Floorball Goalie Tips - Angles

I'm gonna post a series of goaltending tips for floorball goalkeepers, since I think infos like these are what most goalies are looking for.

There are many skills a goalie must learn in order to better themselves and improve their game.
Imagine each skill set, like ball throwouts, kick save, diving save, penalty shot saving etc, as a tool that you keep in your personal toolbox.
Each time you make a save, it is a skill you utilize from your skills "toolbox".
The more "tools" you have, the more skillful you are.
Kapeesh? (Understand?)

These are the tools or skills, that I hope to empower many goalies out there, who may not have a trained coach to help them improve their game further.

Now, I will not talk much about equipments and basic stance or movements since these are mostly covered by many coaches or Youtube videos on the same subject.

What we need are information on how good goalies train themselves or think,  in order to perform better.

One for the most important skill that you must possess, is the ability to Cover Angles.
This is basic info. Your coach will probably tell you this when you're learning the ropes.
And you probably knew how it works, basically.

The question is how do you train on it? How can you be better than the next goalie opposite you?

Since almost everyone knew the same thing about angles.

Usually you would have to imagine a line drawn between the 2 posts, towards the ball carrier.
Then position yourself as such, to cover the shooting angle as much as possible.
This is theory.

I suggest you can start to understand angles better, by tying 2 ropes onto a player's stick blade. Then tie the other end to both posts. 1 on the left. 1 on the right post.
Have your teammate run the tied stick in a semi circle direction.
Now from your position, you will see the ropes forming the exact angle lines, from the goal posts to the ball.
Using the ropes as guidelines, you will understand angles better and it's easier to learn how to position yourself in a way that will cover the net as much as possible.
(Do remember this is still theory. Practically speaking, during games, you're not moving to optimum angles all the time)

One common mistake during games, is that we base our angle covering on the player's body.
Now you must use the Ball as the point of reference and cover your angles accordingly.
That's why some smart players tend to use body fakes or pull the ball far away from their centre of gravity before they release the shot.

So just take note, and be aware to catch yourself naturally moving towards following player's position.
Adjust yourself accordingly.

One thing you can do is reset your angles positioning whenever your team attacks.
So when that happens, stand up, go back to the goal post, establish centre point.
Touch your left and right post. Re-focus your attention.
If you have time. Stretch. And Focus.

Whenever the opposing team attacks, it's a fresh start.
You start from ground zero again. Everytime.

Forget about the crowd. Forget about the score. Forget about how wonderful your team is attacking.
Your coach and forwards are the ones to worry about attacks.
Focus on the next attack on your posts and establish the positions of your opponents.
Experienced goalies can focus on defence to guide the defensemen (defenders).

There are many more things you can do to improve your angle covering.
More on those later.

Meanwhile, use the above mentioned tips to quickly improve your game results.
Hope this helps.

Have Fun Playing Goalie :)