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When reigning NCAA Goalie of the Year Jack LaFontaine and his goalie coach Karel Popper appeared on the InGoal Radio Podcast earlier this summer, they shared details of a movement pattern they’d modelled on two-time Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky.

They called it “The Bob” and ever since we’ve had requests to share more about it.

Now, with Popper moving on from his role at the University of Minnesota to take a full-time job with the vaunted Chicago Steel franchise in the USHL as an assistant coach, we can.

Popper graciously shared video clips of him and LaFontaine working through progressions of the movement and took the time to break them down, as well as examples of LaFontaine using “The Bob” in games, but it makes sense to start first by showing what it actually is:

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Chris Mottola on September 28, 2021 at 7:24 PM

That was amazing. I’m going to need to watch it a few more times.
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Hugues Boisvert on September 29, 2021 at 5:13 AM

To me, this also looks like it saves the hard-stop, at the end of a T-Push. As an older goalie, I’ll definitely be trying this. even if it doesn’t end-up being faster for me, if it’s less wear and tear for a similar result, I’m in.
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Greg Baranowski on October 1, 2021 at 6:40 AM

As an older goalie with hip issues… especially problems with external rotation… this is a great option. Personally, I can’t always open my hips up enough to t-push properly and have found myself doing a lot more c-cuts to get square then gain depth, and/or generally shuffle much more often than I would have 10 years ago. After watching this progression it’s something I think could work really well.
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Issac Byers on October 18, 2021 at 11:53 PM

Apparently I’ve been doing “the Bob” without knowing it..
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4 Comments

Chris Mottola on September 28, 2021 at 7:24 PM

That was amazing. I’m going to need to watch it a few more times.

Hugues Boisvert on September 29, 2021 at 5:13 AM

To me, this also looks like it saves the hard-stop, at the end of a T-Push. As an older goalie, I’ll definitely be trying this. even if it doesn’t end-up being faster for me, if it’s less wear and tear for a similar result, I’m in.

Greg Baranowski on October 1, 2021 at 6:40 AM

As an older goalie with hip issues… especially problems with external rotation… this is a great option. Personally, I can’t always open my hips up enough to t-push properly and have found myself doing a lot more c-cuts to get square then gain depth, and/or generally shuffle much more often than I would have 10 years ago. After watching this progression it’s something I think could work really well.

Issac Byers on October 18, 2021 at 11:53 PM

Apparently I’ve been doing “the Bob” without knowing it..