In the modern game and with the opportunities for drag flicking, as they are, the goalkeeper needs to have an active right hand that is just as mobile and movable and reactive and active and aggresive when responding to shots, as the left should also already be. The tube style gloves sometimes inhibits this style of play, with a smaller blocking area which isn't always flat either, so the goalkeeper needs to adapt and evolve their technique to include a blocking hand for saving in the upright as well as altering their hand/stick positioning when sliding and diving, or look for a glove like that of the TK rhp that offers the best of both worlds for ground work (when tackling or clearing with the stick in last ditch situations) and shot blocking.
Gone are the days when the goalkeeper has to rely on the stick to make the majority of saves (wherein the stick was the main tool of the trade in the 80's and the game as it was on grass), and the legs are obviously more useful for shots below the hips when standing, and with the luxury that those goalkeepers didn't have, it should be a blessing for us goalies to be able to use a glove like this. So rather than make life hard for ourselves for no reason, it can be used for its full purpose to block and save with a "big right hand" a la football (i.e. using the maximied blocking area). A lot of goalkeepers at international level evolved their game in this way; take James Fair or Nathan Burgers for example. When blocking from a static position, on angle and positioned currently with attacking depth to challenge the shot, the right hand becomes a tool for getting more coverage and a better rebound than with a stick (stick offers less coverage given the width and almost no rebound control), allowing the goalkeeper to redirect the shot efficiently.
At the short corner, the rhp becomes very useful against raised flicks above the waist away to the right, with the goalkeeper able to stay patient and standing to make the save properly. The goalkeeper is better off attacking the flick and stepping out to challenge and then reacting out of instinct with this big hand motion, for example, you can see Cortes with a strong right hand making a great save that demonstrates this. In this case and point he has to draw his hand in to block against the save, but the fundamentals are the same. Here the stick length can be a nuisance and prohibitive, which is why the gloves need to be in front of the body for us to succeed, just as with any goalkeeping position; in ice hockey where the gloves are useful for killing rebounds, or in football where it speeds up and aids the catching motion (as Lloris would do for instance). It's simple and effective logic; the nearer your hands are to the ball, the quicker they can react, the higher they are, the faster they'll reach high shots and the further out they are from the body, the more you can rotate them without hitting your upper body/chest area.
With an active hand, the goalkeeper is empowered in their ability to make saves in front of, and around, the body. It is a tool in the arsenal of technique that goalkeepers should be comfortable using to its full advantage so that they can reduce rebounds and not have to rely on fluke saves. Rather than trying to make every save look flash or fancy or hard work, eliminating the fluky approach, the big right hand with the increased surface area and blocking surface area means the goalkeeper is at an advantage. So when you face shots high to the right, try and make sure you attack them with a punching right hand.
The technique is the same as with your left, just mirrored; push out with a 'punching' motion and turn the face of the right hand glove to engage with the shot, as you do so with your lhp. Try and control the rebound as you would with a glove, which is often easier to do so with mods that give more movement at the wrist for this. You can also tip high shots over the bar but this takes practise and awareness of your goal and game, so that you don't tip it behind yourself and score in humiliating fashion!
Gone are the days when the goalkeeper has to rely on the stick to make the majority of saves (wherein the stick was the main tool of the trade in the 80's and the game as it was on grass), and the legs are obviously more useful for shots below the hips when standing, and with the luxury that those goalkeepers didn't have, it should be a blessing for us goalies to be able to use a glove like this. So rather than make life hard for ourselves for no reason, it can be used for its full purpose to block and save with a "big right hand" a la football (i.e. using the maximied blocking area). A lot of goalkeepers at international level evolved their game in this way; take James Fair or Nathan Burgers for example. When blocking from a static position, on angle and positioned currently with attacking depth to challenge the shot, the right hand becomes a tool for getting more coverage and a better rebound than with a stick (stick offers less coverage given the width and almost no rebound control), allowing the goalkeeper to redirect the shot efficiently.
At the short corner, the rhp becomes very useful against raised flicks above the waist away to the right, with the goalkeeper able to stay patient and standing to make the save properly. The goalkeeper is better off attacking the flick and stepping out to challenge and then reacting out of instinct with this big hand motion, for example, you can see Cortes with a strong right hand making a great save that demonstrates this. In this case and point he has to draw his hand in to block against the save, but the fundamentals are the same. Here the stick length can be a nuisance and prohibitive, which is why the gloves need to be in front of the body for us to succeed, just as with any goalkeeping position; in ice hockey where the gloves are useful for killing rebounds, or in football where it speeds up and aids the catching motion (as Lloris would do for instance). It's simple and effective logic; the nearer your hands are to the ball, the quicker they can react, the higher they are, the faster they'll reach high shots and the further out they are from the body, the more you can rotate them without hitting your upper body/chest area.
With an active hand, the goalkeeper is empowered in their ability to make saves in front of, and around, the body. It is a tool in the arsenal of technique that goalkeepers should be comfortable using to its full advantage so that they can reduce rebounds and not have to rely on fluke saves. Rather than trying to make every save look flash or fancy or hard work, eliminating the fluky approach, the big right hand with the increased surface area and blocking surface area means the goalkeeper is at an advantage. So when you face shots high to the right, try and make sure you attack them with a punching right hand.
The technique is the same as with your left, just mirrored; push out with a 'punching' motion and turn the face of the right hand glove to engage with the shot, as you do so with your lhp. Try and control the rebound as you would with a glove, which is often easier to do so with mods that give more movement at the wrist for this. You can also tip high shots over the bar but this takes practise and awareness of your goal and game, so that you don't tip it behind yourself and score in humiliating fashion!
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