I played GK about a year ago. Some guy decided to do a preety powerful shot at like 20 yards away. I defended it. 5 minutes later a ambulance is carrying me to the ER cause of 2 fractured bones at my wrist, and i had to wear a cast for a month.
Now i watch some matches of football, with GK’s defending shots from like half a meter away going at like 80km/h with absolutely no harm or anything.
I get adrenaline is a big painkiller and i’m not the most in-shape guy, while they are athlethes, but you’re telling me a shot from 20 yards broke my hand and yet a shot from 10 centimeters has no efect on them?
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A big part of it is the angle of your wrist, which is probably what you got unlucky with. I’ve only ever seen one dude break his wrist, and it wasn’t even on a particularly hard shot, but it was because he was bending it in an odd way. The proper techniques and the way the gloves fit both encourage safe wrist positions naturally, which is why you don’t see it too often in games. Some keepers also tape their wrists as well.
That said, goaltending at higher levels is *hard, hard work*. It’s one of those things you can explain but never fully communicate to someone who hasn’t been there. The first thing I noticed after I stopped was my baseline level of pain suddenly being much lower.
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