I bought my girls (8 and 10) a radar gun to "gamify" their basement shooting. I'd like to be able to give them an idea of what is slow, average, and fast so they can benchmark as they go and stop asking me "is that fast?" after every shot. Thanks in advance for any data/insights, or just anecdotes about your own kids.
Honestly, I can’t recommend this format enough for kids who maybe lacked a little puck-carrying or shooting confidence during the winter full ice season. Super fun environment, low stakes, lots of touches, and they get to do it with friends.
She had 1 goal in her first game and only managed a single shot on net. Second game it started clicking and she scored 3 more. Somewhere around then the lightbulb went on: “Wait… I can score here.”
She finished with another 30 goals over the final 5 games, finding new ways of manipulating defenseman to get a clear shooting angle.
Funny enough, she’s actually more of a playmaker in full ice. During her 10U season most of her goals were dekes off the rush. I don’t think she had a wrist-shot goal from outside the low slot all year.
I told her in a fun league like this that if you’ve got the lane, carry it and rip it. Now she’s downstairs every night working on her shot because she’s realizing it can be a real weapon :)