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Great Tips for Coaching Goalies
Guest Article from Coach B
Assistant Coach, Western Michigan , Director, GP Select, aka Kenneth Brubaker
I want to offer special thanks to Coach B for his second article in our library by this really cool coach. Read this and you will never coach your goalies the same way you do now in practice again… by the way he still steps in the nets!!
The day in a life for most goalies is as follows:
April 16th, 2011 at 9:48 am
Mike,
Any one interested in my upcoming goalie e-book can find it on my web site http://www.313LAX.com. The planned release date is May 15, 2011.
I also have a lot of U13, U15 and U17 level lax stuff on my blog @ http://www.313lax.blogspot.com
coach B
May 4th, 2011 at 8:27 am
Looking forward to the book – as a former DIII goalie turned goalie coach, this info expands on some familiar info that has been tucked away in the back of my head.
July 22nd, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Looking for coach B’s e-book for goalies. Not finding it on 313 LAX site. Can anyone help.
October 20th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Guys the e-book has been delayed by too much lax. I promise to have it by the end of the year. Ive made progress but its still not ready. It will be worth the wait. – coach B
October 24th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Coach B thanks a lot for the tips. I have a quick question for you. Do you have any links or drills for hand eye agility drills?
October 25th, 2011 at 9:17 am
Thanks I passed this on to ‘Coach B’
November 23rd, 2011 at 2:28 pm
@lapro63139
I endorse using as many “blind drills” as possible to increase hand eye. Here a few simple and effective classics.
Tennis balls saves facing away- goalie faces the wall. coach faces the wall a few feet behind. coach calls shot and tosses a ball. goalie has to pivot, find and save.
Tennis ball over the shoulder. goalie faces the wall. coach faces the wall. coach shoots or tosses a ball at the wall. goalie has to find ball coming off the wall and save. use shot call or not for more difficulty.
Back pipe drill- goalie in cage facing top left. coach in the slot on the right side. goalie has to be looking away. call shot and put shot on cage back pipe. goalie has to find ball while exploding across crease, make save. start with easy saves and shots further out. as goalie masters move in and increase velocity to add difficulty. Switch sides to have goalie make saves from opposite pipe.
good luck and good lax!
November 30th, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Thanks a lot for the tips Coach B, extremely helpful.