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Butterfly. Butterfly. The dominant and most fashionable style of goalkeeper play today. “Butterfly” is a more “reactive” method, compared to the more “active” stand-up, one of the cornerstones of which is the inadmissibility of a goal when the puck passes “through the goalkeeper” - under the hands. Therefore, the emphasis in working with the hands - both in the stance and on the pads under the throw - is on the density of the defense, on a straightened back and shoulders, on the elbows pressed to the body, which is dictated by the statistics of goals scored. The essence of butterfly is to close as much as possible larger area gate Horizontally. Not in the sense of “lying down,” but in the sense of “flat shields laid in a line, with maximum surface.”
An attentive viewer has probably noticed that pure butterfly goalkeepers prefer not to go far from the goal for a throw, reducing the angle of fire - a goalkeeper sitting on the pads can be driven around by driving out of the gate and sitting on the pads, it is difficult to react to finishing moves, etc. Dimensions help here This is why big goalies are so good at this style. The butterfly goalkeeper plays, roughly speaking, “on the line,” and at the same time, the pads, extended to the maximum possible width, cover the bottom of the goal very effectively. Therefore, the dimensions of the shields are great importance, it is no coincidence that we see pads of size 36++ on butterfly goalies, as a rule, with long S-parts (these are parts of the pads on the hips), which allow you to close the space between the knees when the goalie sits on the ice with the pads closed. The reason for this “area” work is largely due to the evolution of materials - the speed of the puck has increased greatly after the transition from wooden sticks (I’m talking about field players) to composite ones. In addition, modern artificial materials have made it possible to make goalkeeper pads suitable for sliding - the reinforced edges remain hard, keep their shape, and the surfaces do not get wet or absorb moisture. You can remember the old leather horsehair shin guards: twenty minutes of playing on your knees, and the shin guards became twice as heavy as they got wet.
The "hybrid" style, which is the main and only this moment, a promising direction in goalkeeping. Most goalies playing in the NHL are “hybrid” style goalies. The number of professional goalkeepers playing pure "Full butterfly" or the old school "Stand Up" game is decreasing every year. The new “hybrid” style is suitable for all goalkeepers, regardless of their characteristics (size, mobility, etc.). It allows you to play as efficiently as possible, while at the same time allowing you to optimize the team’s defensive play, since it becomes easier for the goalkeeper to control the situation with high precision.
Goalkeeper's stand. How the goalkeeper uses his stance is also important. If you are in goal, you can stand either in a high stance, or in a low one, or in a medium one. The middle stance expresses a state of semi-readiness; it allows you not to relax while watching the puck, and to switch to a low stance in time when the opponents’ attack appears in your defensive zone. With a low stance, which is the main working position of the goalkeeper, you need to be completely grouped: a semi-squat position, the trap is ready, deployed and directed towards the puck, the stick is level with the hook on the ice, the spine, shoulders and chest are straightened, the torso is tilted forward, the legs are a short distance from each other, the neck sits tightly in the neck, the chin is pushed forward so that the full picture of what is happening on the site is visible. .
A high stance is used at a time when nothing threatens your goal: you can relax and stand in full height, giving your muscles a rest. It is recommended to give yourself rest often, using all possibilities for this: players on your team are in possession of the puck, the game is stopped, the puck is in the opponents’ defensive zone.
Mentions of these two playstyles hockey goalies are often found in the literature, but I could not find a more or less clear/satisfactory description or definition of what it is. And if even I, a playing goalkeeper, have problems with a clear detailed description of stand-up and butterfly, then what should it be like for a normal fan who rarely puts on skates and judges hockey from the LDS stands or from the sofa in front of the TV? He has to rely on scattered statements from current or former players, trainers, specialists. And they are just scattered, not allowing us to understand the essence of the phenomenon at least to some acceptable approximation. So it turns out that fans and specialists use the terms “stand-up” and “butterfly”, each understanding something different, and even then fragmentarily.
The situation is just like with the wise men and the elephant (remember where the ears, trunk and legs were?)
Without in any way claiming to be a complete and final description, I will try to give my understanding of these borderline playing styles of hockey goalies, with details based on my own playing and fan experience, illustrating what has been said with quotes and examples.
I will be glad to hear healthy comments, questions and additions.
Let's start with a number of quotes. I suggest reading them carefully, listening to what famous people in the hockey world say.
"...talking to Rua is always difficult. In life, as on the court, he is very impulsive. Therefore, when I asked him the question of who was his idol in childhood, I did not expect to hear a standard answer. That’s how I found out what exactly Roger Vachon was an example for the young Roy: “What about Vladislav Tretiak?” - I couldn’t stand it. - “Tretiak, undoubtedly, is a great goalkeeper,” answered Rua, “but Vashon is closer to me.” Rua made his debut in the strongest Hockey League in 1984 at the age of 19. Surprisingly quickly the young man was able to fit into the lineup legendary club and within 2 years, win your first Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens. The young goalkeeper's contribution to the victory was so noticeable that he was named best player Cup final and received the prestigious Con Smythe Trophy. Rua's performance was admirable. He played in the butterfly style - classic style, when the goalie is not afraid to kneel and fall on the ice.”
A. Eremenko: “The revolution in goalkeeping techniques is associated, first of all, with the name of Patrick Roy, although even before him Tony Esposito was the first to practice playing on his knees, the so-called “butterfly” style. Roy and his coach Francois Alair are followers of this technique, which has been actively progressing in North America. Today, 70 percent of goalies in the United States and Canada play this style. Goalkeepers are selected by height so that, on their knees, they can cover the goal line as much as possible. There is also a European style, which was preached by Tretiak and our other goalkeepers. Each goalkeeper must choose his own style of play. And a lot depends on the coach."
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– How do overseas goalkeepers usually act?
Kapkaikin:
– There are also many styles in the NHL, because there are players from many countries. Styles mix. By the way, the now popular “butterfly” began to be used after that season at the turn of the century, when Hasek began to “wallow”, fall, and they could not score on him. Then he also received the NHL award for best goalkeeper. And the original Canadian style is playing while standing, due to the choice of position. It’s similar to our Russian one, but the Canadians play more with a stick (at least that’s how it used to be).”
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Have you been retrained?
Shtalenkov:
- About 30 years old. The goalkeeper coach preferred that the goalkeeper play more on his knees.
- The so-called butterfly style?
- Exactly. But I couldn’t play on my knees all the time, I managed to combine it, but I began to kneel much more often. Now the whole world, whether we like it or not, plays like this. There are practically no goalkeepers left who play only stand-up. Another thing: the goalkeeper must have a sense of when he should not sit on the ice, but should remain in his stance. The main criterion is one - not to miss, no matter how and with what part of the body the goalkeeper stops the puck. Everything can be justified if the gate remains “dry”.
In total, what we can deduce from what has been said: butterfly is a game on the knees. But only?! Let's figure it out. But first, stand-up.
Stand-up. Literally - get up and stand. The first historical style. The common thread here is the standing game, in a very simplified way - covering the goal area primarily in a vertical position. The origins of the stand-up technique, at least in the European tradition, are inextricably linked with football and bandy. Anyone who is more or less interested in the history of ice hockey knows that many of our hockey players played Russian hockey in the past, and in the summer they played football, and high level. Here, in fact, is the solution - both a football and a band goalkeeper absolutely need to return to the stance; he does not have a stick (some of our first goalkeepers played with a small stick or tried to throw the stick, catching the projectile with their hands, as in football), and pads on their legs either there were none, or they were small in size. Therefore, in the first place is the readiness to reflect and react. Moreover, to reflect actively, Play.
An excellent demonstration of the stand-up style is provided by the first game of the KK1987 final, Mylnikov vs. Fuhr:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJ27tleKz8
Butterfly. Butterfly. The dominant and most fashionable style of goalkeeper play today. Let me make a reservation: here we are talking about the modern butterfly, which took shape in the early 90s of the 20th century. In general, as we saw above, the descriptions of the luminaries boil down to the fact that in the “butterfly” the goalkeeper sits on his knees, waving his arms like the wings of a butterfly. There is an opinion that our legendary goalkeeper Vladislav Tretyak stood at the origins of butterfly. "I wasn't afraid to get down on my knees." IMHO, to simplify it this way is still too much.
In the report on the Olympic Games 2010, I talked about Brodo and Nabokov. Luongo, Hasek as stand-up goalkeepers (well, or combined-style goalkeepers). From the words of Tretyak, and many other specialists, it follows that the listed goalkeepers play butterfly. Where does this discrepancy come from - in the words of famous goalkeepers of the past and what is visually observed now? The solution is simple. As the butterfly style evolved, the emphasis shifted from sitting on your knees with your arms raised to game on the knees, on the edges of the spread shields (along the entire length of the shield), for sliding in horizontal plane on the edges of the shields due to repulsion with skates (the so-called “sliding”), but playing with the hands is not decisive today when describing this style. In other words, now “wallowing on the ice and waving your arms” are not the defining characteristics of butterfly, and even if we consider V.A. Tretyak’s style to be a kind of proto-butterfly, then his students (Brodo, Nabokov) are still goalkeepers of the combined style, which, in general, closer to stand-up than to modern butterfly.
It is important that the “butterfly” is a more “reactive” method, compared to the more “active” stand-up, one of the cornerstones of which is the inadmissibility of a goal when the puck passes “through the goalkeeper” - under the hands. Therefore, the emphasis in working with the hands - both in the stance and on the pads under the throw - is on the density of the defense, on a straightened back and shoulders, on the elbows pressed to the body, which is dictated by the statistics of goals scored. The essence of the butterfly stroke is to cover as much of the goal area as possible. Horizontally. Not in the sense of “lying down,” but in the sense of “flat shields laid in a line, with maximum surface.”
An attentive viewer has probably noticed that pure butterfly goalkeepers prefer not to go far out of the goal for a throw, reducing the angle of fire - you can go around a goalkeeper sitting on the pads by driving out of the goal and sitting on the pads, it is difficult to react to finishing moves, etc. Size helps here, which is why oversized goalies are so good in this style. The butterfly goalkeeper plays, roughly speaking, “on the line,” and at the same time, the pads, extended to the maximum possible width, cover the bottom of the goal very effectively. Therefore, the size of the pads is of great importance, it is no coincidence that we see pads of size 36++ on butterfly goalies, as a rule, with long S-parts (these are parts of the pads on the hips), which allow closing the space between the knees when the goalie sits on the ice with the pads closed . The reason for this “area” work is largely due to the evolution of materials - the speed of the puck has increased greatly after the transition from wooden sticks (I’m talking about field players) to composite ones. In addition, modern artificial materials have made it possible to make goalkeeper pads suitable for sliding - the reinforced edges remain hard, keep their shape, and the surfaces do not get wet or absorb moisture. You can remember the old leather horsehair shin guards: twenty minutes of playing on your knees, and the shin guards became twice as heavy as they got wet.
But it's not just about the materials. In general, the tendency to sit under a throw, intuitively covering the maximum area of the goal, is inherent in nature to any goalkeeper. Anyone who has played in goal or coached knows this requirement - “don’t sit down early.” It’s just that now modern materials and sliding techniques make it possible to use this inner desire, directing energy in the right direction. Butterfly plasticity - “flowing” from the stance into the spread pads - sliding - “flowing” into the stance is very attractive in appearance, children easily and willingly learn this style. The following details of the modern butterfly style are worth mentioning:
1) movement on skates from post to post becomes less and less (when playing behind the goal) - a large goalkeeper simply rests his skates against them due to the span of his limbs, sitting in the corners as needed.
2) elbows pressed to the body (difference from the classic goalkeeper stance - note how Lyuongo received the first goal in the 2010 Olympics final).
3) in the stance (on a face-off, for example), the shields are placed at a greater angle [the shifted shields at the MU level (Nabokov’s trademark) are becoming less and less].
4) the stick in the stance is no longer placed perpendicularly (there is no point with such a span of the pads, let the puck bounce into the chest)
5) the goalkeeper holds the trap at head level, due to which the elbows are pressed.
6) the goalkeeper skates, practically without moving his legs, with his legs spread, changing his position “backwards”, and with one push, as a rule. Skating movements are very economical in appearance, but in fact they are extremely energy-consuming. And you need to skate in such a way that the puck does not go “through the goalie” when he moves.
7) throws forward with the guards during, for example, 2-on-1 exits are becoming less and less, butterfly makes this technique less necessary.
This is what everything said looks like in action:
Tretiak divides butterfly into classic and full, the difference being greater mobility (classic is more agile). Apparently, by “classical butterfly” he means a combined style - indeed, Nabokov “plays” much more than Bryzgalov, a good representative of the full butterfly.
And to finish, I’ll give you a couple of very important quotes.
Which weak sides current goalkeepers?
Vitaly Erfilov: I think it’s inappropriate to compare with the guards, for example, of the 80s. Over the past decades, the skill of field players has greatly increased. Therefore, the requirements for goalkeepers have become more stringent. In addition, almost all goalkeepers began to lower themselves onto their pads. And this is a very tricky and ambiguous point: you need to know exactly the time and place when to sit down. And it is important to learn how to do it correctly. The main mistake is that goalkeepers sit down with their arms and shoulders. Although, in theory, the shoulders should always be straightened, thereby the person covers more space in the “frame”. But it turns out that the entire top turns out to be free, and then there is chaotic flapping of the butterfly in attempts to help the team out. So the forwards rock the guards, and then drive the puck under the crossbar. On your feet you are still moving, you have time to move, but on your knees you are already chained to the ice.
What I still can’t understand is why many modern goalkeepers roll out of the goal when the opponents’ attack develops, and when they swing for a shot they begin to crawl back. After all, at first everything was done correctly: by rolling out, you reduce the angle of fire, making the opponent’s task more difficult. And not a single goalkeeper has really explained why he begins to back away when he swings. An elementary mistake common to many.
A.Irbe: Features of the Finnish school are brilliantly executed technique, skating, smooth movements. Finnish goalkeepers work very economically and accurately: no unnecessary twitching of their hands, they always roll out at the right angle with the first push, without additional steps, and are always in the right position.
Bottom line.
Stand-up is a more “active”, “playful” goalkeeper style, based on “vertical” overlap of the goal, preferential skating and reaction to what is happening from the post.
Butterfly is a more “reactive”, “passive” style, based on the “horizontal” overlap of the gates (the idea is to cover the maximum surface, work “over areas”) and sliding on the edges of the guards. After the first shot (or after a threat to the goal), the goalkeeper is not in a hurry to jump into his stance, like a stand-up, but assesses the situation from the “butterfly”.
Each goalkeeper has his own unique style of play, which cannot be copied.
At the same time, there are several typical models of goalkeeper behavior that are common in domestic and foreign hockey. These are stand-up (playing in a standing position), butterfly and hybrid hockey. Combining elements different styles, you can achieve great success and develop your own style of play.
Hockey goalie playing styles
Today, goalkeepers prefer to play in one of two styles - hybrid or butterfly. But considering that all the goalkeepers of the end of the last century played stand-up style, it is impossible not to remember him.
- Stand-up game. Today, the only representative of this style remains New York Islanders goalkeeper Evgeni Nabokov. Characteristic features of the stand-up model are endless movements along the goal line, sharp attacks on the puck and a minimum of play on the knees. In order to ensure the highest speed of movement, representatives of this technique remain in a high stance at all times, keeping their feet shoulder-width apart, slightly bent at the knees, resting on their skates. The advantage of such a game is low energy consumption and the ability to quickly respond to throws. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to control the situation at the goal and react to pucks flying at knee level.
- Hybrid. The most popular model of the game among amateurs and most professional goalkeepers. It is a combination of high and low stance play, kneeling play and butterfly style action. Characteristic signs are moving by skating, reflecting throws with pads, while kneeling. Most of the time, the feet are shoulder-width apart, one leg of the goalkeeper is on the knee, the other is on the skate, pressed against the goal post. The trap remains raised above the shield. Advantages of the hybrid model: big choice protection options depending on the situation, high speed of movement. Disadvantages are the difficulty of choosing the right position, the need to constantly evaluate the situation and change position.
- Butterfly. The most popular style in the early 2000s, which still has many fans today. Characteristic signs are constant kneeling and active use of hands, as well as constant movement on skates and knees. There is a Canadian version with a hybrid stand and a Finnish version with a low stand. Advantages: complete coverage of the bottom of the goal, protection from finishing moves. Disadvantages - consumption of a large amount of energy and poor protection of the top of the gate.
Any style of hockey - butterfly, hybrid or stand-up - has its advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, the reliability and playing characteristics of a goalkeeper largely depend on personal professionalism, on how correctly the style is chosen and how fully the individual characteristics of the goalkeeper are taken into account. Goalkeeper skills need to be constantly practiced, even at
In modern hockey we see a variety of goalie playing styles. Some schools and coaches teach the butterfly style and some teach the old stand-up style. What I want to show is an active style of play in goal, which can be called “modern” or “hybrid”.
What does this mean?
Goalkeepers should not play in a style where the same movement is effective for different game situations. Butterfly is very effective when used correctly and at the right time. However, it does not help when more tactical movement is needed to maximize the coverage of the playing space.
The meaning of this rule is that it is necessary to remain in the “stance” as long as possible and kneel when the situation requires it. This is what I call a modern, hybrid style. Remember that a goalie will always react faster to the puck from his main stance than from any other position. This is the result of practice and is most comfortable for the goalkeeper. Also, being in the main stance, the goalkeeper has the best opportunity to move in any direction required by the game situation.
Some people may ask: “Why can’t you use the butterfly style all the time?” The answer is simple: if a goalkeeper acts according to a pattern in various game situations, then the enemy very quickly begins to understand this and will make the goalkeeper pay for it. Also, using this style it is very difficult to move when passing from flank to flank. Young goalies can avoid mistakes with the butterfly style, especially if they have good technique, but it is much more difficult for older goalies to rely solely on butterfly movements to increase the speed of their play.
If a goalkeeper, deflecting a shot on his knees, hits the puck, it will be very difficult for him to move under a possible finishing move. In the case when the goalkeeper hits the puck “in the stance”, it is much easier to take a position to reflect subsequent shots.
Use the butterfly style when the direction of the throw is unknown, if you need to cover the largest space when playing directly at the goal, during set-ups, rebounds, etc. If you see a throw, simply parry it while standing and be ready to move to counter the next throws.
I've talked a lot about butterfly play here, but this rule also applies to other situations where goalies kneel. Most often this happens to young goalkeepers who fall to their knees in any situation. This is a common mistake that can be corrected by improving basic skills and based on the principle that a goalkeeper is much more comfortable defending the goal while standing than playing on his knees.
So when is it necessary to play downstairs? There are many situations when a goalkeeper should do this. For example:
Pass to the corner of the goalkeeper area
Outputs 2 in 1
Immediate throws during passes from behind the goal
Ricochet
When there are a large number of players in front of the goal
Substitutions
Loss of puck control
Etc.
To summarize, I want to say: teach your goalies to stay in the stance for as long as possible. This way they have the ability to move and move around. By going down on the ice, the goalie limits himself in the game and it may happen that this makes the goalie worse.
The goalkeeper is in a butterfly stance and covers the direction of the throw well. But it cannot be used for all game situations.
The goalkeeper, who was not the destiny of the forwards of Novokuznetsk Metallurg and Sibir, was born on International Women's Day - March 8, 1982. In the Swedish Championship he played for Västerås and XB-71. He played for the Swedish national team at various stages of the Eurotour, and in 2007 he took part - albeit very modestly - in the World Championship. He was also on the extended Olympic team, but never went to Vancouver.
– I know this goalkeeper. “He played in the Channel One Cup and was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the 2006/2007 season in the Swedish championship,” the head coach of the Ufa team said on the day of signing the contract Igor Zakharkin, who worked in Sweden. – His style of play is classic, and not the recently fashionable butterfly, when the goalkeeper sits on the ice and covers the lower corners. Eric, on the other hand, prefers to act in a standing position, but his main advantage is that he is always in focus: this is when the goalkeeper helps out in those rare acute moments that arise at his goal. For our team, which spends most of its time attacking, the last quality is especially valuable.
Ersberg also performed overseas. In Los Angeles, which invited an undrafted Swede, the goalkeeping team was frankly weak, which, paradoxically, only increased the competitiveness: suffice it to say that in the 2007/2008 season, the Kings used as many as seven goalkeepers. In just over three years, Eric played 53 games in the NHL and another 32 in Los Angeles and Manchester.
The Swede arrived in Ufa at the end of October, when both goalkeepers of Salavat Yulaev - Vitaly Kolesnik and Alexander Eremenko - began to act somewhat uncertainly. It’s interesting that the discrepancy between what Zakharkin said and what he saw on the ice immediately caught my eye - Ersberg played in a pronounced butterfly style. But later he changed his mind and therefore now his style can be called mixed.
“I won’t lie, I had the opportunity to play in Russia in mind,” says the goalkeeper. “And I wanted to get into a good team.” One in which serious problems are solved. And “Salavat Yulaev” is an ideal option in this regard. In fact, I didn’t know very much about this team and about Ufa. I talked a lot with Robert Nilsson, who moved here in the summer. He told a lot of good things about the city and the club. Doubts disappeared completely. We have good team. We can win anything.
Having made an extremely unsuccessful debut - missing three goals against Vityaz and five in just half an hour against Barys - Ersberg gradually got used to the new team, and at the end of November he went on a strong streak, conceding only one goal in three matches.
– We believe in Eric and will give him the necessary time to adapt to Russian hockey, - said Main coach"Salavata Yulaeva" Vyacheslav Bykov. – Before the start of the playoffs, we will keep all three of our goalkeepers in good shape.
