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THE BASICS - HUGGING THE POST
HUGGING THE POSTS
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You should always hug your posts because they are your best friends.
That crazy Patrick Roy even used to talk to them! When you hear the phrase
"hug the post" it really has nothing to do with showing love for them. Instead it is
a basic position that goaltenders need to master as soon as they begin to play
goal.
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Every year dozens of goals are given up because of poor positioning
when the goaltender is hugging the post. Even goaltenders in the NHL get
caught napping and let in a goal from behind the goal line. If the goaltender
hugs the post properly, a goal can NEVER be scored. It is that simple. For a
goal to happen in this situation, something had to be off with the goaltender's
position.