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Originally Posted by Inferno
I take it you've never played goal then? Tapping your posts or even feeling with your blocker and catcher to see how square you are in your net is alot smarter than looking down at your crease. You don't want to take your eye off the puck for even a second.
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Haha. Only played in goal for decades.
Superstition, absolutely. Positioning, no. I haven’t hit my posts with my stick since I was a kid and thought it looked cool.
Oversimplified slightly, but a decent starting point, for example, is that if you are on the mark on the corner of the crease, you are pretty square with the faceoff dot.
(Note: I’m not saying to stop and look at your feet when a winger is streaming down and taking a shot any more than you are saying to touch the net and put your stick or glove side arm temporarily out of position when you are actively cutting down that angle and anticipating a shot)
Here is a nice article from InGoal magazine. Doesn’t mention whacking posts.
https://ingoalmag.com/technique/prof...ng-strategies/