At 63 yrs old and restarting goaltending go on 15 years there was a lot to figure out from equipment to stance this butterfly stance was the hardest thing to figure out your video’s have been helping me out thank you
Love the videos. Learn so much from it. Self taught goalie started almost 3 years ago. So I got alot to learn :) I got a line that has become like a internal signal to me. When I am about to give up on a play. That line kicks in. "You´re not done. Do something!" Going to my first goalie camp this winter. Kinda scary as an adult 30+ beginner goalie to go to a camp where majority will be like 10-16, but I am looking forward to everything I will learn.
Look for adult goalie camps so that you can meet likewise people. Though, going to a goalie camp with youth will push you harder. We are in the process of creating an adult camp or monthly program. Stay in touch.
Love the videos. As a tendy in my 40s I find the instructional aspect refreshing. Great to see tendys of all ages learning from your clinics. Keep it up.
I just completed watching EVERY video posted here and I am excited to see more. Good Goalies watch (check). Great Goalies comment (check). Awesome Goalies SUBSCRIBE! (check). Okay, I am not even close to being a good goalie but I have learned a lot about what I have done correctly and what I have done poorly in the past just from the posts you have up. I have none of my childhood aspirations to become an NHL star like me idol Ken Dryden, but at 54 years of age I do want to be able to put on a decent show when I make my triumphant return to the ice after being sidelined for the last several years with severe Osteo Arthritis in both hips. Both hips are replaced now and I am going to go back between the posts as soon as I can, hopefully better equipped to stop the puck more with the guidance and drills I am seeing here. Congrats on a GREAT Channel... NO, an AWESOME, AMAZING CHANNEL! Thanks and keep going, please. P.S. - I even watched the session you did with The Puck Stops Here (I felt his fatigue from when I was in Goalie School in the late 90's but that was only for the first few sessions. What is wrong with "brown pads"? I started out as a kid in the 70's playing in Coop's which were all leather, great pads!
Thanks coach. I'm not a goalie, never have been, but I've been trying to figure out how to help my 14U team's goalie better, and I found your channel. Any suggestions would be great.
If you're not a goalie coach, I have some tips to improve your practices. First, remember it's practice, one of the only ice times where they should stay relaxed with low to medium pressure and be more part of the "team building" experience on the ice. That practice environment will not over-exert them and allow them to focus on small changes in their game. Whereas "goalie-training" ice is a good learning environment away from their team, they can focus on pushing their skillsets and improving their hockey IQ. A qualified goalie coach who occasionally attends team ice is a fair option for goalie training when the team agrees to dedicate one endzone to the goalie coach away from the practice. I recommend you help the coaches understand how changes in their drills can better a goaltender. See below. 1. Create drills where shots are taken every 20-30 seconds instead of 5-10 seconds. This prohibits the goalie from making quality saves and promotes poor habits. Most goalies will choose to stand there and make saves without a comprehensive approach due to the lack of time to prepare and execute. 2. Let players play the first rebound. Line drills create flow in the neutral or top of the endzone, so make it mandatory that all players finish their drill by playing most rebounds that pop back into the slot or close by-more of a shoot-and-go to-the-net approach instead of shoot and curl. Goalies must practice the ability to battle, which means they don't let off the puck until they feel it is out of the offensive play. 3. Push your goalies to work on their skating every practice. Start out of the crease and perform C-Cuts, T-pushes, slides, shuffles and lateral releases. Then go in the crease and work on recoveries without taking a shot, perfecting the posture when getting back on their feet in different areas of the net. 5-10 minutes of every practice does add up at the end of the szn. 4. Puck-Handling. Start the rush by dumping the puck into the zone using the boards or chipping into the corner. Goalies will become more engaged and confident to puck-handle in a game. Alternatively, if the goalie isn't taught how to play the puck yet, start the drill with them behind the net with a stash of pucks and have the goalie pass it to a defenseman to start the rush. This alternative basic method will promote confidence and curiosity for the goaltender to seek lessons on Puck-Handling. Nick Dahan Program Director
@@Dahanhockey Thank you so much! That's fantastic! This is a lower level rec team, so parents are reluctant to pay for tournaments, much less specialized tutoring. I will definitely incorporate those suggestions. He definitely works hard at getting better so I spend a few minutes 1 on 1 each practice. Thanks coach!
Wow, these videos are awesome! I'm a current ball hockey goalie looking to learn how to play ice. I'll definitely use the info in these videos as a supplement to what I'm learning in learn to play or HNA. These teaching points are valuable, because they explain how to make better saves. Looking forward to more.
I like these videos. Are there any full right goalies in any of the demos? I'd love to watch some of the drills with a full right, because the hand techniques and puckhandling is a little different from one side to the other. I have had to do some drills backwards because of this.
I played last wednesday a goalie, mostly I am skater and just to remind me a bit when I was younger how it was .. gosh after 7 years I was in net, full gear, goalie skates I felt like newborn ... :D I Had to learn how to skate with those, then I let 5 bananas in but after I started catching up
I've been playing goalie for about 13 years. Started with street hockey and have been playing beer league since I turned 18. I'm on the smaller side at 5'5" but my positioning and reflexes is pretty good. my only real weakness is low blocker. I always attempt to deflect the shot with my blocker into the corner but I always rotate my blocker to the outside too early and end up deflecting it into my own net... any tips on how to fix that?
Why would I do small shuffles if the puck is already somewhere else where I can get into position with one bigger shuffle or t-push? Makes no sense to me
Shuffles are most efficient when following the puck carrier (player with the puck) as they move in your zone. The issue we typically see is that goalies over-shuffle laterally due to their technique. When following a pass, a t-push or a large shuffle is a good choice as long you follow the three positioning components. (th-cam.com/video/nII7df9OG8k/w-d-xo.html)
This is a thing I've been trying to convince myself to do, I'm always waving at the puck. I need to learn to STEP INTO IT. It's a hard lesson to learn.
At 63 yrs old and restarting goaltending go on 15 years there was a lot to figure out from equipment to stance this butterfly stance was the hardest thing to figure out your video’s have been helping me out thank you
The mic drop graphic at 8:10 was priceless...
7:52?
@@lo-fi8558 That's it! I was guessing at the time. Thank you sir
Love the videos. Learn so much from it. Self taught goalie started almost 3 years ago. So I got alot to learn :)
I got a line that has become like a internal signal to me. When I am about to give up on a play. That line kicks in. "You´re not done. Do something!"
Going to my first goalie camp this winter. Kinda scary as an adult 30+ beginner goalie to go to a camp where majority will be like 10-16, but I am looking forward to everything I will learn.
Look for adult goalie camps so that you can meet likewise people. Though, going to a goalie camp with youth will push you harder.
We are in the process of creating an adult camp or monthly program. Stay in touch.
I have said this on all your videos but I really like the style of this training and the enthusiasm of the coaches. But that mic drop is classic!!!!!
Lets go he’s alive. But for real I’ve been waiting for one of these
these videos teach me so much. as a beer league goalie, i don't really get the chance to have anyone teach me proper techniques. thank you.
I bet if you ask enough people around you, you will find someone who is willing to teach you :)
Same, self taught since 2013. Not saying it’s a good thing 😅
Love the videos. As a tendy in my 40s I find the instructional aspect refreshing. Great to see tendys of all ages learning from your clinics. Keep it up.
I just completed watching EVERY video posted here and I am excited to see more.
Good Goalies watch (check). Great Goalies comment (check). Awesome Goalies SUBSCRIBE! (check).
Okay, I am not even close to being a good goalie but I have learned a lot about what I have done correctly and what I have done poorly in the past just from the posts you have up. I have none of my childhood aspirations to become an NHL star like me idol Ken Dryden, but at 54 years of age I do want to be able to put on a decent show when I make my triumphant return to the ice after being sidelined for the last several years with severe Osteo Arthritis in both hips. Both hips are replaced now and I am going to go back between the posts as soon as I can, hopefully better equipped to stop the puck more with the guidance and drills I am seeing here. Congrats on a GREAT Channel... NO, an AWESOME, AMAZING CHANNEL! Thanks and keep going, please.
P.S. - I even watched the session you did with The Puck Stops Here (I felt his fatigue from when I was in Goalie School in the late 90's but that was only for the first few sessions. What is wrong with "brown pads"? I started out as a kid in the 70's playing in Coop's which were all leather, great pads!
@7:17 LOL Dahan's got funny jokes when he cracks them on occasion
Great content as usual, coach!
The mic drop was hilarious 😂
Please keep this series going. We’re all watching in Australia 🇦🇺
Thanks coach. I'm not a goalie, never have been, but I've been trying to figure out how to help my 14U team's goalie better, and I found your channel. Any suggestions would be great.
If you're not a goalie coach, I have some tips to improve your practices.
First, remember it's practice, one of the only ice times where they should stay relaxed with low to medium pressure and be more part of the "team building" experience on the ice. That practice environment will not over-exert them and allow them to focus on small changes in their game. Whereas "goalie-training" ice is a good learning environment away from their team, they can focus on pushing their skillsets and improving their hockey IQ. A qualified goalie coach who occasionally attends team ice is a fair option for goalie training when the team agrees to dedicate one endzone to the goalie coach away from the practice.
I recommend you help the coaches understand how changes in their drills can better a goaltender. See below.
1. Create drills where shots are taken every 20-30 seconds instead of 5-10 seconds. This prohibits the goalie from making quality saves and promotes poor habits. Most goalies will choose to stand there and make saves without a comprehensive approach due to the lack of time to prepare and execute.
2. Let players play the first rebound. Line drills create flow in the neutral or top of the endzone, so make it mandatory that all players finish their drill by playing most rebounds that pop back into the slot or close by-more of a shoot-and-go to-the-net approach instead of shoot and curl. Goalies must practice the ability to battle, which means they don't let off the puck until they feel it is out of the offensive play.
3. Push your goalies to work on their skating every practice. Start out of the crease and perform C-Cuts, T-pushes, slides, shuffles and lateral releases. Then go in the crease and work on recoveries without taking a shot, perfecting the posture when getting back on their feet in different areas of the net. 5-10 minutes of every practice does add up at the end of the szn.
4. Puck-Handling. Start the rush by dumping the puck into the zone using the boards or chipping into the corner. Goalies will become more engaged and confident to puck-handle in a game. Alternatively, if the goalie isn't taught how to play the puck yet, start the drill with them behind the net with a stash of pucks and have the goalie pass it to a defenseman to start the rush. This alternative basic method will promote confidence and curiosity for the goaltender to seek lessons on Puck-Handling.
Nick Dahan
Program Director
@@Dahanhockey Thank you so much! That's fantastic! This is a lower level rec team, so parents are reluctant to pay for tournaments, much less specialized tutoring. I will definitely incorporate those suggestions. He definitely works hard at getting better so I spend a few minutes 1 on 1 each practice. Thanks coach!
Wow, these videos are awesome! I'm a current ball hockey goalie looking to learn how to play ice. I'll definitely use the info in these videos as a supplement to what I'm learning in learn to play or HNA. These teaching points are valuable, because they explain how to make better saves. Looking forward to more.
I like these videos. Are there any full right goalies in any of the demos? I'd love to watch some of the drills with a full right, because the hand techniques and puckhandling is a little different from one side to the other. I have had to do some drills backwards because of this.
I played last wednesday a goalie, mostly I am skater and just to remind me a bit when I was younger how it was .. gosh after 7 years I was in net, full gear, goalie skates I felt like newborn ... :D I Had to learn how to skate with those, then I let 5 bananas in but after I started catching up
Buddy in green is insane! Great videos, I go to school in Toronto and I hope I'll be able to attend a few of these sessions
Like the small game drill, day to coaches need to utilize more quality ice time management across all positions
Great tips!
Do you do any sessions in New Jersey
Good vid
I've been playing goalie for about 13 years. Started with street hockey and have been playing beer league since I turned 18. I'm on the smaller side at 5'5" but my positioning and reflexes is pretty good. my only real weakness is low blocker. I always attempt to deflect the shot with my blocker into the corner but I always rotate my blocker to the outside too early and end up deflecting it into my own net... any tips on how to fix that?
Lean into the save. You gotta put your body into it for it to go where you want it.
@@cameron7441 I ended up going with a 25” paddle. Was using a 26.5”. I don’t have that issue anymore. Thank you for the comment!
@@RC_Tendy 👍
#all saves
Why would I do small shuffles if the puck is already somewhere else where I can get into position with one bigger shuffle or t-push? Makes no sense to me
Shuffles are most efficient when following the puck carrier (player with the puck) as they move in your zone. The issue we typically see is that goalies over-shuffle laterally due to their technique.
When following a pass, a t-push or a large shuffle is a good choice as long you follow the three positioning components. (th-cam.com/video/nII7df9OG8k/w-d-xo.html)
@@Dahanhockey my shuffles suck because they take up so much energy!
This is a thing I've been trying to convince myself to do, I'm always waving at the puck. I need to learn to STEP INTO IT. It's a hard lesson to learn.
Use me as a super like button. #allsaves