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Jeremy Swayman off-ice ball drop reaction drill training eye-hand coordination in ProDrills instructional video

Jeremy Swayman Ball Drop Drill

Kevin Woodley | | 2 min read
Key Takeaways
  • Jeremy Swayman uses a ball drop drill in his pre-game warm-up routine to sharpen eye-hand coordination.
  • True Focus Vision founder Josh Tucker, who has trained 30 NHL goalies and 12 NHL teams, provides a step-by-step drill progression for goalies at all levels.
  • High school goalies initially could not match Swayman's pace, confirming this is an advanced skill that requires a structured progression to develop.
  • Dallas Stars All-Star Jake Oettinger also works with Tucker, crediting hand-eye training for keeping his brain sharp and his reflexes ready.
  • Goalies can access Tucker's vision training program online with a free 7-day trial through True Focus Vision, no trip to Minnesota required.
Illustrated logo showing a blue eye with muscular arms flexing, representing eye-hand coordination training for goalies

Our thanks to goalie vision training expert Josh Tucker of True Focus Vision for contributing the video for this article.

When we saw footage of Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman doing a ball drop drill as part of his pre-game warm up on social media, we turned immediately to goalie vision training expert Josh Tucker of True Focus Vision for more insights and advice on how other goalies can incorporate this type of eye-hand coordination training into their routine.

Before we get to Tucker’s takeaways and a progression of the drill that other goalies can follow, let’s watch Swayman in action. It’s an impressive pace:

Even with a drop, Swayman makes that look somewhat easy. It’s not.

When Tucker set out to film the video below, he started with a couple of high school goalies that he trains. They couldn’t do it, so they re-watched the video, convinced it must be running at double speed. Tucker, who runs True Focus Vision in Minnesota and has worked with 30 NHL goalies and 12 NHL teams during the past 18 years, turned to one of his more experiences goalies and came up with a simpler starting point for the progression:

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