Deflection Drill Aid?

puckstopper135 · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:09 pm Post subject: Deflection Drill Aid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1v2uIIGdIs

the clip at 0:07-0:08 seconds in, where the one goalie is kinda kneeling on the board. Any idea what that is? Like, just a piece of wood that they bounce pucks off of, or do they put any kind of material over it? Confused

there's a better shot of it from 0:31-0:37.

It actually just looks like a bench flipped onto its side..

Slinky · Minors Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 471 Location: Canton, GA

looks like just a 2x6 on it's side with some struts for support....
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puckstopper135 · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:25 am Post subject:

yeah... but I'm wondering, do they put anything over the front to make the puck bounce better? Or is it just straight wood? Confused

Returning2MyNet · Minors Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 365

many are just wood, some are wood frames with the same material as the BOARDS which makes them a bit more springing, but high velocity is not the purpose of the drill, the purpose is get the goalie moving, tracking the puck and making the save on the deflection. Getting used to knowing when a puck is being shot slightly wide for the deflection and for a two on 0-1 situation, the slot pass from low, there are numerous set ups for this drill. MY favorite for advanced training is to use 2 boards with the screen, so the goalie only gets to track so far then the shot can come from one of two basic locations, forcing the goalie to not only move, but actually react each time a puck the only get to see again from very close.
That drill is way better than any bag over the head drill.

you can get the same effect at home by turning net from the garage door and having a shooter do bank shots off the door....bonus here is that they can do higher shots as well.
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flyersjew727 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:56 pm Post subject:

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2467332&cp=3077571.3079731.2344494.2344555&parentPage=family
i always thought that this thing would work pretty well as a hockey training aid as well as a baseball aid, even if you didn't use it on ice.

puckstopper135 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject:

I've actually been debating about getting one of those, I've heard nothing but good things about them.

flyersjew727 · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

yeah, i think it would be even better for deflection practice than the backdoor wood thingy, because that seems to judge whether or not you can do a butterfly slide, while theres not really anything that actually simulates a deflection that would come on a tipped shot or something