Вратарь. Выбор позиции POSITIONING SKILLS (PLAYING ANGLES) A goalie who makes 30 saves in a game spends about 30 seconds in the act of making saves. The rest of the time is spent preparing for action. The goalie must constantly work to find the puck and get in proper position so that the eventual save is most efficient. Being in the right place at the right time is the key to successful goaltending. This is also known as positioning, or playing the angles. The first lesson in learning positioning is understanding shooter angles. An angle is formed by running imaginary lines from the puck to each goalpost. If you add the goal line, you can visualize a triangle. While the size of the open goal is always four feet by six feet, the space available to the shooter changes as puck position changes. The widest angle, or biggest opening, is directly in front of the goal. The angle gets narrower as the puck moves from in front toward the corners. The goalie has three basic responsibilities for playing angles properly: 1. The goalie must be centered in the middle of the angle. Another imaginary line runs from the puck through the center of the goalie to the center of the goal line, between the posts. It is important to remind goalies to line up on the puck rather than the shooter’s body. 2. The goalie must have depth. The goalie should move out to fill the angle, or at least leave minimal space to either side. When the puck is directly in front, the angle is wider, so the goalie must move out farther. When the puck is deeper in the zone, the angle is narrower, and sometimes the goalie doesn’t need to move out at all. 3. The goalie must be squared to the puck. The best way for goalies to grasp this is to ask them to imagine a large spotlight on their chest. They must turn their body so that the spotlight shines on the puck wherever it is. If they do that, their shoulders and hips will be the same distance from the puck in most shooting scenarios (unless the puck is close to the goal line). Older goalies need to take into account another set of skills related to angles. Situational positioning introduces the effect of specific situations, particularly in determining depth. If a puck carrier has options—he can pass to people, he can shoot, or he can keep coming—the goalie must stay home and not move out too far. The different ways the puck might be moved could cause problems for a goalie who has strayed too far from the goal. If, however, the puck carrier, or more specifically a shot on goal, is the only real immediate threat, the goalie can move out more aggressively to defend against the shot. It should be noted that contemporary goalie coaches place less emphasis on moving out aggressively. This is partly an acknowledgement of how quick the game is and that a goalie who comes out too far might not be able to get back in time. It is also a direct effect of larger goalie equipment. Goalies now fill as much net while positioned on the goal line as previous generations did three steps out. The current movement aimed at shrinking the size of goalie equipment could result in a reexamination of positioning, with goalies needing to come out another step in certain situations. The limits for the size of gloves and leg pads have been reduced, but those changes have not had an appreciable effect on style of play. In fact, some goalies report that the smaller pads make them more agile. Until rule makers find a way to reduce the size of upper-body equipment (chest and arm protectors), current changes aren’t expected to make much difference.
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