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Tips for playing in net: Goalie Advice needed.
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Ok so as most of you know I started playing hockey last year. I organized a Charity event for LifeShare that is taking place this weekend ( see sig) . We have came up short on goalies. Everyone was panicking so I volunteered to step in and try it out. I borrowed all the equipment to play Saturday but dont have the first idea about playing net. I am trying it out for the first time tonight at a pickup ... any tips?
Ok so as most of you know I started playing hockey last year. I organized a Charity event for LifeShare that is taking place this weekend ( see sig) . We have came up short on goalies. Everyone was panicking so I volunteered to step in and try it out. I borrowed all the equipment to play Saturday but dont have the first idea about playing net. I am trying it out for the firstt tonight at a pickup ... any tips?
Anytime an opposing player comes near the net, snap your head back like you've been rear-ended, fall to the ice like you've been shot, and flop around like a fish out of water.
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Try to make sure that you try to stay in the net, and try to adjust where you are in the crease by keeping track of where you are in relation to the end of crease. Don't try to play the puck unless all the players are on the opposite side of the ice.
Also, try not to go down too early.
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Well ... I think my only strength will be my glove since I played 3rd base during my college baseball years... I got a good glove... I have decided if this whole butterfly thing is to hard on my old body that I am going to try to play 70's style standup HAHA .
One of my teammates has said he will donate 1 dollar for every save I make during the event...
But seriously, if this is the first time you've played net on skates in full equipment your going to be all over the ice and out of control.
I might recommend that you play standup instead of trying to be cool and butterflying all over the ice.
Just come out and cut off the angles and make yourself as big as possible, keep the blade of your stick on the ice and make your 5 hole as small as possible.
Oh if somebody comes in close or on a breakaway spit in his face.
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Ok so as most of you know I started playing hockey last year. I organized a Charity event for LifeShare that is taking place this weekend ( see sig) . We have came up short on goalies. Everyone was panicking so I volunteered to step in and try it out. I borrowed all the equipment to play Saturday but dont have the first idea about playing net. I am trying it out for the firstt tonight at a pickup ... any tips?
I played ball hockey goalie for close to a decade, and I think a lot of it has to do with "persuading" the player with the puck not to shoot. If he's all alone and you are more aggressive with angles, you can force him to pass.
I'd also study the tendency of opposing players and know which ones were shooters and which were passers. There's always one player on every team that'll never shoot, and another who will always shoot. Know your players and force them to do what they aren't comfortable with. Know which players are the most dangerous, and be aware of where they are at all times and when they come on the ice.
Eventually, you get good enough to know which players are covered by your defenseman, which aren't, and where the next shot is likely coming from, and who's the most dangerous player out there. You also eventually can use the opposing players trying to screen you and know you don't have to worry about certain areas because your team or the other team is screening that part of the net for you.
Also, when you are down in the butterfly, keep your blocker high and the goalie stick blade covering the 5 hole. Don't do what other goalies do and put the paddle to the ice, because then that freezes your blocker. If a shot goes high blocker side and your paddle is down on the ice, you won't save it. It's also much easier to drop your glove hand in a split second than to raise it in a split second. Glove should always be covering the top corner while opposition player is going to shoot. If the shot goes middle side, you can drop your glove easier than raising it if it goes top corner. A lot of goalies argue with me on this point, but the ones who did were, without a doubt, all inferior to me back in the day.
If you, as a goalie, make a vow that you will not give up ANY 5 hole goals, and are very successful in keeping this vow, you are already better than 80% of the goalies out there. Also, depending how skilled the opponents are, pokecheck liberally on breakaways. Not a lot of players can react, keep the puck, and shoot it in the net in such a high pressure situation.
Goaltending vs. very talented players is more about mind games than technicalities. I'm not putting down natural talent, but I'd say it's 50% physical, and 50% mental. Maybe even more mental than physical, though the physical skill has to also be there.
Trying not to sound incredibly crass...but get ready to be lit up like a christmas tree. Goaltending is a tough position to play and will be hard to take a bunch of tips from a forum and put them to good use. Just go have fun, try to stop some pucks, and don't get injured....oh and probably stretch 5x more your legs than you would as a player.
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