The Goaltending Consultant Group Training Tips
Robb Stauber works on passing the puck basics
GCG Tip: GCG Mens Prospects Camp If you attend the GCG Mens Prospects Week it may just be the best goaltending experience you may ever have.
Jamie McGuire, with the help of Michael Hutchinson and Jared Allen runs through some skating drills you can do on your own.
">GCG Tip: Sliding off the post David Alexander: U Maine Goaltending Coach and GCG Consultant
GCG Tip: Hip Strength and Flexibility A simple exercise to work on hip strength and flexibility by Maria Mountain.
This weeks tip of the week features live footage of veteran Fred Brathwaite communicating with his defenseman.
Last week the GCG Consultants discussed a lot about the Load and the Lean on this site. Here is a live example
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at a drill progression where goalies take depth and close the gap on the shooter.
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at how veteran goaltender Fred Brathwaite plays a wide off-angle shot from close to the goal line.
This weeks tip of the week features live footage of veteran Fred Brathwaite communicating with his defenseman.
Last week the GCG Consultants discussed a lot about the Load and the Lean on this site. Here is a live example
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at a drill progression where goalies take depth and close the gap on the shooter.
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at how veteran goaltender Fred Brathwaite plays a wide off-angle shot from close to the goal line.
Last week the GCG Consultants discussed a lot about the Load and the Lean on this site. Here is a live example
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at a drill progression where goalies take depth and close the gap on the shooter.
This GCG Tip of the Week we look at how veteran goaltender Fred Brathwaite plays a wide off-angle shot from close to the goal line.
Last week I posted an on-ice hip health routine for goalies. Thanks to some great feed back that routine was revised and put into a hip protocal video for my Mannheim Adler Club and shared with you as this weeks tip.
GCG Consultant and Adler Mannheim coach Brian Daccord explains how to combine goalie specific movement with agility.
Momentum Continuation Drill
GCG Consultant and Bentley University Goalie Coach Brian Robinson describes the momentum continuation as used in a GcG Women's camp drill.
Knock Away Drill
GCG Consultant and Northeastern Unviversity Goaltending Coach John Carratu shows the knock away drill.
Wrap Around to the Blocker
GCG Consultant and Bentley University Goaltending Coach Brian Robinson explians how to attack a wrap around to the blocker.
Pad Extension
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord narrates while Vancouver Canucks' Cory Schneider demonstrates a pad extension to make a save.
Momentum Continuation
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord continues the topic of momentum, this time studying how to use your momentum flow to your advantage.
Momentum Change
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord
discusses how to execute a direction/momentum change during play.
Glove Positioning
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord demonstrates '4.5 Fingers Up'- proper glove positioning for making glove saves in various situations.
Balance
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord studies goaltender body control and balance.
Desperation Dive
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord explores the reverse rotation desperation dive.
Playing the Puck
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord shows you four different ways to play a puck.
Center Shift With Blocker
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord expands on the center shift drill by incorporating your blocker.
Center Shift
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord studies a drill that focuses on improving your center shift.
Blocker Extensions
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord explores the advantages of blocker extensions.
Butterfly Skating Drills
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses how to maximize the benefits of your butterfly skating drills.
Skating Drills
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord emphasizes the importance of keeping up with your skating drills and specifics regarding correct execution, including leading with your eyes and setting correctly.
Momentum Into Butterfly Slide
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord advises how to build momentum when moving into a butterfly slide.
Knee-Shuffle
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord covers killing the puck in close range and mastering the knee-shuffle.
Combating Tip-Ins
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses techniques to combat tip-ins.
Turco Pass Drill
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord narrates the Turco Pass Drill, demonstrating the importance of learning how to launch a pass from one knee.
Gap Out and Recoil
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord narrates a drill demonstrating the 'goaltender gap out and recoil.'
Breakaway Poke-Check
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses preparing for use of a poke-check during a breakaway.
Butterfly Lockdown
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu shows you how to modify your butterfly lockdown position.
Old School Glove Save
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord explores the power glove save - old school!
Five-Hole Coverage
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord demonstrates how to lead with your stick blade during movement for maximum coverage of the five hole.
Hip/Shoulder Alignment
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord demonstrates the importance of learning to separate your hip movement from your shoulder alignment when skating within the crease area.
Pre-Load
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu demonstrates the pre-load.
Post Integration: Blocker Side
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord demonstrates post integration on your blocker side.
Post Integration: Glove Side
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord focuses on post integration to your glove side.
Dump-In Set Ups
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord demonstrates the proper way to set up the puck for your defenseman after a dump-in.
Controlling Rebounds: Pad Saves
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu demonstrates how to control rebounds when making a pad save.
Preparation
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses how your preparedness will play a big part in your season.
Controlling Rebounds: Butterfly Save
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu demonstrates rebound control when making a butterfly knee/stick save.
Half Butterfly: Blocker Side
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu continues with the half-butterfly save, this week focusing on the blocker side.
Maintaining Flexibility
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord stresses the importance of maintaining your flexibility on and off the ice.
Keep Your Cool
GCG Consultant and former Boston Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses how good goalies react to bad goals.
Half Butterfly: Glove Side
GCG Consultant and Northeastern University Goaltending Coach John Carratu demonstrates the mechanics of the half-butterfly save on the glove side.
Covering the Puck
GCG Consultant and former Bruins Goaltending Coach Brian Daccord discusses the importance of mastering how to cover the puck.
Visual Leading
GCG Consultant Andrew Mercer talks about how to properly visually lead movements in the net, resulting in better positioning and angles to the shooter.
Entering a Game Cold
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord gives tips on how to prepare yourself if you are the goalie going in cold into the next period.
Quick Stick
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord demonstrates the importance of maintaining a 'quick stick'.
Regain Your Focus
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses what to do to regain your focus after giving up a goal.
Glove and Blocker
GCG Consultants John Carratu and David Schultz demonstrate the finer points of making saves with your glove and your blocker.
Hydration
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses the importance of remaining properly hydrated during a game.
Lock Down Your Glove
GCG Consultant John Carratu shows you how to lock down your glove positioning.
Using Practice Time
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord comes to you from Sweden, and offers tips on how to make good use of your practices.
Avoiding Redirects
GCG Consultant John Carratu discusses the proper positioning of the stick and blocker to avoid accidental puck redirects.
Maximize Your Blocker
GCG Consultant John Carratu shows you how to maximize your blocking area.
Playing the Puck
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses how to decide when to play the puck.
Behind the Net
GCG Consultant Jaime Mcguire discusses and demonstrate how to properly play the puck behind the net with out stopping momentum.
Fitness and Warmup
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord explains the importance of fitness off the ice, and a good warmup before you play.
Academics in Hockey
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord explains the importance of maintaining good grades to help further your hockey career.
Pre-Game
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses the importance of a good pre-game attitude, beginning in the locker room.
Reverse Rotation
GCG Consultant John Carratu explains the importance of and shows us how to properly perform a reverse rotation.
Direction Shift
GCG consultant Andrew Mercer helps demonstrate how to handle a situation where the puck suddenly changes direction.
Plant Yourself
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord shows the importance of a tight plant compared to a loose plant.
Load Against the Post
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord goes over the proper way to load against the post when play is in tight.
Quick Poke
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses the importance of keeping proper position when using a quick poke.
Smother
GCG Consultant John Carratu shows us how to properly smother the puck while in the butterfly position.
Handling Dump-ins
GCG Consultant John Carratu explains two different ways to handle dump-ins.
Habits
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord illustrates on-ice examples of good and bad habits in net.
Reading the Play
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses the importance of being where you need to be in order to best read the play.
Rebound Control
GCG Consultant John Carratu demonstrates the 'six inch rule' in rebound control.
Gap Out
GCG Consultant John Carratu demonstrates the butterfly side ending with a 'gap out'.
Static Follow
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord helps demonstrate the most efficient way to follow the puck while its behind the net (Static Follow).
Butterfly Push
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord discusses the butterfly push.
Slide Momentum
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord demonstrates how to achieve momentum continuation in your butterfly slide.
Diving Poke Check
GCG Consultant Jaime Maguire goes over a speedy and more efficient way of getting back into position after a diving poke check.
Rotation
GCG consultant Andrew Mercer demonstrates an efficient way to rotate from a passer to a receiver and back to the shooter without taking your eye off the puck.
Return to Post
GCG Consultant Jaime Maguire demonstrates the quickest ways to get back to the post from a down position at the top of the crease..
Keeping Motivated
Sports Psychologist Adam Naylor gives us his advice on how to keep and maintain a proper motivation level to maintain in order to compete at your best.
Agents
Player Liaison Jerry Buckley discusses his feelings on younger hockey players and whether or not they should have an agent.
Positive Outlook for Athletes
Sports Psychologist Adam Naylor discusses the importance of staying positive no matter what the situation.
Back-Up Goalie
Former Boston Bruin Bob Beers discusses the higher level of goaltending in today’s game and how it has changed the role of the “back-up” goaltender.
Butterfly Slide
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord demonstrates when to use the butterfly slide.
Avoiding a Slump
Sports psychologist Adam Naylor gives advice on how to prevent yourself from falling into a slump.
Tracking Through Traffic
GCG Consultant Brian Daccord shows goaltenders tips on tracking the puck through traffic.
You and Your Teammates
Sports psychologist Adam Naylor discusses why it is key to send the right message to your teammates.
Your Changing Role
Former Boston Bruin Bob Beers offers some insight on the ‘New Age Goaltender’ and their changing role in special teams.
Your Pre Game Success
Sports psychologist Adam Naylor gives advice on how imagining being successful before even stepping on the ice is a great tool to achieving one's goals.
Your Competitive Outlook
Sports psychologist Adam Naylor joins us as he talks about how being competitive is key before achieving success.
12.29.08
Sport Psychologist Adam Naylor discusses the importance of having confidence in the creasing and using it as a tool to achieve success.
12.22.08
Matt Voity and Michael Hutchinson of the Barrie Colts (OHL) demonstrate how to properly follow a shooter walking out from the corner with out giving up the short side of the net.
12.15.08
Andrew Mercer shows goalies the finger up glove positioning while passing a puck in this weeks GCG Tip of the Week.
12.8.08
Jaime Mcguire and Michael Hutchinson demonstrate the difference between a soft and a hard drop in this weeks GCG Tip of the Week.
11.24.08
Andrew Mercer and Michael Hutchinson show us the proper way to position your blocker when following the puck in tight and moving laterally.
11.17.08
Jaime Mcguire and Jared DeMichael discuss and demonstrate how to properly play the puck behind the net with out stopping momentum.
11.10.08
GCG Consultant Terry Barbeau explains the importance of squaring to the puck and filling up the shooting lane.
11.3.08
Clint Elberts and Jared DeMichael go over how to properly follow the puck behind the net.
10.27.08
Andrew Mercer talks about how to properly visually lead movements in the net, resulting in better positioning and angles to the shooter.
10.20.08
Jaime Mcguire helps demonstrate a great way to play the puck when dumped into the zone while minimizing the chance of misplaying the puck.
10.13.08
Clint Elberts goes over the proper way to follow the puck when moving laterally without giving up the far side of the net.
10.6.08
GCG consultant Andrew Mercer helps demonstrate how to handle a situation where the puck suddenly changes direction.
9.29.08
Ed Seney, coach of the St. Anselm Mens hockey team, discusses a few great recruiting tips, including the importance of doing well academically.
9.22.08
Sports Psychologist Adam Naylor joins as this week as he discusses how mental toughness on and off the ice is key to success.
9.15.08
Bob Beers joins us this week as well as Brian Daccord as they conduct a mock interview with Maine goalie Scott Darling and go over how to properly handle the media when being interviewed.
9.8.08
St. Anselm Coach Ed Seney joins us this week as he goes some great tips to use when trying to get recruited at the college level.
9.1.08
Terry Barbeau demonstrates the importance of controlling a rebound and deflecting away from opposing players.
8-25-08
This week Terry Barbeau joins us to help demonstrate how to use your stick as a means of forcing the play out from the net and preventing a pass out or wrap around.
8-18-08
This week features GCG consultant Rob Hehlot from Mcguire Goaltending and Development explaining a great drill to use during free time in practice, the box drill.
8.11.08
Terry Barbeau joins us this week as he helps demonstrate a quick and efficient way to break up the play when the puck is being carried through the crease.
8.4.08
This week GCG consultant Jaime Mcguire takes the ice as he explains a great way to protect the post when a shooter is walking the puck in along the goal line, also known as "loading".
July '08
7.28.08
GCG consultant Andrew Mercer joins us this week as he helps demonstrate an efficient way to rotate from a passer to a receiver and back to the shooter without taking your eye off the puck.
7.21.08
Stop It trainer Mike Sirois helps demonstrate a great way to work on foot speed using a ladder.
7.14.08
Stop It and Northeastern womans hockey coach Dave Flint goes over a few stretches to maximize flexibility and introduces the new stretching program that has just been added to the GCG site!
7.7.08
Stop It trainer, Mike Sirois, offers another tip this week on how to utilize hurdles as a tool to help improve foot speed and agility.
June 08
6.30.08
Having a strong core is essential to being a high level goaltender. Stop It Goaltending trainer Mike Sirois helps demonstrate a few drills to help improve core stability using a physio ball.
6.23.08
Properly stretching your muscles is key to becoming a quick and flexible goalie. Stop It goaltending trainer, Mike Sirois, discusses the importance and effectiveness of using a foam roller to properly stretch and condition all of your muscles after a long day on or off the ice.
6-16-08
Reaction drills can make your hands and feet quicker as well as improve your brains ability to process variable. Check out this TOW reaction drill and you can view a number of them by clicking here.
6-9-08
GCG Consultant Dave Flint goes over some important stretches for goaltenders. A new stretching section will be added to the GCG website this week!
6.2.08
Using a medicine ball is a great way to train core strength. In the GCG Off-ice training section we have oganized all the medicine ball drills in one place.
May 08
5-26-08
Reaction drills are a great way to improve your hand/eye coordination. There are 5 reaction ball drills with video in the off-ice training section of the GCG website.
5-19-08
Ladder drills are a great way to improve foot speed. You can order a ladder at www.sparqstore.com.
5-12-08
Brian Daccord discusses how to make the most out of watching the NHL playoffs
5-5-08
Pete Tormey of Athletic Evolution demonstrates three drills to improve quickness.
April '08
4-21-08-
Brian Daccord offers advice on a spring off-ice shooting program.
4-21-08-
Your not a real goalie until you have seen this video on off-ice training for goalies.
4-14-08-
Pete Tormey of Athletic Evolution demonstrates a quick foot drill for goaltenders.
4-7-08-
In order to be a successful goaltender you have to be able to shake off a bad goal. Watch this clip and remember that even NHL goalies give up softies.
March '08
3-31-08-
Cushing assistant hockey coach Bill Troy talks about the importance of being properly prepared for games.
3-24-08-
This week has Cushing's head coach Rob Gagnon discussing certain characterisitcs coaches look for in goalies.
3-17-08-
Cushing athletic director and assistant hockey coach Bill Troy discusses the importance of doing well academically in order play at the college level.
3-10-08-
This week features Erik Kaloyanideas of Athletic Evolution discusses weight lifting in the post season.
3-3-08-
Saint Anselm coach Ed Seney talks about facing screen shots and the more difficult shots faced at the college level and how to handle them.
February '08
2-25-08-
Erik Kaloyanides of Athletic Evolution tells us how to stay sharp for the next few weeks
