No Defense

[Gimpish Goalie]

ok i have been playing for a couple seasons and i have no defense its not cool at all and i always end up getting blamed and its not cool.
i just need some help on wat i can do to help this thnks

ian

[stollie_the_goalie]

Roller hockey tends to be like this. Defense is not stressed very much, and since there is no offside, you can make huge outlet passes and have people go in ahead of you and split the defense. If people are giving you crap, then be a diplomat: Tell them to go to hell, and make them enjoy doing it.

[Gimpish Goalie]

I already do that but like they could care less i was thinking about not making the saves i do. if i didnt make half the saves i do we would lose terribly i get alot of shots kuz it is so easy to shoot in roller

thnks for the help

Here is a pic to cheer u up lol

http://www.dhermit.com/ianhockey2.jpg

[Hamz]

A. Get a shutout every single game. (Seems just a tad hard.)

B. PeePee in every one of your defenceman's bag's until they get the message.


C. Tell your D if they want to win they need to come back.

D. Let in all goals that your D-men don't come back on and on the ones your D-men come back on try real hard to save them.

B. sounds the most fun but I would go with C.

[Gimpish Goalie]

shut outs are almost impossible in roller hockey its just too easy to score in roller

i might do b and d

[linkbelt238]

Glad to know Im not alone on this one. At least you dont blow by your D when you challenge a shooter!

Link

[WERNER 1]

Over the past seven years, I've noticed that the teams I've played for that had good "D", and so-so scoring, usually ended up with a championship......or at least made it to the finals.

The teams that had all the superstars on them, but only had marginal "D", didn't fair quite as well.

The team I'm on now, The Belleville Bulls, has one good "D" line, and one that's not so good. We finished this session 9-2-1, and the championships are next week (Back to back games).......................we'll see how it all pans out.

Tell your "D" to stay on the points, never let someone behind them, pass the puck up- not carry, and for pete's sake never try and knock the puck out of the air when it's a shot on goal!!!!!( Had one scored on me like that Tuesday night!

[KingOfTheCrease]

By playing goal on teams with such bad defence for so long I've actually come to learn how to play defence and I'm now in my 2nd season of defence (don't worry I am NOT a convert, I still play goal for two teams) and my team mates are spun out. They always say "Man, I can't believe you're a goalie" but the thing is I have NO skill. I have reasonable hockey sense and lots of intensity and most of all like most defender I DON'T RUSH FORWARD.
I must say goalies tend to play the position well. We have a team full of goalies that play tournaments together and we always conceed very few shots, and are all willing to block shots.
I know this isn't quite to the point and has little substance, but nonetheless I recommend play a season out in D coz it gives you a different look at the game. I find it has helped my goaltending.

[theeagle]

tell your team to shove it up your..............well you know. tell them uhhh i cant exactly make a sliding save across the goal mouth when theres uuuuuuuuuuuuuuh no ice. its roller hockey dude just hang in there. i was on a team wher elike on ice i was known around town then i get on the roller league and get shelled people who dont play the position dont understand you cnat make the kinda saves when your on a "floor" i used to let it get to me i had a team that would blame me for everything man i just had to laugh so when we kept losing every week we fianlly playd the number 1 team well for some odd reason i went off the wall and stoned em after the game which we won i left and never came back they disgusted me so much hahaha. infact i got so pissed after that game i didnt play for a whole year.

[Gimpish Goalie]

hey we won our game today it was great 6-3 thnks for the help i told the offense to take the points and the d to watch the mid and we did good

[stollie_the_goalie]

Good stuff.

And I finally got to play goalie on Sport-Court yesterday! Toook me a while to adjust...

[Gimpish Goalie]

ya ur lucky u get cool rink we hvae a cement rink my 470 gets ripped bad it sucks but ill get over it when the ice rink opens