The Knowledge Book contains all the information-packed posts to help you and/or your goalie understand the position and enable you to maximize your potential as a coach/goalie. Feel free to click through, leave comments, and don’t be afraid to get in touch with any questions you have!
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What is rebound control?
Goaltending is about stopping the puck. That’s all that matters, right? Check out Pavel Francouz of the Colorado Avalanche: Notice how Pavel Francouz of the Colorado Avalanche stopped the puck, but he failed to properly control the rebound? This created a strong scoring opportunity from an initially simple play. Goaltending is more than stopping the…
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What are depth and angles?
Unfortunately, trigonometry is one of those few classes in school that you’ll actually use in your real life. When you hear a coach or parent say, “Cut down the angle!”, they’re saying apply math to your hockey problem. Scary, I know. “Square to the puck” is another term we’ll talk about in a Knowledge post.…
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Where should the goalie’s glove be?
So unfortunately, your cousin’s uncle’s sister’s friend is wrong. It’s not “keep your glove up”, but “keep your glove ready.”
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What is a good hockey goalie stance?
You’re wondering what your goalie’s stance should look like and still convinced it’s the days of all leather pads and no masks. Hate to break it to you, but those days have past and goalie’s are adopting an entirely new style of play and a rather simple stance.
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