Pop-ups?

puckstopper135 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:17 am Post subject: Pop-ups?

Can anybody here bounce back up from the bfly without doing the usual one leg at a time? I can do it in the dressing room where my skates can grip the rubber, but I fall anytime I try to do it on the ice.

Any suggestions? And to get better at it, is it mostly just leg muscle that I'd need to improve?

montreal961 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:22 am Post subject:

Build leg muscles, sharpen your skates, and practice. Not much else I can say... Confused

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puckstopper135 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:42 am Post subject:

Are you able to do them monty?

I'm just tired of embarassing myself by falling on my a$$ all the time. Laughing

I need to build a mini rink in my front yard to practice.

montreal961 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 1:50 am Post subject:

Efe · Minors Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 278 Location: Turkiye

I'm not sure if this is 100% true (would probably need to film it to be sure), but I have a feeling my overdrive blades help immensely. Apart from all the working out and practicing up downs of course.
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Smith Hockey... great stuff!

Arthriticbutterflystyle · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

Thank god Slinky is MIA or he'd have a field day on poor Efe.

I can do it. It's actually not all that hard...the trick is to keep your body somewhat centered and keep your center of gravity low. You can stand up after you recover, don't try to go from butterfly to full upright stand. Keep your hands and chest somewhat low and just bounce up. I don't know, hard to explain but I use it a lot now that I've started playing a bit more like Hiller or Varlamov (stay down until the shots come in or go out to the points). It's a huge benefit to your game because it takes away that extra second that the shooters look for when we need to get back up. I've had a few wait till I start to recover and they have this stupefied horror look on their face when they see I went straight from butterfly to ready stance. Sort of..well s**t now what?

puckstopper135 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

Yeah that's what I mean.. and a quick demo video from anybody would be awesome, especially from a bunch of different angles. Last week I decided I wanted to try and be able to do them by September, so I've started putting on shoes in my room (carpeted), kneeling on a pillow as though I'm in the butterfly, and practicing rolling back onto my ankles and bouncing up that way. I can feel my legs getting a little stronger already, and I think if I do 25 of these twice every day from now until September I should have a better chance of doing it on the ice.

Regardless, I'll keep trying and embarassing myself until then Laughing

Arthriticbutterflystyle · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject:

I already see your problem. Toes, not heels. We play most of our game on our toes...why you'd be trying to do anything on your heels is beyond me. Haven't you ever heard anyone in hockey say "We lost because we were playing on our heels."?

Your toes should already be down when you're in the butterfly. What you need to do is attempt to bring your legs in and up at the same time...since your toes are already pointed down, you should automatically catch when you get some distance between your legs and the ice.