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Drills for Goalies

GoalieThis ice hockey drill is great for forwards and goalies. The forward in the corner starts with the puck and skates inside the goal line. He has three options: 1. Keep the puck and try to stuff it, 2. Keep the puck and when pass back across the slot to the forward who is timing his break to receive the pass in a position to one-time the puck, 3. Fake the wrap around and pass the puck back to the forward before getting to the other side of the net.

This is also a great ice hockey drill for goalies. It is very difficult but a great way to work on their movement across the crease. They also need to make sure they are holding their ground on the posts.

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7 Man Rebound Drill
Drills for Goalies

This is not only a great drill for goalies, but also for forwards because they can work on scoring off the rebounds.  Seven players are not necessarily required for this drill, it works fine with more or less.  Designate 1 player to be a shooter and stand in the slot with a pile of pucks.  The shooter shoots at the goalies pads to try and produce a rebound.  The first player to get to the rebound gets the reward of trying to score the goal.  It is good to rotate the players through each position after around 5 shots depending on how the goalie holds up.

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Bandits Goalie Drill
Drills for Goalies

Ice Hockey GoalieThis animation is of a goalie drill that is posted on YouTube.  It has also been added to the video section on this website. A vide of this goalie drill can be seen here.  At the start of the drill, the goalie goalie goes down pretending to make a save, then pops back up and faces the next two shots from the player in the slot.  After the two shots, the player skates to the next puck located to the side of the net and shoots. The player then picks up a puck behind the net and has the option to come out on either side of the net.

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Corner To Slot Shot
Drills for Goalies

Ice Hockey GoalieThis is a simple drill but a great workout for goalies.  I would recommend doing several sets with 5 repetitions so the keeper stays fresh.  The forwards receive a pass out of the corner from another player or coach and have two options.  They can either shoot or pass.  Only one pass is allowed between the forwards.  The goalie get set as quickly as possible after each shot and the player passing from the corner needs to wait until the goalie is set.

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Goal Line Stand
Drills for Goalies

GoalieThis ice hockey drill focuses on the goalies ability to read the play as it develops from behind the net.  The coach or player has the pucks behind the net.  There are two lines of forwards on each side of the net on the goal line.  The coach passes to either player.  When the player receives the puck, they attack the net.  The forward then has two options.  If the foward from the opposite line joins the play, then the pass can go across to that player as well.  If not the player keeps the puck and tries to score.

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Goalie Gauntlet
Drills for Goalies

GoalieThis drill is a lot of fun for shooters and a challenging one for goalies. The pace of this drill should be as quick as the skill level of your players allows. Ideally all passes are one time passes to get the goalie moving side to side quickly. The excitement of this drill comes from the fact that any of the forward can shoot at any time, the puck does not necessarily need to make its way back to the player that started the drill. Two variations are shown in the animation.

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Shot Shot Stuff
Drills for Goalies

GoalieThis is another good goalie drill that gives goalies a chance to work on their angles and footwork. Select a few forwards to come work with the goalies before or after practice and take lots of reps in this drill. This is actually a good conditioning drill for goalies as well because of the side to side movement. Challenge the shooters to hit the net every time and use one-timers to make it more challenging on the goalies.

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Side to Side Quickies
Drills for Goalies

GoalieThis is a drill that focuses on quickness after the shot. The first shot should be aimed at the far lower corner. The goalie tries to get deflect the initial shot into the far corner. After the save is made, the goalie scrambles to the far post to take on another shot from the player near the post. This player should wait until the goalie has a chance to make the save. Switch sides each time and have the goalie do 4-5 reps before resting.

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