Every goalie, coach or parent is always seeking goalie-specific hockey drills to improve goaltender skill and abilities. This table features goalie drills I have learned over the years through playing ice hockey competitively and being a goalie coach. For ease of use, we included the drill type (ie what goalie skill is being worked on) and shooter requirement (ie does the drill need one or more shooters). 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. Although they are intended for ice hockey, most of these can translate to roller hockey as well. 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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