Is it worth practicing every day ??? Alternate: 30 weighted pucks or weighted stick ... then 30 normal weight ... try drilling a hole, so some pucks are lighter -- for quicker hands. Add resistance drills: heavy sticks, rubber band resistance, steel pucks ... but always finish with normal weight shots, looking at target! Practice realistic game-like shooting drills -- not so comfortable as simply coasting straight toward the net. Try skating into the zone, cutting sharply and skating parallel to the blue line, then shooting. This is a shot that you can get off in a game, because the D can’t take away space as easily. Shoot one-timers when the pass isn’t between your feet, and you have to adjust by skating “around” it. This is how Ovechkin gets off more shots than anyone in the league -- 49% of his team’s shots. He practices releasing the puck without coasting to get comfortable.