Whats the quickest way to break them in. I got a new pair for roller/floor hockey and while they are slightly broken in they are far from where i want them to be. I know it will take time but i want it to take the least amount of time possible.

Mike, im looking towards you.

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"That wasn't very nice...I do believe you killed my hat."

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I'm a part time goalie too ya know.

The best way to break em in, use em. Not just playing either. Practice movement in them.

To break in a new set of pads it takes about 6-8 weeks.

Personally I tried to include pad break in, in my work outs. do 100 down ups from Butter fly, do 100 kick outs from each side, and then just move around in them.

Sadly there is no fast way to do it, like a baseball glove and a rubber band. Or skates with baking them. It's all about reps and working with them.

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Squanto 7/27/2010

Just wear them and do goalie stuff in them.

It's like skates, wear them around the house to help break them in also. I've never played goalie, but as Jay said. Use them and wear them even off the ice, or floor.

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Some people will tell you to tie the pads down a certain way... don't.

There is no fast way to break new pads in. If you want to do it right, wear them whenever you can and practice your motions.

Who here hasn't walked around their house in a brand new pair of skates?

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Wheelhouse

heathen.

I haven't, but I've walked around my house in a new pair of heels, so that counts.

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Your stripping heels right?

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Duh, I have to make sure I look sexy when I walk in them before I head into work.

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Nice!

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

depends on what you want. as a butterfly goalie, i wear my pads ultra loose, and i have flat faced pads. they have 0 give at the knees, and thats how i like them. i like them super stiff.

the best way is the wear them. sit on the floor while watching tv, and wear them. move around in them. then, when not wearing them, put them under a desk that forces them to bend at the knee rolls, or knee break. or use one of the straps to do keep them bent, i know adam didnt suggest this, but i have never heard anything wrong with doing this.... i did it with my reactor 6's and it work. also, when i had reactor 6's, i would just flex them back and forth at the knee rolls till they had give.

i remember hearing about how carey price would place his pads and gloves in a humidor and after 5 minutes, it was like they were worn for 6 months. dunno if you have access to such equipment.

the funny thing is, i go into peranis, which is a MAJOR hockey store here that specializes in goalie equipment, and i end up teaching the employees things about pads. haha.

now, what kinda pads are we talkin?

edit: you also have to remember, a pad never stops being broken in. if you break them in, and you use them, eventually, they will lose their integrity. thats why nhl goalies wear several a year. they use them so much, they get over broken in.

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since im cheap and far from playing any kind of "real" hockey. i got Tour Evolution 6000 pads. right now they are still pretty stiff and while im not oppose to the knees being kind of stiff (the top strap on my pads is usually pretty loose so it doesnt bend much to begin with) i just need to break the knee a little and the foot guard a good deal.

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are the foot guards, and knee guards tied onto the pad, or are they actually part of the pad? i didnt like the feeling of the extra leg channel padding on my eagles, so i removed them all together. minus the knee pad, all thats left is the leg channel itself. all the additional padding i removed.

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i believe they are all one piece.


so i tried the "sticking them under a desk" trick and it worked. they are a good deal more flexible then they were before hand. from here i can break them in as i wear them without sacrificing any skill.

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thats what worked for my old reactor 6's

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As you stated, because goalie pads can be overly broken in, this is why I don't recommend that action.

Pads aren't designed to stretch and flex for prolonged periods of time in those positions. They're designed to break in enough to give you the stretch you need, and then move back into place when you're done.

By forcing them to hold in one position, you can overstretch those areas too quickly and reduce the lifetime of your pads.

Additionally, by taking the extra time to break your pads in by practicing with them only, they'll give you a much more natural feel as they'll be broken in based on the way YOU use them rather than the way they're stretched to hold in one position by pulling a strap down or forcing them under a heavy object.

Just what I've been told by some of my coaches growing up.

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Wheelhouse

yea, and i do plan on breaking them in more myself as i play in them. this was more of an initial break to get some decent movement in them.

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"That wasn't very nice...I do believe you killed my hat."

Driver of the FIRE LINDY RUFF Bandwagon since 2008.

thats true, but my bauers never gave me that trouble, they stayed rigid and straight. but, now, i really like stiff pads that have 0 give at the knees. just my style. my eagles are 7 years old, and except the puck marks, youd think theyd never been used before.

i do this with baseball gloves too. i like my gloves smooth like butter and very very loose and flexible. it takes a lonnnng time to get a glove to my liking for game use, and because its so loose and broken in, the life of the glove is pretty short.

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Eh, fuck it, right? This is one of those cases where preference is everything, isn't it?

By the way Woz; that's a sick cage you've got.

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Wheelhouse

exactly. we goalies are funny about our gear. biron used to like his glove super stiff. so when it was properly broken in, he'd move onto a new one. he ALWAYS had a new trapper. and he was always trying out new brands.

me, i always wet my glove. literally, id dunk it in water before a game. it loosened it up. made it heavy too, but that was ok.

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Heard that Cam Ward gets new gear every 6 weeks or so.

Holy shit is all I got to say.

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