The creation of progressively more difficult drills is one of the fun and important responsibilities of a goaltending coach. There are many ways to practice and develop the same techniques and skills and learning how to read the play. The value in new drills comes from keeping things fresh and interesting for both coach and athlete. This article will discuss three techniques a goalie must master.
Continue Reading →In Goaltending and the Long-Term Athletic Development Model: Part I, the seven stages of the LTAD model were presented along with their individual elements. In part II ten factors that affect what, how, and when to train certain parts of athletic performance will be discussed, along with other considerations.
Continue Reading →With Marty Turco’s incredible stick handling back in the league, InGoal dug into the archives for this feature look at how Ron Hextall inspired him to play the puck more, and how an experiment in college created a new way to do so – for all goalies.
Continue Reading →In this week’s newsletter (you are a subscriber, right?) we reminded everyone of a feature technical article published in the last issue of the InGoal Digital Magazine. If you haven’t see it yet, today is your chance to learn something new to improve your game.
Continue Reading →St. Louis goaltending coach Corey Hirsch shares the simple trick Blues standout Brian Elliott has used this season to avoid slumps and get back in “the zone” quickly.
Continue Reading →As goaltenders we are always looking to get the upper hand over our goal-scoring rivals. We look for certain clues and patterns to their game. With players we face on a regular basis in our respective leagues (if intelligent and a student of the game), many of us keep notes to remember their favorite moves, [...]
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The local hockey school is short on goaltenders for some of their puck-handling and goal-scoring camps. Your child is known around town as a good goaltender and you receive a call from the school operator asking if you would be interested in bringing your child out to the camp at no [...]
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