Short butterfly slide & video

[Jukka Ropponen]

GoaliePro.com - Resources - Goalie drill - Short butterfly slide

As I said in the other thread I tried to look for a suitable video to demonstrate a situation where stopping with outside skate gives advantage to goalie. This video shows it quite well. It also focuses on technique for a short butterfly slide.

I know there are different schools on these issues and many others like wether to keep hands out in front or not. Remember that there is no right way or wrong way to do things. Find out what works for you and understand why, that's the key. There are no wrong saves in the game either, just saves or goals. My job as the coach is to find a way for each one of my goalies that works best for them.

Jukka

[sloth2946]

With regards to hand positioning in this video, I believe the save sequence that is being demonstrated is a perfect example as to keeping the hands up and active.

As the goalie rotates over to the prospective shooter, the shooter doesn't know where's going yet, so therefore neither does the goalie. At that time the hands need to be up and out and ready to change as the situation does.

To simply lock the hands low in a wall type save selection would give the shooter an opportunity to double clutch on the shot and make a better decision. The key to it is that the shooter is out of the frame, therefore from a medium distance. If the shooter was in tight, then the hands being up would not be what I would recommend as you'd probably prefer to jam the shooter in tight and make a wall with hopefully no holes.

I actually had a situation a few months ago identical to the 2nd portion of the clip, it was a 2-0. The pass came across to a right handed shot and he was going to just pump it at me, but I got across so quickly and had my hands down that he had enough time to reconsider and he sniped my ass over the glove which was locked down low.

[The Wall33]

I liked the active hands on the 2nd sequence. I also like about 99% of the sequence.

I'm still not sold on the outside edge stop. This movement sequence seems a bit rushed, perhaps a little unrealistic. I say that simply because the goalie is aware of where the shot will originate and therefore can cheat to make the save. You see this subtly b/c the goalie does not fully square up to the 1st potential shooter in anticipation of the lateral pass.

Also, it would be a very quick sequence of passes indeed to replicate the speed of the drill. The pass from behind the goal line would need to go to a shooter on his strong side, which would represent a real shooting threat. Any goalie playing that pass undersquare is asking for touble. Secondly the imaginary guy receiving the first pass would then have to immediately send it across the crease to the 2nd shooter on his strong side for a very quick shot release. Try making these passes at top speed and you will quickly see how fast it breaks down. It will almost never succeed in a game environment due to pressure on time and space.

Don't get me wrong, I love compound movement drills like this but we need to be aware of the possible pitfalls, especially if making a point on the proper leg to stop with. This type of drill can 'look good' when executed but when a goalie knows where the shot will come from cheating tendencies can develop quickly if not checked.

Wellsie