PLAYING THROUGH PAIN @ Captain's Crease Goaltending

[@nemol0d0y]

nice

[@peterdebad1]

I feel your pain. At almost 60 I don' t move well and my hips and knees feel like crap after playing just once a week. Ibuprofen and yoga are some of my best friends these days. Hang in there!! Peace!

[@alexgreychuck7605]

You're still moving well and have great positioning and quickness. Maybe you could compensate for the shallow butterfly with a bit of depth? Hopefully you can feel better soon and keep playing and posting.

[@CaptainsCrease]

That's something I'm trying to be mindful of, but without structured defense I'll get torn apart with backdoor plays if I try to be too aggressive. Regardless, the A level guys in Finland are pretty unreal with deflections too. I don't have the size or coverage to play a blocking style butterfly so those deflections are killing me right now, which then makes me overthink shots and throws my whole game off. It's a lose-lose situation haha

[@NerdrageHockey]

Awesome. I am 52 so I hear you. I sneeze wrong and I am down for a couple of days. Need to time my sneezes so I can still make my Saturday games.

[@OutRayGeousVideoProductions]

I'm 62 (and a half). Besides my usual prescription meds, on game days, I take an Aleve liquid gel cap, and 2 hours before I play, an Advil liquid gel cap. Good game! Ray

[@wallzy-goaltending]

"All of me fucking hurts" music 🎵

[@nowandthen1207]

I quit due to a likely labral tear/impingement issue for a few years, but came back playing stand-up/hybrid after watching Cooper Goalie/Jay Pawlowski's videos and some old school Jim Park training clips on YT. Definitely takes getting used to, but no more hip pain! I didn't realize how significant the difference would be pain-wise narrowing the stance and taking that five-hole closure rotation out of the equation. Strongly recommend giving it a shot to any of my fellow hobbled tendies that don't want to give it up!

[@CaptainsCrease]

Cheers man, but I would get absolutely destroyed playing like that at the higher levels haha