Novice rep Goalie

worm5150 · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:27 pm Post subject: Novice rep Goalie

My son is a 1st year novice rep goalie. During practices, I am on the ice with him. Are there any drills in particular that I should be practicing with him to help better his game?

Thanks,
Gilles (worm)

Maks01 · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject:

go to vaughhockey.com and on the left side of the screen there is a link for goalie resources click on it and there are some good links in there..

worm5150 · Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: Novice rep Goalie

Thanks for the link, however, that link does not contain any goalie resources. I was able to find the link that you were probably referring too!

http://www.vaughnhockey.com/goaltending_resources/goaltending_resources.htm

big_fat_greek_goalie · College Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 57 Location: Canada

At his age (10 or 11 I think if novice is the same as where i am from), the fundementals are the best thing you can teach him i.e. angles/positioning, proper butterfly technique, shot reading (when to stay up/go down) etc.

As he progresses and begins to play his angles properly, you can start to work on butterfly slides, crawls, etc, but probably not for another year or couple of years depeding on his age and speed of progression.

I would definitely recommend checking out goldinthenet.com as they have a great line of instructional videos/DVDs design for goalie and their coaches with lots of great drills, techniques, and theory.
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mx42 · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

Skate skate skate!

Goalies spend more time positioning and repositioning for a save than making the save itself.

Roy made a career out of being in the right spot at the right time. He wasn't especially big or quick. He just GOT THERE.

The first thing any NHL goalie is (besides a great athlete) is that they are excellent skaters. Style, save selection, etc. are nothing but details.

montreal961 · Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject:

just to clear things up, is he on the novice aa team ?
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Stopapuck · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: Movement

I have to agree with MX42, movement is the key. I teach 4 goalies (2 mj atom REP and 2 novice REP) and I work on movement every practice.

montreal961 · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

you need to nail the mouvment if you wanna get up to the big leagues.
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Tpush · Guest

Recoveries are HUGE!!!!
It's not too early and it's best to start early 'getting up on the proper leg' and getting over quickly and efficiently.

Go to youtube -> search ->Cory Wogtech...should be able to find 3 videos

=KARI= · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

Definitely skating. Getting up and down fast is also very important. And of course angles. You should start teaching him how to play with the stick... And other basics.
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puckstopper35 · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

Like everybody else said, skating is key. My sister plays on the local Peewee 'A' girls team, I've been teaching her since she was about 10 or 11... In order of importance, I'd have to say:

1. Skating.. meaning get in the right position at the right time. There's no need for those spectacular saves everybody sees if you're in the right position. Those are just desperation saves, and mostly luck (with some skill for being able to swing your body over).

2. The stance/butterfly. Start teaching him young, I see so many goalies that can't do a basic butterfly, and if you can teach that at a young age, you can start working on other skills like butterfly slides from that position and at a younger age. Gives him an advantage over other goalies. One big point - make sure he isn't getting used to dropping down right away. I work with another novice goalie as well (she's only houseleague though) and she had this really bad habit of dropping down on EVERY shot. That's fine when they're in novice and can't lift the puck as much, but break out of that habit early, get him used to making saves with his stick instead. It will make is much easier when the shooters can rip one high and he's already standing with his glove out.

3. Recovery. Get your goalie in the habit of getting up right away. Get him doing numerous butterflies after each drill. (My sister's team skates the length of the ice twice, then they have to do 10 pushups & situps.. my sister does 10 up&downs instead). Focus not so much on the speed at the start, but being able to get up in the right position, and not leaving the glove too low, not leaning on the stick, etc. Once he can do a simple up & down with correct positioning, start working on increasing the speed so that he can do 10 in a row (with medium to fast speed) without getting the least bit winded.

Hope this helps Smile

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