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Originally Posted by atapene  the simple fact is, in that situation you have control of the puck, you are moving the puck while still playing it with your playing area, as has been mentioned it's an open, clean move which is regarded by most as one of the more skilled and certainly least fouling aspects of the game.... why should a good sidestep be penalised? remember that if a player were to try to sidestep using only the glove, they would fail.... the playing area must be utilised for it to be effective. i think personally the issue is a storm in a teacup.
don't penalise swerves in that instance as the playing area is integral to the skill.... don't stick your fingers out and cheat. easy. rules stay the same, interpretations just need clearing up, perhaps a couple of example scenarios could be added to the reffing manual, one on the wall and one during a swerve, and refs can form interpretations in between for themselves? |
I mostly agree with the above. If you're sticking your fingers out enough to get seen then that is way too much. The way I play is with a fairly relaxed grip on my stick, which might become sliiiightly more relaxed at certain times. And I don't really think the gloving down the wall thing has anything to do with this. Sure you sort of do the same thing, by pushing with your index finger, but the two situations are pretty different eh???