Goalie 101: How to get into a proper stance - Tips & Tricks

Everything starts with the stance. In this video we talk about the proper width of your feet, hand positioning, and body lean that allow you to get into a strong position to face the shooter.
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[@andiwright1]

Good fundamentals for how most young goaltenders learn. When I watch high level goalies, NHL, etc, they get extremely wide and low and still move phenomenally. Watch any NHL shootout and see how wide and low goalies get. They seem to go in and out of the bitterly with ease.
The benefit of getting low is that you can drop onto a butterfly with your glove & blocker remaining at the same heights, you don’t have to adjust your eyes for that dropping motion as you are tracking the puck.

[@marcmerchant135]

I've adopted Kappo Kahkonens stance and man I catch everything. The glove positioning takes a little getting used to but it gives the illusion that under the glove is free but anything low glove is an automatic half butterfly leg save or it'll hit the cuff of the glove. I find my movement to be less powerful with the wider stance but I only do that if the puck is between the hashes, outside of that I narrow up to cover what I need to down low and allow for stronger pushes. I really believe all stances should be dynamic based on puck positioning.

[@TotalGoaltendingDevelopment]

That is some great insight Marc, thank you for sharing that!

[@garysgoldstein]

Really great description of the breakdowns that come from locking the elbows to the waist. And more...

[@TotalGoaltendingDevelopment]

Thank you very much for the feedback Gary.

[@alexmurphy5289]

Really helpful, thanks

[@TotalGoaltendingDevelopment]

Happy to hear. Thank you Alex.

[@goalie3250]

Would love to see it from the side, especially with the angle the goalies back should be at. But glad I came across this video

[@TristanSt33l]

down at paramount eh

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Yessir. See you there next week, better be ready!

[@beaterdx]

Hard to understand. Audio is poor

[@TotalGoaltendingDevelopment]

Thank you for the feedback. It is something we definitely needed to improve. I hope you’ll watch our most recent videos where we made an effort to improve the general quality.

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