Reprinted with permission from Inside Foos The newsletter of southern California foosball 1991
How many times have we all lost matches because the goalie
had our number? How do you get someone's number?
Well the best way to be effective as a goalie,
is to try and get a feel of your opponents take off. If you can tell when
they start their shot, then you can anticipate your race, and the race
defense is the best way to shut som one out if you can do it. This
is also effective if your opponent does not have a good straight
or dink.
The strategy of defense at goalie is almost Identical to the defensive
five row. In theory, you have two men to cover
three holes, the straight, the middle and the long. I believe that
a good goalie should be able to end up in two of the three holes. This
means you can create a guessing game with the opposing
forward. With this type of defense, it is vital not to give away where
you are going to end up. The old bait and switch, is still the way
to block a top forward if he Is not giving his shot away.
Key things to think about: Find out your opponents weakness! Is he
long happy? Make your opponent shoot his weaker shots. It you are
playing someone who has no weakness in his shot, then a totally random
defense, where you end up in two of the three holes, should get
you two out of ! three blocks. If a goalie is blocking 66%, then
in my book he is doing a tremendous Job The most important thing
to remember if you are getting drilled, change what you are doing. Don't
get stubborn with a defense Just because it has worked in the past.
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