Sports Product Review

The National Hockey League had a problem.

Defense dominated the 1928-29 season so much that teams combined for only 2.9 goals a game. A radical solution was adopted for the 1929-30 season: Allow players to make forward passes in the offensive zone. The effect was immediate. Goal scoring doubled by December 1929.

With scoring now at a 42-year low, some of the NHL's leaders think its time for another radical move. Team executives and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman have begun discussing ways to increase scoring. But the developers of the Shooter Tutor at Score100Goals.com don’t believe it is a rules issue. The feel players need to learn a new way to score.

Goalies are being taught to aggressively cut down on the shooter’s angles, players are being taught to aim at the same spots goalies are being coached to cover.  It’s not working.  So how do you score more goals? They analyzed over 1,000 NHL goals and found trends based on a player's position in the offensive zone and goals scored from that position. The Shooter Tutor divides the offensive end into 5 distinct zones based on angles and depth.  These Zones are separated and color-coded based on how a goalie positions himself to the shooter.

Each zone has a different area on the net to shoot for the highest probability of scoring. Players trained in this system know exactly where to shoot from any place in the offensive zone. This means players can almost shoot without looking and the puck will be off the blade and in the net before the goalie has a chance to react. A quick release will become habitual, and accuracy for the best scoring probability from that particular zone will also be there.

Will we see scoring increase in hockey soon? It’s hard to say. But there is a pretty good chance it will increase for every young hockey player who trains with the Shooter Tutor.

Source: Score100Goals