Level 3 · Lesson 5.5

Loading Your Push Leg on a Wide-Angle Drive

When a wide drive reaches the load zone, load your push leg in the stance you're in, then push on a pass or cut and release straight down on a shot.

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Part of Lesson 5 · Advanced Movement. Moving like an advanced goalie: every push, slide and rotation starts and ends in the right stance for the situation and takes the most direct route, with your weight centered, your whole body arriving square, and your legs ready before the puck moves. It's the same order every time (look, rotate, load, push, stop square), started a little earlier and aimed at where the puck is going next.

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