Skating Speed (EASHL)
Hi, Can I get some sort of confirmation on what impacts skating speed? I have a teammate who is being outpaced to the puck even though he is 95/95 and in full sprint. So my questions are 1: Does...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerSmaller players are faster than larger players. They're easier to knock off the puck though.
Edit. Apologies. I missed where you said they were both 90/90. I'll check on that. In that case, I assume they're both the same. You can see where speed changes when adjusting a player's size though.
@EA_Aljo Right but that's where this discussion is getting confusing. For the purposes of this discussion, I'm always referring to all else being equal. Otherwise every factor can be said to impact speed because everything is a tradeoff.
This is the clip I was referring to. Take notice of green and the player who starts out maybe one stride length ahead. At a certain point, THAT player starts sprinting and by the time the puck is in the D zone, that player is maybe 4 stride lengths ahead.
It looks to me like both are in sprint animation and both are going in essentially straight lines.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFJcPoX7hpdAFL6uP_i_qqDIX1K8tw90F?feature=shared
Now maybe there's an easy explanation and that's fine. I'm still curious whether height/weight and skating style matter, all else being equal.
This is the clip I was referring to. Take notice of green and the player who starts out maybe one stride length ahead. At a certain point, THAT player starts sprinting and by the time the puck is in the D zone, that player is maybe 4 stride lengths ahead.
It looks to me like both are in sprint animation and both are going in essentially straight lines.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFJcPoX7hpdAFL6uP_i_qqDIX1K8tw90F?feature=shared
Now maybe there's an easy explanation and that's fine. I'm still curious whether height/weight and skating style matter, all else being equal.
@kdsmaclean wrote:
@EA_AljoRight but that's where this discussion is getting confusing. For the purposes of this discussion, I'm always referring to all else being equal. Otherwise every factor can be said to impact speed because everything is a tradeoff.
This is the clip I was referring to. Take notice of green and the player who starts out maybe one stride length ahead. At a certain point, THAT player starts sprinting and by the time the puck is in the D zone, that player is maybe 4 stride lengths ahead.
It looks to me like both are in sprint animation and both are going in essentially straight lines.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFJcPoX7hpdAFL6uP_i_qqDIX1K8tw90F?feature=shared
Now maybe there's an easy explanation and that's fine. I'm still curious whether height/weight and skating style matter, all else being equal.You say, "all else equal", but ARE all things equal? Do you know what the builds of the two players in question were? Do you know what their stamina levels were at when they started skating back to your team's zone?
- @SummerOfDekes My question is broader than that specific clip. Regardless of that clip, **all else equal**, do those things matter. This is why I didn't want to post the clip to begin with, because people would get focused on the details rather than the theory. I'm not claiming that everything is equal in the clip.
@kdsmaclean wrote:
@SummerOfDekesMy question is broader than that specific clip. Regardless of that clip, **all else equal**, do those things matter. This is why I didn't want to post the clip to begin with, because people would get focused on the details rather than the theory. I'm not claiming that everything is equal in the clip.Then I've already answered your question in my first reply. Yes, those other stats matter. Who wins a race in this game, depending on the situation, is a mixture of max speed, quickness (agility/acceleration), stamina, and ping.
As for whether skating style matters or not, yes and no. No, skating style won't make your player model move faster. However, you skating style can do things like change where your player holds the puck when hustling.
For example, there's one skate style that has your player hold the puck far to one side as opposed to right in front of him or moving the puck side to side. This can make it harder for the puck to be knocked loose by a player coming from the opposite side. I believe you can also edit the skate style to where the puck carrier holds the puck farther in front of him, thus making it harder for a backchecking player to poke the puck away from behind.
- EA_Aljo
@kdsmaclean wrote:
@EA_Aljo Right but that's where this discussion is getting confusing. For the purposes of this discussion, I'm always referring to all else being equal. Otherwise every factor can be said to impact speed because everything is a tradeoff.
This is the clip I was referring to. Take notice of green and the player who starts out maybe one stride length ahead. At a certain point, THAT player starts sprinting and by the time the puck is in the D zone, that player is maybe 4 stride lengths ahead.
It looks to me like both are in sprint animation and both are going in essentially straight lines.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxFJcPoX7hpdAFL6uP_i_qqDIX1K8tw90F?feature=shared
Now maybe there's an easy explanation and that's fine. I'm still curious whether height/weight and skating style matter, all else being equal.The trailing player is skating in a straight line. The carrier makes a few turns. They also have a slight penalty for carrying the puck. You don't hustle when you're turning so that will kick in.
- @EA_Aljo I don't think they're talking about the carrier. I think they're looking at the trailer in white and the green player chasing them. Green actually seems to enter hustle first and they're going relatively the same speed until they cross the blue line where the player in white pulls away.
Without knowing the builds of those two players it's hard to say what's going on. Assuming they're relatively the same, I'd guess it's simply a case of one player running low on energy first.- EA_Aljo
The green player starts hustling right away and is skating in a straight line. The player in white slightly turns, then enters hustle. As you mentioned, we need to know the builds as well and energy needs to be considered.
