Definitive Physical Exercises Goalie Off Ice Exercising Courses Comprise Of. | Goalie Exercising Professional
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Categories: Off-Ice Goalie Training by Maria Mountain 9 Comments I will get to the five (actually there are six) exercises that should be in every goalie off ice training program in a minute. This article (a rather long one actually) is a response to a question I got here on the blog from someone asking for a few exercises that an older goalie starting out should work on to reduce the risk of injury. As you know I think the number one role of a specific training program is to reduce the risk of injury and then improve performance, so the long winded article below is the result of me pondering that question for the last two weeks or so.
The Five Exercises Every Goalie Off Ice Training Program Must Include. Picture the headlights flashing across the walls of the rec center as you turn into the driveway. You park the car, get your hockey bag out of the back and start walking toward the front door. What do you feel if you are like most goalies, you feel nervous butterflies stirring in your gut. You are trying to be positive, but you cannot help but let some of those what ifs creep into your thoughts. You know the ones take your pick: What if I let in that early goal? What if my defense lets me down again?
What if the other team is full of slap shot monsters who shell me repeatedly.
What if we lose this game and miss the play-offs What if I play like crap and the coach pulls me I might not get another chance this season, the back up has been playing really well in practice lately. You can add to this list I am sure. So why do you do it? This is what I asked Steve, one of my subscribers who was so disheartened that he was ready to quit. Like you, Steve had a passion not only for hockey, but for playing goal. He knew his teammates did not really get him like most of you he was regarded as a little weird, but when he was winning everything was great. His team could live with weird when Steve was standing on his head and stealing games.
When things are going well everyone is happy, but it is when things were not going well that made Steve think of quitting or at least giving up on his goal of being the best puckstopper he could possibly be. Every time he saw that right winger slam his stick on the ice after letting in a goal even he knew he should have stopped, Steve lost some of his passion. This was not fun for him. Steve admitted that he knew a good goalie off ice training program would make a difference to his on-ice performance but he already had a plate full of commitments outside of hockey so spending 6-8 more hours per week on his training was not an option for him at this time. Three Types of Goalie Training Programs In my experience there are three types of goalies (Steve fit into the first category): 1. Those who do something. These players go to the local gym (or used to go to the local gym) to do their goalie off ice training, where they follow the herd. They do their circuit of the machines, they even suck it up and get on the groin machine that is usually reserved for the ladies trying to tone their thighs.
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