Habits from Goaltending you use in "real life"

My driving is definitely affected by goaltending. I was in an accident early last year where I was on the highway and traffic was slowing down pretty quickly. As I'm pushing hard on the brakes, I check my rearview mirror and notice the truck behind me going about 60 mph, not slowing down, and is literally about maybe 20 feet away. I had time to not only literally say, "uh oh," but then I went on to look back in front of me and notice that I had enough distance in front of me that when he would hit me I would be able to quickly turn my steering wheel to the right in order to get on the shoulder and then come to a stop. Just that quickly, he hits me, I remember my head slamming forward and everything flying, and I don't even remember turning the wheel even though I acted out the plan. I was able to think that quickly, devise a plan, and rely on my reflexes to ensure no one else was crashed into or hurt all in that short amount of time.

I've had other close-call situations where a person wouldn't be able to see me at an intersection and try to make a turn on a green light (as opposed to the green arrow) and almost run into me. I'd quickly see it, somehow be aware that no one was in the next lane, swerve over and back in my lane as if nothing happened. Incredible how quickly your begin to think and how quickly you can react simply on instinct after being a goalie for so long.

The downside is that I can't think of goaltending while driving. If I do, my body almost feels as though I should be trying to make a save. So I can't think of being a goalie or playing out while driving. Something about the instincts try to take over, so I have to stop myself and think of something else. Weird, I know.

Anyone else get those?

reflex's from being a goalie has saved me from getting in an car accident about 1000 times lol

I always catch what's thrown at me now. I even will intercept items being tossed to friends. Practice that hand eye.

Anything dropped never hits the ground directly. It either gets caught or hacky sacked to the corner...lol

My whole mentality, im like "f**k you i can do anything i put my mind to"

Originally Posted by EVL WAGN

Anything dropped never hits the ground directly. It either gets caught or hacky sacked to the corner...lol

I rarely let anything fully drop anymore. But occasionally this exact thing happens.

Originally Posted by ItechWarrior

I rarely let anything fully drop anymore. But occasionally this exact thing happens.

The best ever though was when I did it in a dealership parking lot while shooting pics for the Autotrader. I had a lot of cars to capture so I tried lighting a smoke while balancing my camera...long story short is that it fell and I tried to catch it with my foot and ended up booting it across the parking lot...lol...oops

I pretty much catch everything in my chest and try to cradle it and catch it with my glove hand. I do that a lot, just habbit from playing I guess. I'm also very aware of where I am in a room located to whatever is behind me. Like knowing how far out you are on the ice from your net.

Crazy habbits you pick up.. XD