Question on facing shots from winger coming down the side

Originally Posted by Yooper

If someone is shooting "to the far side (my blocker side" as you posted, but it hits your hip & goes into the corner, my guess is that you aren't square to the shooter. If you were square, it wouldn't deflect that way. The 6-hole advice above still applies though.
If you have a moment in practice, have a shooter come down to that point & stop. That'll give you a moment to really look at your body position/angle & such. If you can get someone to take photos or video, even better.

Good advice. I realize I am often square to the shooter, not the puck, so perhaps as I fix that problem, the "hip save" issue will resolve itself as well.

Originally Posted by willll162904

try coming out even more to cut off the angle more. its going to feel really wierd in the beiginning, but its the way to go. once i started doing this i startd saving alot more from that angle :)

Thanks. I'm pretty aggressive as it is, and again, its not that I'm not saving them. Just saving them in a way that feels like I'm doing something wrong.

Originally Posted by synesthete

A hip save in that example is probably indicative of a problem with your 6 hole. Either there's a hole between your blocker arm and leg pad/chest/pants in your stance, or you're creating one when you're moving to make the save. There are a couple things to look at:

1. Your paddle length. If your paddle length it too long, it will create that six hole. This is especially evident when you go into the butterfly. What paddle length are you using and how tall are you?

and

2. You probably aren't tucking your elbow in next to your side. Check out my avatar as an example.. I tuck my arms way in like Luongo. You might not need to do it that much, but nonetheless you might not be tucking it in at all, and that will create that little divide, as well.

If you have pics of your stance and butterfly that will help immensely. If not, I'd just try to keep those in mind during your next game/scrimmage. Hope that helps!

This was my first impression. Perhaps the shooter's detecting a hole b/n your arm and your hip or he thinks he can shoot hard enough to force it through there. Aside from this technical point, I wouldnt dwell too much on it. You're stopping him and it could well be that he just like to aim there.