GOALIES

Core Confidence

By CoachC | February 27, 2024
Core Confidence

Confidence isn’t just about flashy plays or winning games. Real confidence runs deeper — it’s about knowing you’ve got what it takes, no matter what.

Build Your Own Off-ice Hockey Training Center

By CoachC | February 21, 2024
Build Your Own Off-ice Hockey Training Center

Many good drills require some sort of training aid (I’ve mentioned previously that a lot of pretty good training tools can even be homemade)…

Drill: Tic-Tac-Toe Down Low

By CoachC | February 7, 2024
Drill: Tic-Tac-Toe Down Low

This drill needs at least 7 players for flow at one end of the ice, from the hash marks to the boards…

Dustin Pedroia’s Hand-eye Coordination

By CoachC | February 2, 2024
Dustin Pedroia’s Hand-eye Coordination

A future MLB star played lots of tennis and ping pong as a boy, and I thought…  That’s something that deserves some discussion here…

The Shooting Gallery Drill

By CoachC | January 27, 2024
The Shooting Gallery Drill

This is a drill I like to use when we are short players. The drill itself needs 3-5 players plus a goalie and does not take up a lot of room on the ice surface…

Can Goalies Improve Without A Coach?

By CoachC | December 22, 2023
Can Goalies Improve Without A Coach?

This has to do with a dad not being happy because his goaltender son probably wasn’t going to improve much this coming year…

Opening Night for the NEHI HS Prep Hockey Team

By | December 11, 2023
Opening Night for the NEHI HS Prep Hockey Team

I don’t doubt member coaches, parents and older players will find a few things that’ll also help them (sorta like some food for thought)…

4 Things Coaches Do to Harm a Goaltender’s Mental Game (without knowing it)

By | November 25, 2023
4 Things Coaches Do to Harm a Goaltender’s Mental Game (without knowing it)

In an effort to shed some light on how coaches can set their goalies up for success, I have included four common pitfalls to avoid…

We Don’t Live in a Hockey Vacuum

By | November 12, 2023
We Don’t Live in a Hockey Vacuum

While a whole bunch of hockey events have inspired this post, I can assure my many on-line friends that this has as much to do with everyday life as it does my sport…

Is Sleep More Important Than Practice?

By | August 18, 2023
Is Sleep More Important Than Practice?

If you’re a hockey parent or coach, and if you’ve ever tried to nail that perfect golf swing or master those dance moves, you know it takes practice. What you may not realize is that sleep plays a huge role in reinforcing those motor skills and muscle memory…