Bosc wrote:
Chris18 wrote:
Goalie on my daughter's team is a complete rookie. First year playing hockey, first year at goalie in any sport. He's a very good athlete (baseball, football, basketball), and is doing well for a rookie.
But one of the other coaches, a guy I am not a fan of, was telling him to keep his glove down. This guy has 2 kids who play goalie. Wasn't glove-down like a 70s idea? When the windmill glove save was neat looking (partially because it was rarely successful)? I told the kid to keep his glove up, like every other modern goalie I see. I'll admit I'm no goalie coach, but that seems to be the way to go. Right goalie dudes?
Depends on how high the kids can shoot
But yeah, generally higher, not lower. How high/low are we talking?
We make fun of my younger brother because he almost rests his glove behind the front of his pad.
Bantams (13-14 years old), who can mostly roof shots. So it should be up. I feel like an idiot asking that question, because it was always so obvious to me, but this guy has 2 kids who play goalie. One of them is pretty darn good. Obviously she's ignored her idiot father's advice.
The guy wanted him to keep his glove down by his left knee. I hadn't seen anything like it in decades. When the rookie goalie's father asked him about it, Mr goalie coach told him "glove up is the
European style. We don't do that here in the US."
But the other coach & I told the kid to ignore anything that guy says from now on, and we're banning him from the ice. Amazing.
And thanks Jeff.