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I have to disagree with the swimming slowly part, it will not give you extra time.
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It gives extra time or are you saying that a slow simmer can swim in the same time the same distance as a swimmer on speed? But we have also tryed it at full speed. It is also possible. And when done good the interseption distance was much greather. But also then you take the risk off taking the wrong dissision. And then the fisical weaker team is on a fisical level with the fisical stronger team and such a powerplay they can never win.
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In general with free pucks you have a three meter advantage. Look at the set up before possessing the puck
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I did tell that in the earlyer reaction were you reaction was on. quote Sven:
And before touching the puck you can already see something about what the opponent is going to do. Quote:
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1, i agree with tuck, it's your free puck and you have the initiative. why waste it.
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How do you mean waste it. YOu do not wast it. Its a waste when a fisical weaker team , swim/run straight ahead into the other team and 100% sure will lose it in the following powerplay.
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2, many teams might send a particular player out as a matter of course to make one side look an easier option as they are setup better to defend that side, ie,make the wall look inviting cos its easier to defend
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It can happen. But most eams stay in a close formation so the wings are really weaker. And iff a team sent more players to defend there wings the centre is weaker so the centre option can be used.
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3, what if they dont react? what if they just sit there and stare at you in a nice defensive screen as you swim slowly towards them with no momentum, initiative or plan?
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If they dont react. they must at some point react. otherwise when the slow simming team come to them they has all the time spend looking to there best options. And surly when done good, those frontline players are really lost (out off the game)when they flick it. It really does not matter witch team is swimming. Important is the point were they come toghetter.
But have you ever seen a team not swim in by a free puck?
Drawing 1
The positions like the first diagram
Drawing 2
when the frontline players from both sites are close the reaction follow
(in this diagram you see a flick to the left side)
After were the recieving player (number 1, green) becuase he/she has no turn to do is already on speed next to the frontline players from the opponents.
(like you see in diagramm 3)
In diagram 4 you see the distance to point A
Thats is the point the first players (last defender)can come nearby the break away player. (at the same speed, and not included the time that players must take to turn to that side for an interseption) And for an safe line i did put at the beginning the defender already more to that side. SO iff the break out was on the right side he must swim more distance.
Also you can see were all the clossest nearby players can be at the same speed. (white players numbers in a circle and green players without a circle)
It does not mean that the break-out player is really intersepted at point a.
Its the theoretic point were the opponent can intersept. But for that reason we use a left handed player on that side.
so interseption is not easy. The only point were we counted a turn time for the opponent is in the beginning.
After that we go out from the same speed. and the opponent in real must come to speed first after turning. were the recieving player(green 1) has no turn and is already on speed.
So the breakout interseption point is really more distance than you see.