I always go blocker side. Always. It is like i'm scared of the glove side, as if the goalie is unbeatable over there. Its kind of ridiculous. I've been playing hockey for a long time now, ball hockey, street hockey, ice hockey, whatever and i always panic at the last second and go blocker side. I think i can actually pin-point the moment in my hockey career where i decided that this would be the right choice for me. I was 11 and i was in a playoff game, semi finals i think it was and it was overtime. Me and Aiello on the ice against who knows and big ass Ben Pezola in net for the other team. The puck goes into our corner and some douche falls. Anth grabs it and send me on a break away. Knowing the importance of this shot i'm basically closing my eyes and hoping for the best. What do i do? I go blocker side on the ice. Goes in, i'm a hero. From that point on subconsciously i made the decision to always shoot that way. When i'm on a breakaway i'm like "you gonna go on a break away? you gonna.....shoot? you gonna deke? you gonna....move your head a little bit, maybe fool the goalie?..you gonna shoot on the....no you're going blocker side." Tonight at ball hockey i was on a break away, deked a bit then went, well you know where. It resulted in a save and after thinking about it, i had no shot there to begin with. So i told myself to not shoot there the rest of the night. I went in down the wing another time, went glove side with a pretty hard shot and it rang off the post, defeating my hopes of switching my need to go left. No dice. I did manage to score a few on some one timers that went right but they don't count cause i wasn't aiming in a particular spot when i shot.
On a somewhat related topic (somewhat because its hockey) i heard on the radio that back in the day Gretzky was the only Oiler or King that didn't cheat on his girlfriend or wife. Apparently this inside source said that all the other players cheated like mad but not Wayne. Interesting cause imagine the amount of action that was put in front of the Great One.
I'M CALLING IT: I will continue to go blocker side, thus embarrassing myself and having goalies read me like a damn book.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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so, If I am a goalie, and my glove hand is (my)right, do you still go blocker side?
think about it
left handed people don't count boz sorry haha...but then i guess if i'm coming in on Grant Fuhr i'll be goin glove side
I think it's clear your glove side phobia is partialy because of me. I'm sure you remember, my glove hand was unstopable! Whaaaa taaa!!!
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