accuracy and balance while a training partner applies some gentle contact.
Use Snipe Lights to Work on Your Heads-up Stickhandling
Who says an interactive hockey target is only useful to practice shooting? Set Snipe Lights on Gopher Hunt mode and shoot for whichever target lights up while stickhandling… either in place or moving your feet. This trains players to keep their heads up and get comfortable stickhandling without staring at the puck.
Test New Sticks and Blade Patterns More Efficiently
It can be tough to test a new stick or blade pattern without repeatedly trying it with every type of shot. You might love your new wrist shot with a different stick but if it leaves you with no backhand, you’ll want to find out before you’re playing with it in a game after you or your parents invested hundreds of dollars on it.
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