Show off Your Butterfly

[hYPNO]

Originally Posted by ZenGoalie31

One thing I notice is I need to lean more down into the knees a bit and not ramp my stick up too much.

IMO , looks like you just need to straighten up a bit more so that you are taller in your butterfly. Get your shoulders up and butt high off of the ice.That would help you ramp your stick less, as well as allow you to cover more net.

[¿Que?]

Originally Posted by Jansson

Could you write a review about the 08 Xpulse?

[Moore-door]

Originally Posted by ¿Que?

Could you write a review about the 08 Xpulse?

Ditto 10char.

[cgoalie30]

Originally Posted by EdwardL

Ha that is about the funniest critical picture i had ever seen

[OmegaGoalie]

Originally Posted by cgoalie30

Ha that is about the funniest critical picture i had ever seen

HA! Awesome.

[Ian Himself]

Yes, it's awesome having that bumped up.





Fix'd. \/

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by Ian Himself

Yes, it's awesome having that bumped up.





Fix'd. \/

Is it the perspective, or is your stick not touching the ice at all?

[c0nquistad0rian]

Originally Posted by hYPNO

A couple of newspaper clippings from 2003 when I was playing senior mens out here on the Island. How I would of loved to have had the V3 pads that I do now...the closure is so much better , plus I moved from a 36 inch pad to a 38

Nah. Your closure is great. Knees together, stick in the proper position. Rotation seems to be the issue as it looks like you've got your pads strapped so tightly that you're half on them instead of letting them rotate around your leg and form a continuous wall along the ice.

Hopefully, you've fixed your rotation issues with your new V3's, and hopefully the extra two inches in height of your new pads hasn't made you lazy about keeping your knees together

And you seem like you know when your gloves have to be up and out and when you have to bring them down to your hips to seal off the sides of your body. Some guys just know one way or the other and live or die by that.

[Ian Himself]

Originally Posted by Raptor

Is it the perspective, or is your stick not touching the ice at all?

Gut trap, so no, it's not on the ice.

[MetropolisPt31]

Originally Posted by Ian Himself

Yes, it's awesome having that bumped up.



Fix'd. \/

Can't... stay... silent... any.. longer! I have to say something.!

In just about every picture I've seen of you, your blocker hand is turned away from you and it seems like your arm is just dangling there. Straighten that blocker out and bring it forward. It'll greatly improve your stick positioning and control.

Plus, it bugs the ever living hell out of me.

[Ian Himself]

I don't want to say that's not true, because it is. But I've noticed it and have greatly improved it since a majority of my pictures have been posted here.

[Cujo_64]

Originally Posted by Ian Himself

I don't want to say that's not true, because it is. But I've noticed it and have greatly improved it since a majority of my pictures have been posted here.

just going by your pics, you have been able to close the 5 hole better, so thats good... its all about making yourself better one step at a time. who cares what the people here think..... take what you can and do what you can to better yourself.

[c0nquistad0rian]

Originally Posted by Sprawl

no
i was preaching how their butterfly doesn't seal the front of their pads

don't confuse tight knees for sealed butterfly.

This post is from the beginning of this thread, but I was just going through it and had to comment.

Sprawlie's argument is that guys like Giguere and Luongo who keep their knees together but whose pads don't seal together at the top have better control, a better base for reacting to a rebound and they still have no problems with stopping five hole shots.

But I think that he mis represented what he meant with this post.

I believe that it should be something along the lines of this: Tight knees = closed five hole; But don't confuse sealed pads with closed five hole.

[MetropolisPt31]

Originally Posted by Cujo_64

just going by your pics, you have been able to close the 5 hole better, so thats good... its all about making yourself better one step at a time. who cares what the people here think..... take what you can and do what you can to better yourself.

1. Aw, c'mon. I gave him constructive criticism.
2. He's posting in a thread in which feedback is given about a specific aspect of goaltending.

Durr.

[Jansson]

Originally Posted by ¿Que?

Could you write a review about the 08 Xpulse?

I´m not ready for that yet (Just one real team practise so far with them), plus I´m so busy and tired all the time, you´ll have to remind me in a month

Here´s some more butterflies: