Goalie Fundamentals
This page is where we'll maintain content to help our coaches understand modern goaltending technique. There is more goalie content on the Internet than ever before; our goal with this page is to present a really solid understanding of the basic concepts our goaltenders need to enable non-goalie coaches to plan better for their tendies and for goalie families to appreciate what their kids are working on.
Stance
Basic Starting Stances
Staying up vs. Going down
Butterfly
Mobility
T-Pushes
Shuffles
Slides
Pushes
Skating
Foot Speed
Stick
Glove & Blocker
Glove
Blocker
Belly Catch
Entering & Exiting Posts
Depth
Being Big in the Net
Crowding the Puck
Angles & Positioning
Below the Goal Line
Window into Reverse
Overlap & RVH
Butterfly Overlap into RVH
Puckhandling
Our goalies need to be able to aggressively get to pucks, read the hockey play in front of them, make quick and quality decisions with the puck, and make the right play. The first pass is important - but are we anticipating what happens in the play after that?
Breakaways
Warming Up for Games & Practices