My Blocker Is Posessed

[DancesWithPads]

This has happened more than once now. So it is becoming a concern of mine. I have taken shots to tha high blocker side . I block the puck high in the air over my shoulder and into the net behind me. This occurs usually with me positioned at the top of my crease.
Is this caused by being to aggressive with the blocker ? I do know that part of it is the angle that I have my blocker at when I make contact with the puck. It would seem awkward to try to keep the blocker perpendicular or vertical with the ice.
Any suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated otherwise I will burn the blocker in my fire pit if I can't get help excorsizing the demons out of it. Thanks.

[bosskland]

I always try to push the shot to the corner when making a blocker save...

[Martysgirl74]

It could be your stick is positioned too far in front of you or your paddle length is too long. Just a thought.

[DancesWithPads]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Gregan]

You really need to make a conscious effort to keep your blocker at an angle that will deflect the puck away from your net. If you are making an active (reactionary) blocker save, stay focused and do your best to keep the blocker perpendicular to the ice and at an angle that puts the puck in the corner of the rink. If it is purely a blocking save, ie you're going into bfly an you're hoping the puck will hit you somewhere, definitely be away of the angle of you blocker in your standard bfly and make sure that it is sufficient to deflect the puck up and over the net or keep the rebound in front of you. I personally keep my blocker positioned in bfly such that the rebound will stay in front of me.

[target1234]

I just switched from a TPS bionic to a TPS summit and this has happened to me about 6 times since I switched too. Playing out at the top of the paint, being deep in my stance and the shot hits the blocker and bobles back into the net. I would have to agree with trying a shorter paddle length, and maybe doing some off ice work at deflecting or pushing the shot to the corner.

I almost believe in your curse, but I think it comes down to just being used to playing a certain way with specific equipment.

This also has tended to happen more to me when the save is a simple blocking save, not a reaction save. Bfly and squaring up basicly.

Work at it, I know I have to. Plus I can't afford to burn my new blocker and the old one has a huge skate cut across it.

[Netbug]

I never had a chance to even see any Battram gloves in person (I hope to rather soon, though), but I think it's just a matter of getting used to new gear and/or possibly the paddle length as others suggested.

I switched to TPS Xceed II Pro recently (from my old and abused Brian's Air Hook), and for me it works just great! Although I can feel the impact a bit more than with the old blocker (not to a degree to be called a stinger anyway), the pucks seem to get pulled into the corner of the rink as if by some rubber-magnet, it was never that easy with the Brian's.

I guess, what makes the difference is the lightweight design and flared upper part of the board, the same features I seem to notice with Battram blockers. Since I never was too good with the Brian's, the Xceed design might just be what I needed. So, the question might be - what was your previous blocker? May be you had adjusted your moves to it too well? :D

[DancesWithPads]

Target1234 , Interesting that you used a Bionic at one time because that is
the type of blocker that I use . I still have it . So far it hasn't made it's way to the fire pit. Yet.

[target1234]

Dances,

I switched because some fat ass slid into me feet first and cut my bionic blocker right to the board and about 8 inches in length. I have still yet to decide what to do with the skate cut.

But I have also adjusted my stance, now I try to keep my blocker elbow tighter to my body and that seems to help with the skip over problem.

[Moving Target]

you should look for the simple solution first...I think MG summed it up nicely

classic case of poor stance or too-long a stick