goaltending

30 Nov

The mentality of a goalie

in goaltending, ice hockey, youth hockey

Spending the weekend at a youth hockey tournament gave me the opportunity goalies of all shapes and sizes competing. It's really something to see and it reminded me of a core concept of taking the position. You are the team's backbone. You are the one that the team looks to for strength, calm, intensity. When you let in a bad goal, it's imperative that you maintain that calm and show your team that it's ok. It might make you feel better if you let out a fit of frustration but it may make your team lose just a little bit of confidence in you.

26 Nov

Goaltending Lateral Movement - Great video(s) demonstrating how it's changed

in goaltending, hockey, ice hockey, youth hockey

This is a video I found on YouTube today re: backside recoveries and other more recent goaltending moves. The position has changed radically in the past ten years and the end of the first video is about as good an explanation as I've seen for why.