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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There’s technique to catching the faster balls. If you cannot deflect it, you have to find a way to extend the duration from first contact to the ball becoming stationary. You’ll also see a lot of goalies bucket the ball with both arms in front of their chests, while hunched over. Increasing the contact area and decelerating the ball over a longer period are both techniques to lower the peak force transferred through your tendons and bones. If you just block catch it from full speed to completely stationary with just your hands, you’re taking on the full force of the impact.
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