In my experience, diving at the feet of incoming opponents doesn't seem to be one of those things that you can plan to do more of: if you have time to think about it, self-preservation tends to prevail.
You probably know the following already, but i'm still going to say it. In one-on-one situations, I rarely worry about where the striker is going to shoot. Instead, I concentrate on minimising the available space and anticipating when they're going to shoot. If the forward is good, they'll score anyway, but if they don't find one of the corners, or if they let you get too close, simply spreading out at the right second will block a lot of shots. Of course, it's also why I save a fair number of shots with my face, and receive the occasional knee to the temple...
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Diving at feet...
Date: 2003-10-24 11:41 am (UTC)You probably know the following already, but i'm still going to say it. In one-on-one situations, I rarely worry about where the striker is going to shoot. Instead, I concentrate on minimising the available space and anticipating when they're going to shoot. If the forward is good, they'll score anyway, but if they don't find one of the corners, or if they let you get too close, simply spreading out at the right second will block a lot of shots. Of course, it's also why I save a fair number of shots with my face, and receive the occasional knee to the temple...