Team-Based Drills to Work the Goalie
As the Goalie Academy constantly promotes, almost any drill that involves game like situations and shots on goal CAN be a drill for the goalie. The ingredients that any shooting drill needs to be a drill for the goalie's benefit is that it needs to be paced for the goalie and the coach needs to pay attention to the goalie's movement and technique. Concerning pace, the drill has to be slowed to a point where the goalie can get into position to follow each shooter to make the situation more game-like. Regarding technique, the coach or goalie coach must provide immediate feedback to the goalie to ensure that he/she is doing the drill properly. However, to fill the many requests we get to provide "goalie" drills and as the second part of our Essential Goalie Drills article series, the following are the six drills we think should be included in a teams' weekly practice plan to give the goalies some work to benefit their development: 1. Swerve, Shuffle, & Shoot 2. T-Push, Save, & Rebound 3. Power Play Drill 4. Shoot, Curl, and Drive the Net Screen/Tip Drill 5. Kelly Hrudey Tip Drill 6. 2 on 0, 2 Pad Stack Drill By adding these drills to a coaches practice repertoire, you can work the goalies and forwards at the same time, as long as you remember to slow the pace of the drill to allow the goalie to get into position to follow the play and you provide positive feedback to your goalie to make sure that their fundamental techniques constantly improve or remain strong! 1. Swerve, Shuffle, & Shoot