Rebound Simulation for Hands with Seattle Kraken Goalie Coach

It’s almost hard to believe how many different drills and teaching tips InGoal Magazine got from watching just one practice with new Seattle Kraken goalie coach Colin Zulianello during a playoff visit with the Coachella Valley Firebirds late last season.

And we’re not done yet, in large part because one of the goalies that day, Alez Stezka, who has since signed back in his native Czechia for the upcoming season, wasn’t done either.

After completing the other warm-ups and drills already featured (links below), Stezka wanted Zulianello to run one more drill for him before practice started.

“Stez likes to do this drill. It’s simple, essentially a rebound simulation drill,” Zulianello said after while reviewing the video. “He likes that it gets his hands going, and he’s playing this real aggressive, he’s really pushing, and he’s maybe got a little bit more movement than he would normally have, but he is just doing it to get his hands going.”

It starts with a push off the post to the initial shooter, who shoots low along the ice to the far pad, and then the goalie recovers across to a second shooter, who is firing right away: