Pro Drills with Kristen Campbell
Key Takeaways
- Kristen Campbell and PWHL Toronto goalies use eyes-closed shot simulation drills guided by coach Brad Kirkwood to build mental readiness before live puck sessions.
- Goalie coach Brad Kirkwood structures visualization by narrating specific game situations — shooter handedness, pass direction — so goalies rehearse realistic scenarios, not abstract movements.
- Campbell reports that after visualization drills, live goalie sessions feel familiar, as if she has already performed the drill with pucks.
- Kirkwood estimates one positive mental repetition is equivalent to approximately 25 physical reps, making imagery training highly efficient for goaltenders.
- Eyes-closed skating and visualization drills progress from eyes-open with mental focus to fully closed, helping goalies build spatial awareness and muscle memory simultaneously.
From a distance it doesn’t look like much more than crease movements that end with an imaginary shot but for PWHL Toronto goalie Kristen Campbell, the visualization of that pretend save is a big part of a drill they sometimes do with eyes closed:
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