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Instead of a goalie mask the goalie would wear a space
helmet with mirrored exterior. You couldn't see where the
goalie was looking. Inside the mirrored ball, the mask is
steadied against the head with structured padding.
This is what my locals are wearing this year...
http://images.googl...:0,i:98&tx=59&ty=81
...and I think that it's about which direction the quarterback's head is facing - if you appear to be watching one player but actually have your eyes on a different one, the pass defense can get fooled. [normzone, Jan 23 2013]
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So, you have an incentive to aim at the face mask? Cool. |
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Watching the eyes is mostly for defensive (American) football players, isn't it? The goalie's eye's (hockey? soccer?) matter? (link) |
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I'd be surprised if you had time to watch the goalie's eyes
in ice hockey. I played field hockey and it all happens way
too fast for longing gazes and significant eye contact. |
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Seconded. I won't claim any great athletic prowess, but
like 97% of the male population of Maine, I played ice
hockey from youth leagues through high school and the
only eye contact took place before the puck dropped.
Hockey happens way too fast to be looking at the other
guy's eyes. |
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True that. I recall seeing a hockey ball (5.5 oz, same as a
cricket ball) being clocked at 114mph or 185kmh, in a
test, by a cop with a radar gun. Best to
try to watch the ball, lest it connect with you. |
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I was a defenseman anyway. The opposing players weren't
people, they were obstacles. |
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I always thought of them as targets. I was already 6ft
and 180lbs when I was 16-17. If I couldn't hit them with
the ball then I tried to hit them with me. |
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That was my style in a nutshell. Why fiddle around trying
to take the puck away from my opponent when it's so
much more fun to take my opponent away from the puck? |
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I was an ice hockey goalie for 30 years, I coached for 13 years and I don't recall once where anyone ever said you need to look your opponent in the eye. I think the Gretzky era would confirm that. He knew where every player on the ice with him - teammates AND opponents - was at all times, usually without even looking. |
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From a purely practical standpoint, I doubt this mask would work without an extensive ventilation system. I always wore a helmet & cage combination and I would sweat like crazy in that. A fully enclosed mask wouldn't allow for airflow or evaporation, and it would be utterly futile to try to yell instructions to your teammates. Go stick your head in a fishbowl and try it out! (but first empty out the fish and the water) : P |
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I so wish you hadn't issued the warning at the end of that
anno, [Canuck]. |
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Hockey could be improved in so many ways, but
especially by helmet modifications. It hasn't just been a
few times that I've said hockey needs two way radios for
better on ice communication. I speculate that the
secret society of radio and tv commentators, a powerful
lobby, keeps radios out of helmets for fear that the
players own communications will become the game's
new narration, and they will become obsolete no longer
able to define the popular discourses that ultimately
decide important elections. |
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// Hockey could be improved in so many ways // |
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I'm sorry to tell you this, but you are wrong. The Game of
Hockey is perfect in every way. |
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