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re: Tougher Goalie Job: Hockey or Soccer?
Posted on 6/14/10 at 3:02 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 6/14/10 at 3:02 pm to Chad504boy
I've played both, and I think hockey is tougher. It's the sheer number of shots, not to mention rebounds. It's a little easier to control second chance shots in soccer, and those kill you in hockey. It's the difference between a good and a bad goalie - how they handle rebounds. I was a bad goalie.
Also, don't underrate the line of sight issue. It's a lot easier to lose track of the puck, especially with a forward screening you.
Also, don't underrate the line of sight issue. It's a lot easier to lose track of the puck, especially with a forward screening you.
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Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:10 pm to Chad504boy
Being a Hockey Goalie may be the toughest position in any sport. Its at least on par with QB and pitcher.....although being a soccer goalie would be tough for me. My back hurts if I stand in one place for too long.
This post was edited on 6/14/10 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 6/14/10 at 4:19 pm to rondo
Soccer its not even close.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 6:43 pm to OUandLSUfan
Having played soccer all my life the answer is hockey.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 7:03 pm to Baloo
not to mention cross crease side to side action and you are on ICE!!! 
Posted on 6/14/10 at 7:15 pm to saderade
Soccer. Hockey goalies just happen to be in the way most of the time seeing as how they take up 85% of the net alerady.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 8:22 pm to TexasTiger08
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In soccer, you know damn well if your team is on the attack, you literally have multiple minutes of down time.
As a keeper you constantly have to be on edge. Possession changes constantly in both sports so this point is invalid.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 9:02 pm to CootKilla
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Playing keeper for soccer has more angles to deal with. You always have to know where your posts are.
angles are the first thing taught to hockey goalies because if your off an inch a player can make you look stupid.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 9:04 pm to thenry712
Hockey Goalies wear about 50 pounds worth of equipment and lose 6-9 pounds a game.
I think that the defense in Soccer is much more important than in Hockey. A goalie in Hockey can take over a game and just stop everything and win the game by himself.
A soccer goalie really depends on his team to make him look good.
I think that the defense in Soccer is much more important than in Hockey. A goalie in Hockey can take over a game and just stop everything and win the game by himself.
A soccer goalie really depends on his team to make him look good.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 9:14 pm to WreckinRams05
If it wasn't for the huge pads, I would say hockey. Sure goaltenders face many more shots, but a goalies pads and body take up 90% of the goal. Some shots just careen off the pads and count as a save.
Both positions are extremely difficult to play in their own ways.
Both positions are extremely difficult to play in their own ways.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 9:23 pm to thenry712
This is an interesting question because it shows a relative difference between the two sports. A good goalkeeper in soccer is also one of the most important distributors. If he is inaccurate with his kicks down-field, his team will be at a severe disadvantage.
Also a hockey goalie is primarily concerned with shot-stopping ( I might be wrong about this), while a keeper that is an average stopper can make up for it with superb distribution, and commanding his box very well.
Also a hockey goalie is primarily concerned with shot-stopping ( I might be wrong about this), while a keeper that is an average stopper can make up for it with superb distribution, and commanding his box very well.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 10:59 pm to Suntiger
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On a similar note. I think soccer would be much more intersting if they didn't allow a goalie at all.
on a similar note, you're fricking stupid
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:03 pm to Chad504boy
i originally thought hockey.. but thinking about it.. hockey golies do have more action coming their way.. however soccer has much more margin for error.. even if the ball is larger..
not only do soccer keepers have to cover side to side.. but they always have to cover vertically..
not only do soccer keepers have to cover side to side.. but they always have to cover vertically..
This post was edited on 6/14/10 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:06 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
I'd say it's harder to stop each individual shot in Soccer, but through the course of the game it's tougher be a netminder in hockey.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:08 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
also, a hockey goalie probably has a high percentage of saving the goal even if he isn't paying attention..
you can't really say that about soccer.
you can't really say that about soccer.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:09 pm to KosmoCramer
great point.
technically the grind of the game would make the hockey job "tougher".. but individually soccer may be harder one of one..
technically the grind of the game would make the hockey job "tougher".. but individually soccer may be harder one of one..
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:14 pm to SouljaBreauxTellEm
it's really impossible to say and anyone that says one of them is for sure easier or harder clearly just doesn't appreciate either.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:30 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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it's really impossible to say and anyone that says one of them is for sure easier or harder clearly just doesn't appreciate either.
This post is much too reasonable. People must make intra-sport comparisons because they can't seem to appreciate a sport without them.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:36 pm to crazy4lsu
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This post is much too reasonable. People must make intra-sport comparisons because they can't seem to appreciate a sport without them.
well i enjoy the comparisons and discussions that a lot of people are making and it is fun to compare sports/positions. however, a conclusion rarely needs to be made from such comparisons.
Posted on 6/14/10 at 11:52 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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a conclusion rarely needs to be made from such comparisons.
Yeah that's what I mean. People act like they are definitive experts on the nuances of the skill sets of both sports, and hence make definitive conclusions based on the discussions that pretty tenuous.
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