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Tip-and-Dig Shooting

Tip the point shot into the empty net, dig it out, and shoot on the goalie.

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Zone diagram of Tip-and-Dig Shooting. A shooter at the blue line shoots through a tipper standing in front of an empty net at the hash marks. The tipper digs the puck out and carries into the slot to shoot on the goalie.

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How it runs

  1. Place an empty net at the hash marks. One player stands in front of it as the tipper. The shooters line up at the blue line with pucks.
  2. The first shooter shoots from the blue line and the tipper deflects it into the empty net.
  3. The tipper digs the puck out of the empty net while the shooter moves in to become the next tipper.
  4. The tipper carries into the slot and shoots on the goalie.
  5. After the shot, go to the back of the shooting line. The next shooter goes.

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