What can five minutes of practice a day do for your goaltending?

‘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 miles begins with the first step. Once you are on that journey there might be a lot of steps – but they are all small and manageable.

Do you have something that you want to do to improve your game? Crunches or other exercise to improve your core strength? Lunges or other leg work to improve your strength? Juggling to improve your hand-eye coordination?

You can make huge strides by simply making a commitment to regular practice no matter how brief. In fact, regular training will do far more for your goaltending than irregular but very intense training. 30 min a day for 7 days beats 3 and a half hours in one shot no matter how you look at it. 10 minutes a day for a month beats five one hour sessions in a month hands down.

So – set yourself a goal today. Write it down. Make a commitment. Stick to it.

“I will do ten lunges on each leg every single day without fail.”

Or

“I will practice juggling for 5 minutes every single day, without fail.”

Or

“I will work on my shot – 20 shots every day without fail.”

Those are all very easy goals if you think about it. But in the end what do you get?

3650 lunges per leg in a year.
Over 30 hours of juggling!
7300 shots.

How good a juggler would you be with 30 hours of practice? How much harder would your shot be after 7300 practice shots?

How good will you be if you do nothing?