by Mike Valley
(This article by Mike Valley, the goaltending coach of the Dallas Stars and the founder of Elite Goalies, originally appeared in the FREE InGoal Magazine weekly newsletter. To become a subscriber just enter your email in the form in the right column below. You can also learn more by reading [...]
Continue Reading →No matter what level you play at, the importance of stretching before playing goal is as obvious as remembering to put on your cup (or in the case of most NHL goalies, two).
But what about after a game? What about after a practice?
Too many goalies don’t bother to stretch after they’ve played. They [...]
Continue Reading →Scroll the the end of the story for a video run sequence of the drill
Al Montoya has been stopping pucks professionally for six seasons, so it was telling – but not at all surprising – to see the 25-year-old former first-round draft pick (sixth overall) of the New York Rangers out on [...]
Continue Reading →Ever notice that a lot of goalies who wear a lexan throat protector, NHL’ers included, tend to tie the side strings through the cage itself rather than through the ear holes? The throat protector was made to pivot up and down, but attaching it this way causes it to balloon out in front of the [...]
Continue Reading →‘Tenders Tips #9
photo thanks to wwarby
You want to be the best goalie that you can be.
It takes hard work to get there, sometimes it seems like more work than you can ever hope to take on.
But the old cliche is true – a journey of a thousand [...]
Continue Reading →‘Tenders Tips #8 – Without going on the ice you can improve your goaltending
I took a break from goaltending after university and was away from the ice for more than ten years. When I stopped playing we were still in a world of skate saves and Patrick Roy had not yet begun his now [...]
Continue Reading →‘Tenders Tips #7 – “Fitness goals” make all the difference
No, not goals to improve your fitness – but we’ll get there. I often think about the goals I let in and many of them I classify as “fitness goals.” These are the ones that I just couldn’t get into position for but I knew, if [...]
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