quick breath in and the moment is gone

This season(2016/2017) I am playing for very young, promising team up in North of  Sweden- Sundsvalls IBF. According to statistics we are 20.2 years old team. Guess who's the oldest! :D
I went there two weeks ago. Out of 3 games we have 1 point in our pockets.

Sundays game, 30 seconds before end of the 3rd period the score were 1-1. Twenty seconds before the end signal it says 1-2 and after the signal we are leaving as loosing team.

The boll hits my hand. It's a strong shoot. The girl who shoots has one of the 5 strongest shoot I know/ have experienced among the girls. The boll hits my hand, I look back to see where it went... it's up in a air and gently falls into the net.

It's one quick breath and the boll is in the net. We are talking about 1 second moment.
The one little, tiny moment where you act or freeze.
I see the moment as a slow motion in front of my eyes. I froze. 1 second moment where my spirit crushes in million small pieces and covers the whole floor around me. The air got heavy and there is no sound around me. It's dead. I just feel this quick breath stuck into my chest.

Later that night, while driving back to Mora, that moment replays in my mind over and over again. I froze. And that's what hurts me the most. At the end of the 3rd period.. Could I have been just grabbing it out? I believe so. At least I see myself doing it right now. As I believe I could have save it.

1 second moment...
Only a goalie can understand what a goalie goes through.

//GoalieThinking

Something what should be said a long time ago

Here is something what every coach and player, even goalkeeper should be aware of. Not only in floorball, but in any ball sport (or any sport in general).

I have been a goalie for 16(or 17) years now. I have been playing in many teams starting from my teenage years in Latvian Highest League, practicing with men and playing for National Team, continuing in Swedish both Highest and 2nd highest league and even in Czech Republic last year and I have been experiencing a lot.

My passion for this sport is so huge that I seek for perfection and greatness in what I do. My mental values I dare to compere with the greatest hockey, football and floorball goalies. I dare to call myself a goalie with NHL goalies attitude.

Players makes a goalie a better one. 
In practice when you as a player waste a shot over the net, you basically take away the opportunity for a goalie to give its best performance on that shot. Of course it depends even on goalkeeper if it is willing or not to give that kind of effort in practice. Imagine if half of a team misses the net. How many shots in practice you set in/on net? 80%? 75%?

As a player I hope, that you understand the responsibility you have in case of your goalkeeper. In your hands, in your preparation for practice both physical(food intake, sleep) and mental(focus), its you who make your goalie to become the best version he can be.

In most of every practice there should be given the maximum effort(do as good or better as you do in game) of every exercise the coach gives.
Understanding for "why we are doing this exercise, and why should I do like this or that in given situation- analyzing the both situation and exercise" is granted for increased performance and accomplishments of a game.

Bring out the best sides of each other and help to increase your both performance by focusing on whats important. Find that balance! You are ONE TEAM.

//GoalieThinking