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Goal Tending Drills
- New Goalie Drill: Roll a volleyball at the goalie, who should try to stop it with the stick.
- Angle Drill: Move out from the net to challenge the shooter so that he/she has a smaller target area.
In practice, the coach can tie two ropes of equal length to each goal post and hold the ends of ropes together to form a triangle. The ropes reflect where the goalie should be to cover the angle.
- Goalie Warm-up Drill: Goalie takes shots from teammates. Line teammates up in a semicircle 6-8 meters (20-26 feet) in front of the net, each with two pucks. Athletes shoot one puck in sequence around the semicircle, then reverse shooting their second puck. Variations: Run up and shoot, coach calls on athletes to shoot, etc.
- Goalie Positioning Drill: Two coaches or athletes, each on opposite sides of the goal 6-8 meters away, take turns shooting at the goal.
- Puck Tracking Drill: Two or three coaches or athletes pass puck around goal, shooting randomly.
- Tennis Ball Drill: Goalie faces wall from 3 meters (10 feet) out, with back to coach. Coach throws a tennis ball off the wall, and goalie reacts.
- Goalie Mirror Drill: Coach (always in basic stance) makes a move, and the goalie follows and imitates as quickly as possible. Use moves in all directions.
- Reaction Drill: On a whistle, the goalie should go to ground as if making a save. On a second whistle, the goalie gets back onto the feet and into a set position. Coaches should vary the time between whistles.
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