ice hockey

30 Nov

The mentality of a goalie

Posted by neil 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.

28 Nov

Give them permission to fail. - How over-aggressive parents and coaches actually hurt kids chances to succeed

Posted by neil in attitude, coaching, competition, ice hockey, parents, positive sports

So my son's squirt team is at a tournament this weekend and they are proving to be at the wrong level. They're through the round robin and Tyler hasn't let up a goal yet. The interesting thing is that if you watched them in warm-ups, you'd never know the difference between the teams. There are some serious skills on the teams we're playing. There are two reasons I can see why we're doing so well against the other teams:

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26 Nov

Video from European Goaltending Camp

Posted by neil in europe, goaltending, hockey, ice hockey

26 Nov

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

Posted by neil 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.