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Originally Posted by originalhypa
I respectfully disagree.
As a goalie, I need to be one of the best skaters on the ice. There are no second chances for a goalie, as we're the last line of defense. I spend so much time at open skates, and free skates just working on basics like x-overs, pivots, c-cuts, stops, backwards skating, etc because I use all of those skills numerous times during a game. The goalie needs to be a great skater, or a good shooter will skate around him.
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Fair enough. As a part time goalie also, I understand the importance of skating technique.
But the contouring and profiling, as far as I understand it, will help with edge control on tight turns, more efficient and powerful strides, forward to back transitions, all of which would benefit the skater more than the goalie.
As I explained IMO its still more important to work on the consistency and quality of skating technique than to try and fix poor habits or mechanics with profiling. I'm not a high level player or high level goalie, and I'm a cheapass overall that cringes when a sharpening costs more than $6, so unless the profiling will make me shoot and skate like Pavel Bure, I really can't justify that cost. But I am curious too what difference you notice playing goal with the profiling
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Originally Posted by 6thGear.
Can all shops do FBV sharpening? Or is the majority of them doing ROH sharpenings only?
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It would depend on the machine they use. This
http://www.blackstonesport.com/produ...product_id=283 can do both