Controlling Rebounds

If you're standing up and the puck hits your pads, yes it will be much harder to direct the puck. If the shots are in close (or too high) so you don't have time to butterfly or use your stick, you can direct it with your blocker (assuming the shot is at a reasonable height), or as you track the puck in to your chest/belly, close your gloves around it.

If the shots are from further out, get down with those pads and stick and let the puck bounce off your knee area to the corner.

In my last goalie clinic, we did a drill with directing pucks to the corner. We started using our stick, then we put our sticks on the net and used just our pads to direct the puck to the corner. Amazing how quickly results came after that small change.

Originally Posted by hawkxs

I'd like to get it to go towards the corner just as a general fact. Any advice?

My first question would be is what type of pads are you wearing currently? That has huge control on what direction, and how your rebounds react when the puck hits you.

If you want pucks to go off in to the corners, you need to use a flat faced pad like a Reebok, Ritual, Simmons 996, Bauer One Supreme. If you're wearing a softer pad, Vaughn Velocity, Simmons UL6, Bauer RX, Larceny, etc. They will often leave rebounds close in front.

Also if you find their going straight back out the way they came in. You could be kicking at the puck, this is a no no in todays game. Don't KICK at the puck, you merely extend your leg in the way of the puck this will direct pucks in to the corner or off to the side for cover up.

just angle your pad so it redirects to the corner. thats all i can tell you, i honestly dont even think about it anymore its purely second nature that i do it. so i couldnt give any more advice, sorry

Generally what I do is I move my leg towards the side the moment the puck hits my leg pads, but it doesn't always work. I basically am in the regular butterfly, and then when the puck hits one of my pads, I pull that foot in towards my butt, and if I time it right (usually) it works pretty well.

^ that is completely inconsistent. you should have to "time it right" just angle the pad so it bounces off into the corner. ill try to make a video after practice today about redirecting shots since i have nothing to after

Originally Posted by DaHockeyWall

^ that is completely inconsistent. you should have to "time it right" just angle the pad so it bounces off into the corner. ill try to make a video after practice today about redirecting shots since i have nothing to after

If you practice taking shots to your pads you should be making the save with an angle to your pad and almost like a kicking motion to direct it to the corner, it takes practice but with, good practice you should be able to master it.

Originally Posted by daunwaun

If you practice taking shots to your pads you should be making the save with an angle to your pad and almost like a kicking motion to direct it to the corner, it takes practice but with, good practice you should be able to master it.

Kicking motion is a no no, if you make a kicking motion you will bring the rebound out front. If you just extend your leg out towards the boards it will direct it to the boards.

Kicking would be used for a more advanced type of rebound control where you would read the play and intentionally kick it out of the zone or to a teammate.