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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One thing they I haven’t seen mentioned – if you’re going to deflect the ball, you also jump/lunge towards the ball with your whole body so using that momentum there’s more force for pushing the ball away and it’s not just your hand absorbing all of the impact. It’s mostly down to the technique, you get used to how you should move or dive or angle yourself after doing that day after day.
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