Coach Utah

Coaches! Stop getting in the habit of pulling your goalie as soon as they get in trouble. The more you pull your goalies, the less confident they become, and less confident the team becomes in them. Show your goalies you trust them to battle through adversity — that’s what builds their confidence.

Unlimited aura, as they say

Goalie drills in 2026 😂😂 #

It’s a great day to be extraordinary! Go do something that gets you further along in your development.

Start small. Start simple. Start imperfect. Just start.

Goaltending is not easy, but it is simple. This is why being a good skater is crucial; it’s the same few movements sequenced together to keep position with the play. Practice these movements again and again. Proficiency in your movements will make the position so much simpler.

Goalie parents! Trying to over-coach your kid can be detrimental to their development. Instead of giving them a number of things to focus on, give them one or two aspects to focus on per ice session. Diluted attention = diluted results.

What’s your least favorite celly? 😂

How to get to rebounds faster! One thing I focus on with my goalies is both watching and feeling the puck off the body. Sometimes feeling the puck off our body helps us understand where the puck goes if our eyes can’t pick it up. Get used to feeling the puck off your body and understanding where it goes.

As a coach or a parent, you play a big role in your goalie’s development. A simple way you can help is asking “what did you learn?” after allowing a questionable goal. A simple shift in your approach can make a big difference.

Why is there a Goalie development problem in youth hockey? Almost every goalie family I’ve talked to in the last two years has expressed their frustration with their organization because goalies very rarely get a chance to develop specific attributes during practice. Most of the time, goalies are shooter tutors at practice with no instruction on how to improve. We need to change the way the development environments are set up for goalies.