Hockey Slap Shot

Kiley Hunt
What is a Slap Shot?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLPqexkjD3A
Description
● Used to make aggressive shot in a game
● High speed movement
● Major movements occuring at elbow
joint,trunk, and knee joint
● 6 phases of the movement
○ Backswing, downswing, preloading,
loading, release, follow through
○ Condensed into 3
 Backswing
Phase 1: BackSwing
● Arms are pulled back, spinal flexion
● One arm extended, one arm flexed
● Knees flexed
● Hip flexion
● Wrist Flexion
 ● Wrist
○ Isometric
Backswing Joint ○ Slightly Flexed
○ Agonist: Flexor Carpi Ulnaris, Flexor Carpi
Movements and Radialis, Palmaris Longus
○ Antagonist: Extensor Carpi Ulnaris/Radialis
Muscles ○ Synergist: Flexor digitorum
profundus/superficialis, flexor digiti minimi
● Hip
○ Isometric
○ Slightly flexed
○ Agonist: Psoas, iliacus, pectineus
○ Synergists: rectus femoris, sartorius
○ Antagonist: Gluteus Maximus, Hamstrings
○ Neutralizers: Gluteus Medius/Minimus
● Right Elbow/Arm
○ Concentric
○ Extension
○ Agonist: Triceps
○ Synergists: Anconeus
○ Antagonist: Biceps Brachii
○ Neutralizers: Brachioradialis, brachialis
 ● Left Elbow/Arm
○ Concentric
Backswing Joint ○ Flexion
○ Agonist: Biceps Brachii, brachialis
Movements and ○
○
Synergists: Brachioradialis
Antagonist: Triceps

Muscles ●
○ Neutralizers: Anconeus
Shoulder
○ Concentric
○ Extension
○ Agonist: Latissimus dorsi, Teres major, Posterior
deltoid
○ Synergists: Subscapularis, teres minor
○ Antagonist: Coracobrachialis
○ Neutralizers: Pectoralis Major
● Shoulder Girdle
○ Concentric
○ Retraction
○ Agonist: Trapezius, Rhomboids
○ Synergists: Pectoralis Minor
○ Antagonist: Latissimus dorsi, Pectoralis Major,
Teres Major
 Trunk
Backswing Joint ●
○ Concentric

Movements and ○
○
Rotation
Agonist: Internal obliques, external obliques

Muscles ○
○
Synergist: transverse and rectus abdominis
Antagonist: Erector Spinae Group
● Knee
○ Eccentric
○ Flexion
○ Agonist: Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus,
Semimembranosus
○ Synergist: popliteus, gastrocnemius, gracilis,
sartorius
○ Antagonist: Vastus lateralis, vastus medialis,
vastus intermedius, rectus femoris
○ Neutralizers: TFL, plantaris
 Downswing
Phase 2: Downswing
- Motion of the player bringing the stick
down toward the ice to slap the puck
- Where the player is transforming
potential energy into kinetic energy
- Makes puck move
 Shoulder
Downswing Joint ●
○ Eccentric

Movements and ○
○
Adduction & extension
Agonist: Latissimus dorsi, Pectoralis Major,

Muscles ○
Teres Major
Synergists: Coracobrachialis, triceps
○ Antagonist: Supraspinatus
○ Neutralizers: Posterior deltoid, infraspinatus
● Trunk
○ Eccentric
○ Rotation
○ Agonist: Internal obliques, external obliques
○ Synergist: transverse and rectus abdominis
○ Antagonist: Erector Spinae Group
● Wrist, Hip, Knee, and Elbow muscles are
constant
 Release and Follow Through
Phase 3: Release and
Follow Through ● When the stick is leaving the ice and the
player is following through with his swing
● Right arm is still extended and left arm is
still flexed
● Shoulder goes through further adduction
● Major trunk rotation using same muscles
 ● Trunk
Eccentric
Release and Follow ○
○ Rotation
Agonist: Internal and external obliques
Through Joint ○
○ Synergist: transverse and rectus abdominis
○ Antagonist: Erector Spinae Group
Movements and ● Shoulder

Muscles ○
○
Eccentric
Adduction & extension
○ Agonist: Latissimus dorsi, Pectoralis Major,
Teres Major
○ Synergists: Coracobrachialis, triceps
○ Antagonist: Deltoid, supraspinatus
○ Neutralizers: Posterior Deltoid, Infraspinatus
● Shoulder Girdle
○ Eccentric
○ Protraction
○ Agonist: Serratus anterior
○ Synergists: pectoralis major and minor
○ Antagonist: Rhomboids
○ Neutralizers: Trapezius
 Right knee
Release and Follow ●
○ Eccentric

Through Joint ○
○
Flexion
Agonist: Biceps Femoris, Semitendinosus,

Movements and ○
Semimembranosus
Synergists: popliteus, gastrocnemius,
gracilis, sartorius
Muscles ○ Antagonists: Vastus lateralis, vastus
medialis, vastus intermedius, rectus femoris
○ Neutralizers: TFL, Plantaris
● Left knee, wrist, and elbow joints are
constant
Open or Closed Chain?

Open chained movement because the stick is not

a stable object and the player is skating on ice,
which is also unstable.
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