Creative Training Ideas for Goalers! Part 2

Todd Jacobson is off with his women’s team at Notre Dame Academy for the next few months.  Still, that won’t prevent him from occasionally sending us updates, ideas or further insight into goalie training.

In the meantime, my Team NEHI kids keep training, and I’m still here to show you a little of what we’re doing…

– Dennis Chighisola

Creative Training Ideas for Goalers! Part 2

Tennis balls continue to be a great (and sometimes safer) way to enhance our netminders’ reactions, both on and off the ice.

Actually, the following drill isn’t an NEHI creation, but one we found some time ago on the Internet (my apologies for not recalling whom to credit).  It’s called the 2-puck Drill, but we often substitute small balls for the pucks.

If you notice in the accompanying video, there’s a lot for a player to deal with as two balls travel towards him, and I especially like the way this drill forces a player to multi-task and also use split vision.  So, have a look  at two of my HS Prep goaltenders in action (by clicking on the above photo).

Awesome, huh? 

By the way, this drill has actually evolved into other progressions with even more difficulty.  But I’ll show you some of those fairly soon.

Got a better idea for increasing the difficulty of this drill?  Todd and I would love your Comments or thoughts!