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Originally Posted by Goalieworld20
when performing a half b-fly, one knee is down while the other leg is extended straight with the pad face facing the shooter. Since it is facing the shooter when the puck hits the pad it will reirect right back out to the shooter. there is also soemtimes a kicking forward motion with this leg, causing a longer rebound as well in front.
in the b-fly, your pads are angled so that the ouck hits and goes away from where it came. not to mention most saves should be made with the stick if theyre low anyways.
and if u say u can use the stick in the half b-fly, ur rioght, but why? now u have created a large 5-hole openin that is easy to exploit, not to mention in this position holes under your arms open up as well.
i wish i had my goalie coach's pics of this. he had one of his top Jr. A tenders do half b-flys (and he was like wat? i never use those lol) and took pictures. he pointed out all the extra holes that are made than in the pic where the guy is in a full b-fly for the same type of shot.
hope this helps  |
Thanks for the clarification! I actually thought the half Bfly was a bit different. when I use my version of the half Bfly, the leg pad that is not flush on the ice to make the stop, actually has the skate touching the surface. employ a bit of a wide-ish stance so my "standing leg" looks to be a in a similar position before the save was executed. I use it when the shot is low towards one side and I know I want to make a fast recovery and move towards where I have purposely re-directed the puck. If both my knees were on the ice, I would simply do a full butterfly as the standard half Bfly would not buy me much more time.
I just like keeping my skates on the ice as much as possible in order to move to my next location. In terms of blocking surface, the full bfly is far superior but it just depends on what my next planned move will be.
To sum it up the scenario where I would use such a move is this:
Clear path between he forward who is initiating the shot and myself. I have already noted an opposing player on the side where the low shot is going too and I want to be fully recovered and repositioned before he can coral any possible rebound.
I guess I can't call that move a half bfly anymore and sorry for the confusion
