goaltending
Blocking the shots
Goaltending is the act of guarding a goal in sports like hockey, soccer, or lacrosse—the goalkeeper's job.
In basketball, goaltending is a violation: interfering with a shot while the ball is descending toward the basket or on the rim.
The term extends figuratively to blocking or protecting something from interference: She's been goaltending for the CEO, deflecting all criticism.
Hockey's final defender
- backstopBarrier behind target area
- creaseLine from folding
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- blockerSomething that obstructs
trapper · pads · mask · stick · five-hole · shutout · reflexes · positioning
Circular-based solid form
- illegalForbidden by statute
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
rulebook · backboard · touching · disallowed · NBA · NCAA · violation · call
netminder
Hockey's final defender
blocker · trapper · pads · mask · stick · five-hole · shutout · reflexes · positioning · angles
cylinder
Circular-based solid form
penalty · rulebook · backboard · touching · disallowed · NBA · NCAA · violation · call · infraction
crease
Line from folding
rejection
Denial of acceptance
verticality · timing · contest · alter · deter · intimidation · paint · lane · weak-side · length
- hockeypuck, hockey, ice hockey, pucks, field hockey
- basketball rulespersonal foul, technical foul, traveling, double dribble, carrying
- game callsfoul, offsides, offside, traveling, travel
- sports mistakesfumble, bad pass, dropped pass, wild throw, bad throw
- defensedefense, defending, protecting, protection, security
- defensive skillsblocking, dodging, parrying, shielding, evasion