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THE BAIT AND HOOK
If you have ever watched an NHL game you have seen a goaltender
use the bait and hook, probably without even noticing it. That in itself is the
key to the success of this technique; how sneaky it is.
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When a goaltender baits and hooks a shooter he is giving a shooter
something to shoot at that he can't resist. Just like a fish that sees a juicy
worm, they can't stop themselves from predictably eating the worm. There
are really only a few basic ways to execute the bait and hook and here are
the biggies:
THE LAZY / LOW GLOVE
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When the shooter looks at the goalie in the millisecond before he shoots it
he sees a goaltender perfectly placed on the angle but the stupid goalie doesn't
have his glove hand out and open. BANG!
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As the shot is released the goaltender reels the poor sap in, probably
making a highlight save. Remember that most glove saves you see on TV were
the result of some degree of baiting and hooking whether the goaltender
realized it or not.