British goaltender Ben Bowns, who backstopped Great Britain back to the top level of the IIHF World Championships, advises goalies on managing the emotional pressure of playing in front of home crowds and family. Having bounced around multiple European leagues, Bowns recommends being open to different goalie coaching voices and filtering new technical advice rather than resisting it.
Episode 217 of the InGoal Radio Podcast, presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports, features Ben Bowns, who recently backstopped Great Britain back to the top level of the World Championships.
Feature Interview
presented by NHL Sense ArenaIn the feature interview, presented by Sense Arena, Bowns talks about managing the emotions and pressure of playing in front of friends and family as the host country for the recent Div 1A World Championships, and shares some excellent advice and tools for handling those moments that he wished he’d has earlier in his pro career. Bowns also shares several great lessons and tips from bouncing around to other leagues in Europe over the past few seasons, which meant new goalie coaching voices with new suggestions for how to improve his game, something every goalie comes across at various levels. He also talks about the state of goaltending in Great Britain, and geeks out on gear.
Weekly Gear Segment
presented by The Hockey Shop Source for SportsAll that, plus a trip to The Hockey Shop Source for Sports for an overview of the Vaughn V10 line.
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