If you’re a goalie on your high school lacrosse team, you have the most signification position on the entire playing field. That’s why you need to do the best job possible. Here are some basic lacrosse goalie tips, along with guidelines for protecting your body.
Get the Right Stick Size
Having the correct sized stick is the first thing that you need to do as a novice goalie.
• A good guidelines regarding stick size checking to see that a stick is able to fit well underneath the armpit, much like a crutch would.
• It’s better to have a shorter stick than a longer one because a long stick can become snared in a net. Even worse, it can get trapped in your clothing, hindering your performance.
• In other words, you need to be able to move around…show more content… Protect Yourself
Being afraid of the ball is understandable as it’s a hard rubber ball that can hurt. Therefore, it’s important to protect your body. For example:
• Wear a good chest protector that’s able to adequately protect both the chest and heart. Forget about those with arm and shoulder protection because it can be difficult to move wearing them, and the arms and shoulders can be left exposed, although they can be bruised but not as painful as other body parts.
• Protect your head from concussions by wearing a top-notch helmet. Buy one that contains a throat guard, covering all of your neck, so that you don’t get smacked in your…show more content… If you want to hide them, simply wear sweats over them. Be sure they’re soccer shin pads and not baseball shin pads that can slow you down because of their bulkiness.
• Get a real hockey goalie cup, rather than a plastic cup and jocks. You want one that has sufficient padding. If there’s more than enough padding, you can easily cut some off, so there’s less.
• Protect your thumb by wearing good goalie gloves. In fact, a broken thumb is one of the injuries that’s the most common ones for goalies.
Additional Considerations and Warnings
• Never take your eyes off the ball, following through with your body. This applies even when a ball is behind the net. You should always know the location of the ball on the field.
• Be sure your top hand thumb isn’t blocking the view of the ball.
• The top of your stick should be level with the crossbar.
• Don’t be afraid to shout out critical information. A goalie needs to inform their defenders the location of the ball, as well as who’s passing it and other information.
• Step up to the ball when you face a shot so that you can any bounce shots. Stepping up to a ball can also cut off an angle, giving you somewhat of an