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Another stinker. Lost 7-2. Other goalie had a 7-0 shutout going until the last 5 mins or so. I just don't know what to do at this point. I don't feel like I'm doing anything different, they just all seem to go in. I've had 5-6 goals in the last two games that went between the torso and the arm. I'm starting to wonder if my confidence has gone so far into the crapper that instead of squeezing like I should be, I'm leaving my hands out trying to be as wide as I can to try to stop a deflection that never ends up happening. I don't know. It used to be that shots from the point made me happy because they meant easy saves. Now, I have no idea anymore. The first goal... well... that sucked. Shouldn't have turned my head. I was fine, I just needed a minute to let the ringing go down a bit.

So there's no dashers in your rink??

No there's not much they can do about weight.

You can't really make skates lighter. I agree my VH are pretty heavy compared to my old Bauer Reactors as well. I don't notice it at all on the ice though and wouldn't hesitate to buy another pair. In fact, it's about time to replace my original Makos. Hopefully they can do Ladd's color scheme for me :)

Yea it really all depends on the skater. For me, the 3rd from the top is where I start going tighter, so the 4th from the top is where I'll want the locks. I'm also putting mine on goal skates where it's obviously a very different stride.

Thanks guys, will order some now.

What length are the screws? The screws that came with the lace locks aren't long enough, neither are the short helmet screws that came in the CCM screw/post kits.

It's been a month and a half since I played pickup. What a workout. My legs and feet were killing me by the end. It's so much more intense than games because there's no whistles or intermissions. I didn't play as well as I'd have liked (especially during the last 30 minutes, which I didn't get because I didn't have my GoPro charged and the battery died) but I was working on a couple specific things. First, coming out much farther to challenge shooters and second, trying to be more patient, not biting on the first move and getting beaten. Regardless, it was nice to be back.

Whoops, I thought I was looking at the Gear Sightings thread and once again playing the "guess what they're actually talking about" game. My mistake.

What are we looking at?

Ah, that one. Yea I was actually expecting a penalty for that. Ref was looking at the flying elbow though, I guess.

You mean at 3:03? I barely touched him. Paint color is irrelevant if they're in your way. He seemed a lot more in the way at the time than he apparently was.

No, why?

Okay... here's the real one. Probably should have just thrown away the footage, but the entire point of these is for me to see what I do wrong, and there was plenty of it in this game. A couple of those goals were easily save-able. The first goal I had no idea it even went in (nobody else seemed to, either). The second one was an easy routine blocker save that I just missed completely. Then a couple under the arm that I didn't squeeze hard enough on. We weren't good at all. I was lousy, our passing was crap, and I'm not sure we had a single rebound the entire game. Their goalie earned his shutout, but we definitely helped him by making it pretty easy on him. Bad team game all-around. These guys definitely had some extra motivation after I called them douchebags in the video description the last time I played them. They called me out for that in the comments, and they were right... it was unfair to paint them all with the same brush. I apologized and modified the description, but I'm sure they're still pretty unhappy with me. So... this was their retribution, as self-inflicted as it may have actually been. Running up the score a bit and taking head high slap shots with the game in hand is something I pretty much expected. I did it to myself. Hopefully it's like a guy getting beaned in baseball. You made your point, let's move on. After all, the point of beer league is to enjoy the skate and enjoy the beer even more!

Here's the footage from our game last night. This one is really worth watching, guys.

Lottery balls 5, 6, 8, and 13.

Yea they were pretty rare around here, too. Part of the issue is with how many different fits they had, nobody wanted to stock all the sizes in all those different models. So nobody ever had your size, even if they carried Graf.

Mine was the same way. Floaters were huge. Eventually got them in check, and the entire unit broke in a bit. Now I barely notice it. I put on my old Bauer the other day at home just because it was sitting there and it was like I was wearing a padded shirt. Hilarious. I bought the whole W Goaltending series on DVD. I even ripped them and threw the videos up on YouTube (private uploads) so I could watch them anywhere. Fantastic series. Best I've seen yet. I wish there were more.

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Hmm. Yea or just put an iPad on a tripod. Big enough screen to see while you're doing the movements.

Hmm. What I should really do is take the gopro to a stick time and work on movements. At least that way I can get a front and side view of what I'm doing at the same time (I have two GoPros).

Squaring to the puck and not the shooter was huge for me. It seems obvious now but it wasn't even something I thought about at first. Like you said, so many little things that you'd have no way of knowing without somebody showing you. I can watch countless videos of somebody doing t-pushes correctly but that still doesn't help me correct my form once I'm on the ice. And practicing doing it wrong isn't going to help much. It may click eventually but it will take a whole lot longer. I bet I could have a coach show me how to do it correctly (or at least show me how to practice it to eventually do it correctly) in 20 minutes or less, easily. It's also not easy trying to picture what somebody is suggesting based on text alone. I had a lengthy "discussion" with somebody on another forum a while back who was trying to explain why my butterfly sucks. I just didn't see in my videos what he was saying I was doing wrong, so I couldn't fix what I couldn't see. I was just not picturing it correctly. I'm still pretty happy with my progress, though. But definitely nowhere near where I want to be.

Nice man, will watch all of these once I get back to the hotel. Like you mentioned, knowing what I need to do is very different from knowing how to execute. I still think I need to take even just 2-3 lessons with an actual goalie coach just to work with me on simple mechanics. Physically showing me what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it, etc. I really really appreciate the help I get on here and on other forums but sometimes it really needs a personal aspect to it. It's like trying to learn how to deadlift based on a video... sure you may eventually get it right, but having somebody there to properly adjust your stance, etc would be huge. Unfortunately our warmups are so short I usually have just enough time to do some basic stretching and then take maybe 5-6 shots before it's over. Stick and puck sounds awesome, it just requires me actually being home to get to one of those. Hopefully I'll get this new (local) job so I can sleep in my own bed more than a couple times a month. Either way, it's still a whole lot better than it used to be. I'm sure the GGSU legends camp is going to be huge for me as well. It may be way above my skill level but I'm sure I'll pick up a ton from it.

Definitely some late reaction time. I almost think that when he threw it in front that I knew it was way wide and there was nobody on the back door so I was just going to let it go into the corner. But I'm not sure. Either way, you're right I needed to move regardless. You're not the first one to mention my "half-butterfly". I just don't know how to actually fix it. I made it into a GIF just so it's easier to see on a loop (I know JR hates GIFs on here - hopefully he doesn't mind this one!)

I laughed a bit when I read this reply.