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In regards to the wrap-arounds, I know where you're coming from, I hate getting beat that way ! I play mostly roller so this may or may not be of any help, my biggest problem was keeping the puck in sight when a guy was working the back of the net. After reading one of the articles posted in 'The Doctor' section I started using the advice contained within, keep the puck on your trapper side as much as possible, that helped out quite a bit. I also constantly told my teammates to call the side of the net the puck carrier was going to, using "stick" or "glove" to avoid any confusion. The last thing I started doing was to slide my stick to the post on the side the puck carrier was going to and do a t-push/pad slide to that side of the net with the post leg pad upright and the trailing leg pad down and out as far as I could get it. At the time my leg pads squared up with the post I would drive my stick forward/out to cut the option of going tight or wide with the wrap and also to eliminate the quick pass to another forward trying to sneak in and get the one timer. BTW, congrats on being able to do the splits, if I tried that there would be irrepariable damage! This may explain my "method" of playing the wraps. Regarding the breakaway, personally I play a more aggressive style, come out and challenge the shooter trying to take away as much as possible, while still moving back to keep the angle covered. I think TartanBill and Bryan covered this topic quite well in a previous post regarding position,angles etc. IMHO I can rationalize a good shooter beating me with a well placed shot much easier than a mediocre/bad shooter beating me because I was out of position or giving away too much of the net.
[This message has been edited by robbf (edited June 14, 1999).]
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