Leevi Tukiainen, a goalkeeper in the Finnish Champions League, tells how he has been refining a weapon for years that goalkeepers are now afraid of.
JYP’s players have a day off on Wednesday. There are no exercises.
Only From Leevi from Tukiainen In the afternoon, after four, asks how the goal day’s day off has gone, the answer surprises.
– I’ve been to training a bit.
In the slogan, the response given in passing tells a lot of Tukiainen.
JYP’s head coach Petri Matikainen summarized in a press conference after the Aces game, which is the secret to Tukiainen’s aircraft.
– He has a terrible lust to develop.
The scenery changed
Tukiainen banged 18+18 = 36 in 51 regular season games last season in Pelicans in 51 regular season games. According to the attacker, the foundations for the splendor of the early season were already cast last season.
– I was able to leave this season with good confidence. Then, when it was good in the training games and came to a success, it has further fed me confidence.
This season, the pace has accelerated. Tukiainen’s point balance after the first seven games was 8+3 = 11. It came off the number one league on the goal and score market.
According to Tukiainen, who has lived in Lahti in Lahti, nothing special happened in last summer’s workouts, but the landscape change in Jyväskylä boosted.
– I felt that my career might be the right time to leave. It seems that the new environment has brought extra energy and boost to doing. And I have been very comfortable in Jyväskylä.
Workman
The gambler is also outside the field. When Tukiainen is not training, he sometimes tends to click on PlayStation at home.
– There will be some Fifa played, says Tukiainen.
Still, he does not recognize as a football meil.
– I don’t even have any favorite team in football.
On the ice, Tukiainen is fast -moving and rude, but on the phone the man sounds calm and humble. He emphasizes work several times during the interview.
Tukiainen has worked and still works, especially with his shot.
– When I was younger, much came to the backyard in the summer. And I still like to leave after workouts to shoot and giggle. This will make a lot of repetitions.
“Horse kick”
Tukiainen Kuti often slides on the top shelf. Vesa Pöppönen / All Over Press
Tukiainen’s extremely accurate bracelet is at its best at well over 130 kilometers per hour. With a warmth, he gives the reel about 160 km/h.
-He has a horse kick, Matikainen described Tukiainen’s bet at the Aces game press.
Nowadays, however, goalkeepers know how to place, anticipate and read the attacker’s movements so well that only hard and accurate weft bags are not surprised. As a result, Tukiainen has also developed a few additional sticks for his shot.
– I try to fake what I shoot or change a little launching angle before pulling.
Thus, Tukiainen may show the goalkeeper in the position of the stage that he shoots in the upper corner of the shield, but turns the bet at the last minute to the rasp. The towing angle, on the other hand, changes when the puck brings with a small tip closer to the feet just before the shot.
– I have managed to make the shot a clear strength for myself, the man knows.
Model from the NHL
The skill of a young person who enjoyed the outdoor and street games as a young One Timer And I get knocked, but the man’s favorite shot is still a tough and accurate shore.
– It will be most used in games.
Tukiainen has studied a lot of goal scoring. He continues to look at the solutions of the NHL’s best scorers in the goals and tests the same stuff in the workouts himself.
– When I was younger Alexandr Ovetshkinia A lot. Today Artemi Panarin It’s a pretty light player, but I look at everyone who makes a lot of goals in the river.
Tukiainen also asks the goalkeeper coaches where he should shoot in some situation, but he does not think much about the weaknesses of the opponent’s goalkeeper.
– Sometimes I may talk a little with the Veskakouts, in what style the opponent’s mill plays, but I don’t really think about it in advance, but I go according to the situation.
Curve
Tukiainen gives the rubber trap with Bauer with a Flex stiffness of 82.
– I used to play sewagebut now it has spun around 80. I can shoot this wrist quickly when the stem is not too stiff.
According to the wishes of Tukiainen, the Painting Stage has been slightly more curved than normal.
– The same shoulder has been in use for probably five years. I liked it.
Instead, the Erkkyli changes according to the mood. Recently, Tukiainen has played with white spins.
– Last season came with a full -patch. Sometimes there has also been sock.
NHL dream
The spray spray has been celebrating the full hit eight times this season. Vesa Pöppönen / AOP
Provided right On the side, Tukiainen, 25, will continue to be so diligent in the net, and the skill is no longer seen in the SM League for a very long time.
“My goals are in bigger leagues,” he says directly.
Did you even dream of NHL?
– Of course, but the big leagues in Europe are also interesting.
Have North America become inquiries?
– Hmm … no, Tukiainen replies after a little embarrassment.
The man’s goal is also to reach the national team. There would be no surprise based on the early part of the season, even if the debut in the Lion would already be seen in the November EHT tournament.
– Well, then you can see it, but you still have to work.
The video has all the goals of Tukiainen’s early season. If the paint composition is not displayed on your device, you can watch it from here.