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“Then I told him I was going to get him something manly.” “At first, I was going to get him some art,” she said. Her search brought her to the range for a gift certificate. “We try to offer a welcoming environment for women and children.”Īt the front desk last week, Mike Perkins helped explain the process to Justine Lyons, an Emory researcher who was looking for a Christmas gift for her husband. “We’re trying to differentiate ourselves in cleanliness, customer service and a well-lit range,” Perkins said. His parents - Jan and Mike Perkins - man the counter. The range wants to cater to first-time shooters, and Perkins said he hopes to win them over with kindness and chocolate chip cookies, which are offered at the front desk. Simply put, he said, “It’s a huge circle (I- 285) with a diverse population who want to shoot guns.” And there was nowhere to do it. “It was a pain in the butt,” said Perkins, who also owns a demolition company. The self-described “inside-the-perimeter kind of guy,” started shooting last year and had to drive to ranges in Forest Park, Norcross or Smyrna. Tyler Perkins, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, opened Quickshot in a brick building that used to house an auto repair shop. (The owners and their clientele) are removing some of the stereotypes surrounding guns.” Wolfman has shot there several times and said, “I’m always surprised to see who is walking through the door. “The area is not as liberal - or at least about guns - as you’d think.”

“A lot more people are supportive of shooting than you’d think,” said Jonathan Wolfman, one of the owners of Soapbox Studios, which is near the range. Henry Batten, who is active with the Lindbergh-LaVista Corridor Coalition, which represents the neighborhoods just to the north of the area, said, “Most people would say, ‘At least its not another nail salon or check cashing place.’ ” “I’d be upset if that was in our neighborhood.” “I’m surprised because the NPU is filled with neighborhood activists,” he said. Gerry Neumark, vice chair of Neighborhood Planning Unit-F, which represents the Atlanta neighborhoods adjacent to the Zonolite area, heard nothing about it. The range, which is just outside the Atlanta city limits, quietly gained its permit and did not draw protests.

Watch a video demonstration of the Snap Shot to learn more.The intown range has been open three weeks now and is drawing a steady stream of residents interested in their marksmanship, the discipline of precision shooting and personal safety.

Bottom hand follows through towards the target.

Use the natural flex of the stick to generate power by driving the heel of the blade into ice a couple inches behind the puck.

Variations: As you get better, move further away from the coach, player (or wall) that is passing to you and increase the speed! You can also receive passes from angles instead of straight on.

At the end of the day, the activity is used to improve your quick release & reaction time! If you do not have access to the self passing device or the boards are poor, you can always use tennis balls on ice.

On-Ice: You can use the boards to bounce the puck off to you, or an elastic /rubber self passing device.

You still face forward, but before you shoot, you can backhand a pass so it hit the wall and deflects forward to you.

Off-Ice: Use a tennis ball with a wall behind you.

If you do not have a player or a coach to pass the puck to you, you can still work on this by yourself. Player uses reaction time to work on a quick shot.

Coach (or another player) places puck in random location (different sides of body, in skates, in tight, out wide, etc).Progression # 3: No Look & Random Puck Placement Shooting player faces net and looks forward.Player uses reaction time to work on a quick one-touch shot.Coach (or another player) passes puck to backhand of the shooters stick.Shooting player faces net but looks back at passer.Below we dive into the setup, coaching points and how it can be practiced on and off of the ice.

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An excellent progression to work on Quick Shot Release & Reaction time! This series is commonly practiced by NHL All-Star Zach Parise to work on his quick release.

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