Pro Drills with Devon Levi
The first drill InGoal Magazine reviewed with Devon Levi when we caught up in Kelowna this summer was a skating and edge work warm-up that ended with a series of quick 180-degree spin moves in which he focused on keeping his feet tight underneath him.
This next drill with Levi will starts similarly, but his long-time Montreal-based coach Marco Raimondo adds a reactive wrinkle with a shot that can come from either wing. They call it the “Spin Drill” and it starts with Levi facing the net and Raimondo in the middle with a puck he then passes to a shooter on one side or the other before either calling out or banging his stick, which is the signal for Levi to spin around and find a puck that quickly on its way:
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Levi's exact words on what the spin drill actually simulates — and why he says the vision challenge is the whole point — come next.
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