Pro Drills: Kings Motion Warm Up
At first glance, this Los Angeles Kings goalie drill before a recent practice in Vancouver looks like a lot of others around the NHL, a mixture of simple skating with some shots mixed in to help Cam Talbot and David Rittich get their legs and hands moving.
That’s certainly part of it but look closer and you’ll see it’s not the only “motion” involved:
Still ahead in this article:
The extra movement Rittich shows before the first shot even arrives has a name — Kings goalie coach Mike Buckley calls it something specific, and why he introduced it to Los Angeles this season is in the next paragraph.
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