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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I was taught that if a shot was too hard to catch, deflect it using my lower palms if I was diving/ reaching or bringing my arms together and using the sides of my fists of it was gonna hit me in the face. Basically, the same techniques for not giving up easy rebounds also use the strongest and most stable parts of your hands.
A shot has to be pretty awkwardly angled for a fluke injury like that.
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