Implementing positive self-talk as one aspect of a goaltender’s mental training game.
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Continue Reading →Study Cited in Gladwell’s Outliers has insight for NHL goalies today – and the trend is getting worse
[Update: One reader noted that this is "old news" published by Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers - true, but guess where Gladwell got his information? This study. And of course he doesn't look at whether it holds true [...]
Continue Reading →It is even more important for young goalies to drink enough during practices and games
We have looked at hydration and goaltenders before and noted that it is a particularly important issue to consider because of our gear, and in especially in practices because goalies get relatively less rest than [...]
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Interview with Dr. Lawrence Spriet of the University of Guelph
Thank you to Dr. Spriet for taking the time to share his knowledge with us. For more information visit his University of Guelph page.
Goatenders may be affected more than other players
If [...]
Continue Reading →Thanks to http://elitegoaltending.wordpress.com/ for this tip:
Of course the reality is that a goalie’s reaction time and reflex movements are completely different beasts. Goaltenders making seemingly impossibly quick saves are doing so on reflex – bypassing the normal systems by which we react. Much like if you were to accidentally touch a hot surface [...]
Continue Reading →Why does nobody copy Brodeur’s technique?
There is a very good article by Damien Cox in the Toronto Star this morning on Brodeurs’s style. Damien is well worth listening too as he literally wrote the book on Brodeur. His “Beyond the Crease” is a great read on Marty’s career – although it will [...]
Continue Reading →Since publishing this post, we have also published another with Gerber photos. See it here.
We’ve a a good deal of traffic from people searching for shots of Martin Gerber’s new Leafs mask. It seems odd that he was happy to wait so long in Ottawa to shed the off the shelf black mask in [...]
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