Every goalie, coach or parent is always seeking goalie-specific drills to improve goaltender skill and abilities. This table features a list of goalie drills available on the website, the drill type and shooter requirement. There are a variety of different drills, with and without pucks, suitable for practice and/or warmups. All these drills are to practice on-ice with full goalie equipment. Please leave a comment if you have any questions/suggestions or would like additions.
| Goalie-specific Drill | Drill Type (skills worked) | Shooter requirement |
| Position Recovery | regaining position | Yes – 1 |
| Screen Shot | Screen | Yes – 2 |
| Low Glove Blocker | shot blocking | Yes – 1 |
| Shuffle random shot | Reaction time, positioning, mobility | Yes – 1 |
| Freeze Pucks | Reaction time, protect puck | No |
| Wrap around + Walk in | Positioning | Yes – 1 |
| poke check one timer pass | Poke check, desperation save, puck handling | Yes – 3 |
| Cone to cone skating | Skating / Mobility | No |
| Basic Skating | Skating | No |
| One Timer | butterfly slide w/ one-timer | Yes – 4 |
| Stopping the puck behind the net | Puck Handling, regaining position | Yes – 2 |
| Shuffle Shot Breakaway | Mobility, shot blocking, breakaway | Yes – 4 |
| The Desperation save | Hybride slide & Desperation save | Yes – 3 |
| Butterfly slide | Butterfly slide w/ one timer | Yes – 3 |
| One timer and butterfly slide | One timer & butterfly slide | Yes – 3 |
| Warmup – All Players shoot | Warmup / mobility | Yes – Team |
| Hybrid Slide & Stopping puck behind net | Hybrid slide & stopping puck | Yes – 4 |
| Static Shot Redirect | rebound control | Yes – 1 |
| Puck Clearing | Puck handling | Optional |
| Rebound Clearing | Mobility and endurance | Optional |
| Skating in the Circle | Skating | no |
| The Triangle | Skating, Warmup | no |
| The Box | Skating, Warmup | no |
| Across the Crease | Skating, Warmup | no |
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