Caeldan
Whippet Whisperer
- Jun 21, 2008
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I feel like this is the next step in trying to figure out the position. Generally I feel like I've got my angles down. I move around my crease fairly well. I feel like I've got the blocking aspect down as well.
What I want to be able to do now is start better reading the shooters when they're coming in on breaks. I know some of it is just familiarity with individual players (because my own team in practice I can just watch their eyes/shoulders and see where the puck is going to go), but from reading various articles you see people touch on the things to look for without really ever breaking it down (ie position of hands on stick, what they're doing with their wrists, location of stick in comparison to body, which foot they're on...) in a single space.
So what do you find works best to do to read a shooter, and what are the telltale signs you look for?
What I want to be able to do now is start better reading the shooters when they're coming in on breaks. I know some of it is just familiarity with individual players (because my own team in practice I can just watch their eyes/shoulders and see where the puck is going to go), but from reading various articles you see people touch on the things to look for without really ever breaking it down (ie position of hands on stick, what they're doing with their wrists, location of stick in comparison to body, which foot they're on...) in a single space.
So what do you find works best to do to read a shooter, and what are the telltale signs you look for?