pad slide

[goaliemaster772]

some times when it is a far pass(i.e. corner to far side of the goal) and a hard pass it is hard to get over fast enough. in ice hockey i use the stack save but in roller hockey you dont slide as good and dont get as far. i was curious what other goalies do to get over to the other side. proboly the older goalies( i am 12) and bigger goalies can get over faster but if you are my size (about 4 foot 10) how would you get over.

[bEaStFrOmThEaSt]

When I play roller hockey I try to kick off the ground and lunge into it while I some what move into the b-fly... Im 14 and 5' 10'' 160...

[moogy35]

I try to anticipate where the puck is going and usually end up doing somewhat of a split (glove side) paddle down. Blocker side I try a skate save blocker save (basically I try to make myself look big in both situations). Roller is different because a lot more moves are despiration moves. So you basically do what ever you can to get over fast. (i'm 5' 4") Either way your back foot (the side the puck starts from) has to push really hard to get over.

Sorry this porbably didn't help much.

[spuriouskeeper]

I'm not sure about roller (I have never had the occasion to play), but I have learned one thing over the years. If you take the time to identify where all the offensive players are in your vicinity, more often than not, you have more time to react on these cross-ice passes than you think.

I used to try to fly over as quickly as possible but invariably found myself in no position to make any sort of save effectively (ie actually "see" the puck off the shooter's stick).

Depending on what type of surface you play on, my advice would be to get some of the pad covers that the roller guys talk about on this board and EXPLODE off the post and then execute a calm/controlled post-to post b/f slide.

Of course some of the roller guys/girls will probably have better advice for these situations.

Good luck

[big dog daddy]

Goalmaster,

I'm with Moogy on this. Anticaption and hope you get over there. Keep your head on a swivel and let your D know about any open player on the far side. In all reality it is the Ds responsiblity to pick up that open winger on your far post. Your primary focus is always on the person with the puck. if you try to cheat to stop the one timer you will get burnt by the guy with the puck. He will shoot instead of passing because he can see the you are cheating for the pass.

I never let one timers get to me because as i mentioned earlier it is the Ds job to keep that person occupied. So you can concnetrate on the man with the puck.


BDD

[KDB]

First, I will break up the pass if at all possible...

My move will usually depend on how far out the new shooter is. From furthest out to closest: T-push, butterfly, pad save or paddle down. And I once made a diving stick save that was pretty damn sweet...