Comments on: Shooting Overhand Under Pressure Is A Must

By: Michael Jones

Michael Jones — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:25:00 +0000

Awesome play. Hows the turf burn lol.

By: bhsvideodad

bhsvideodad — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:35:00 +0000

I looked at the highlights of Carthage vs Mount Ida posted on the Monday video explosion and they haven’t been listening to Connor Wilson. Great video, but an awful lot of sidearms shots.

By: bhsvideodad

bhsvideodad — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:00:00 +0000

That is a great question that will go unanswered. I am working on Oregon vs Simon Fraser now and can’t stand looking at the previous game as a whole for a while. Still maybe a DVR of a D1 game would be worth analyzing. In the stats above I counted 3/4 as side arm.

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:55:00 +0000

I’m curious to hear what the totals for each type of shot were as well. What were the shooting percentages for each one?

Then we could get into a deeper level of WHERE the shots were taken from… but I won’t ask that much!!!

By: bhsvideodad

bhsvideodad — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:51:00 +0000

Overhand vs side arm got me thinking. So in the Oregon Cal Poly game summary I posted this weekend I found:
Overhand Oregon 7 CP 9
Side arm Oregon 3 CP 1
Underhand Oregon 1 CP 4
Not sure what that means, but it seems like side arm shots are useful to reach around the defender and use the defender as a screen so the goalie doesn’t see it coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CILOBxcEmMM

By: NESCAC4life

NESCAC4life — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:53:00 +0000

I agree wholly agree with this posting. Too often we see high-school and youth kids trying sidearm and underhand shots with little to no success. You can do shoot anywhere with an overhand shot to score. Underhand and side-arm? All velocity. Although, another article could be done on keepers “guessing” on shots and the inability for a goaltender to just stay high, especially 5 yards and under.

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:31:00 +0000

I gots the turf burn.

By: Shaw

Shaw — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:10:00 +0000

Love the commentary. “Connor go to the hole and dominate!”

By: P_Jones

P_Jones — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Just goes to show that the old dog CAN learn a new trick!! Kudos for giving the overhand a shot (pun intended). That’s another benefit I didn’t even bother to mention on the last post, but another great point…with video evidence to back it up!

By: connorwilson

connorwilson — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:18:00 +0000

check it out now…

By: moe

moe — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:49:00 +0000

it would be so lovely if the video wasn’t private