Category: ice hockey goalie drill
Goalie Drill – Stopping the puck behind the net – Hockey Resource
This drill will help goaltenders stop a puck that has been dumped in the zone along the boards. It also practises the case where the opposing team regains control of the puck when the goaltender is out of position. The goaltender starts facing a shooter that is along the boards near the blue line. The…
Goalie Drill – Shuffle Shot Breakaway – Hockey Resource
In this drill, the goalie practises the basics, stopping shots, shuffling, t-pushes and facing breakaways. The goalie starts at one of his posts and t-pushes out to face a shot from the first shooter. He then follows the shooter that skates across the slot (X3) by shuffling. When the goaltender gets to the second shooter…
Goalie Drill – The Desperation save – Hockey Resource
This drill is intended to practice both the hybrid slide and force the goalie to make a desperate save. Although such a save does not occur often in games it can mean the difference between winning or losing the game. Position three pucks evenly spaced around the crease. The goalie is lines up with the…
Goalie Drill – Butterfly slide – Hockey Resource
This drill is designed to practise the butterfly slide by using one-timers. It is similar to what a goaltender might encounter in a game situation. The goaltender starts facing X1 which has the puck. X1 the passes the puck to X2 or X3 which shoots a one-timer. The goaltender must butterfly slide in order to make the save. Note:…
Goalie Drill – One timer and butterfly slide – Hockey Resource
This drill is designed to practise one-timers and butterfly slides. This simulates a one-timer followed by a rebound in a game situation. The goalie starts on one of his posts. The player in the corner then passes to X1 which takes a one-timer (high shot). The goaltender must push out from the post to make the…
Goalie Drill – Warmup – All Players shoot – Hockey Resource
This is a good warmup drill for practises or games. It consists of multiple rapid shots being fired towards the goaltender with some movement. (A variation on this drill that is a bit more intense is outlined below) Have all the players line up near the blue line. Each player will take a turn to…
Goalie Drill – Hybrid Slide & Stopping puck behind net – Hockey Resource
This drill is designed for goaltenders to practice their hybrid slide as well as stopping the puck behind the net. The goalie starts from one post and pushes across to stop the puck shot by X1. He then hybrid slides to stop the shots of X2 and X3. X4 will then shoot a puck around the boards…
Goalie Drill – Static Shot Redirect – Hockey Resource
This simple shot redirection goalie drill is extremely helpful for ice hockey goaltenders to manage rebound control. The drill helps the goaltender use correct technique and timing in order to redirect shots into the corners rather than back in the crease or on an opponent’s stick. To set-up the drill, the goaltender starts at the…
Goalie Drill – Rebound Clearing – Hockey Resource
This goalie drill focuses on clearing pucks out of the crease/zone using their stick after a bad rebound or when the puck is near the goaltender. It can also be used to increase the goalie’s endurance, mobility and puck handling skills. Although this drill is useful for more than just puck clearing, if the goaltender…
Goalie Drill – Puck Clearing – Hockey Resource
This drill will help the goalie improve his puck handling and judgement skills in situations where he must clear the puck out of the zone. Place multiple pucks in the zone. The goalie starts in his net and must skate as fast as possible and shoot the puck out of the zone (either directly or…
