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I want more videos. I agree.

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Best of luck! Im 22 myself and I played in a competitive ball hockey league growing up (as a defensemen). However, stopped after I was 18, nowadays I just play road hockey with a bunch of buddies. Since I'm the one of the only few wanting to be goalie, I always watch random videos on youtube to get a better sense of the position. Dahan's videos seem to be the best. My goal is to transition from road hockey goalie to some low level beer league ball hockey goalie. Haha anyway cheers!

We're in. Come out to Toronto and we'll set this up.

Well in higher competitive hockey that’s how it’s supposed to be, ofc you can make a big save sometime but the D should always have the sticks so they save us time to make another save (if necessary)

*Enjoy your youth. I noticed I started losing a lot of my athleticism and reflex speed around my mid 30's. You probably only got a few more years to really play your best hockey. If I could go back and tell myself what to do in my early 30's. I would tell myself to really go hard and use up everything I have left in my tank to play... cause after that, it's chill hockey and a "win" is finishing the game without pulling something.*

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Poke checks are fundamental to all goaltenders; they coincide with the ability to play the puck. With their stick, the goalie must learn how to deflect, stop/redirect passes, block a shooting lane, and move/pass the puck. Alter the mindset to focus on the benefits and use positive reinforcement to help the athlete understand that failure is part of the learning process. i.e. "You almost had him with your poke check, keep trying, and you'll get better." Our objective is to play without doubt or hesitation.

Hey I’m assuming you’re talking about power pushes. I’ve struggled with power pushes as well. It took me literally hours of ice time just on my knees trying to figure out where my leg/blade needs to be to get a good push. For me I really need to get my leg/knee up as high as possible and in front of me so you can load up your weight on the leg to push Give that a try and see if you will improve. At the goalie clinic I go to I learned speed comes later. It’s all technique. It’s all about ice/practice time as well

@@Bateman61405 thanks man!!! I'll give it a try when i hit the ice next time

You can find a goalie coach. I'm sure you can find one, whether in person or virtually.

Hello! I want to share a couple of reasons why we want the goalies to butterfly. See below. Focus on the reliability of making stand up saves compared to butterfly. It’s not necessarily a technique to go in the butterfly but a style of play. 1. When pucks are a foot away from the goalie’s frame, it will be near impossible to reach. When you butterfly, you can consistently extend your arm and legs without performing a balancing act. 2. When shots go through traffic, there’s a good chance it will get deflected, which will be challenging to react standing up. If the shot is on the ice; then, the goalie should move standing or lateral release to react as it gets tipped. 3. Rebound control is the ability to make saves with the purpose to get them away from the inside shooting lane and push them to the outside lanes or out of play. Playing stand-up makes it unlikely to have substantial rebound control; shots to the gloves are the only way to control pucks standing up hence why goalies enjoy making blocker/catcher standing when desired. 4. Shots High Vs Low: Statistically speaking, there are more shots on the lower half of the net compared to the top half. Stand-up saves are inefficient in the lower half of the net. Nick Dahan Program Director

Oh ya😄 great! And how's all that worked out so far in todays game?🤪👎 Some things go along way but over time they start to fail and you have to find another way. Goalies today and that move is extremely predictable. Back in the day people had favorite goaltenders because of the way they played there game. Hextall, Feur, Joseph, Roy, and the list goes on and on. Today there all just a goaltender do to all playing the same way and being taught the same way.😒 It's a shame! Now a days nobody has a favorite goalie.

Let's use SV% as a stat to compare the success of goaltenders in the NHL. We can see an incline from the late 80's & 90's, averaging .890 (the era the goalies you mentioned played in), to the past 15 years averaging .910. Within our goalie school, we often hear our students admiring many current or recently former pro athletes. i.e. Shesterkin, Reimer, Vasilevski, Bobrovsky, McElhinney, Binnington, Price and many more.

You can't compare stand up to butterfly because you don't see it in todays game! The puck bounces off the boards there skates against the post in a butterfly position and its jumping over there pads and in the net, behind the net lacrosse moves and over the sholder goals. The games changing and the goalies need to stand and hug that post, stand so those behind the net lacrosse shots, making a save and not being able to make the second on a rebound because there on there knees! Players are getting better at beating the goalie and the goaltender needs to change as well period!