Pro Drills: Glove positioning with Nabokov, Grosenick and Price
- The glove positioning drill trains goalies to make saves from any hand position, removing reliance on a fixed glove starting point.
- Evgeni Nabokov, now San Jose Sharks goalie coach, originally shared this drill with Troy Grosenick during a session at NET360 Goalie Camp in Kelowna.
- Carey Price performs the same drill at Eli Wilson Day with Price Camps, confirming its use at the NHL level.
- Grosenick still uses the drill today, citing improved hand-eye coordination and glove confidence as key benefits.
- Keep your glove active rather than static — the drill reinforces that glove positioning should never be passive during play.
When Los Angeles Kings goalie Troy Grosenick talked about the importance of glove positioning to keep it active while reviewing a couple leather larcenies against the Colorado Avalanche during his Pro Reads debut this week, it invoked memories of a drill we saw him do before.
It was almost four years ago, at the NET360 Goalie Camp in Kelowna, and Grosenick was at the end of a long movement session with Devan Dubnyk, Everett Silvertips goalie coach James Jensen, and current San Jose Sharks goalie coach Evgeni Nabokov when they decided to do a little hand work. Nabokov and Grosenick shared this drill, in which the goalie moves his glove hand randomly around the catching area and the goalie shoots at any time:
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