Top 10 Off-Ice Goalie Drills

I am sure there could be textbooks written about on-ice goalie drills, there is also a good selection of off-ice goalie drills that you may not even know about.  Now I am not talking about some of the silliness you see in online videos with goalies standing on stability balls, juggling like a circus seal or my favorite one with the kid wearing his full goalie pads who jumps off a 24” plyobox onto a BOSU!


What the heck is that and how does it help make a goalie better?  You may argue that it develops balance and yes, I suppose that is true, but it is not the type of balance that a goalie needs.  In both of the ‘goalie drills’ described above the goalie must establish stability equally using both legs.

Although a goalie does want to have a good balanced stance with equal pressure on both feet when they are in the ready position, once they move laterally out of that ready position the goalie is in a situation where they are driving off one foot and quickly establishing a new dynamic stability using the other leg?

Before I get into the goalie drills that will actually help you perform on the ice, I also want to be clear that we are not trying to simply mimic exactly what you do on the ice with your goalie coach.  During off-ice goalie training, the goal is to enhance the physical capabilities to execute your movements on the ice with more speed and precision.

Now let’s take a look at the Top 10 Off-Ice Goalie Drills…

 

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