The Goaltending Consultant Group Training Tips
Off-Ice Goalie Drills To Even Out Your Crease Push
Off-Ice Training Tips
Hockey Goalie Training- 2 ways to reduce knee injury
Off-Ice Injury Prevention Tips
Goalie Drill Video - Continuous Stick Saves
On-Ice Training Tips
Goalie Training Drills: Post to Post Speed
Off-Ice Training Tips
Goalie Cam Tutorial
JS Giguere Ask a Pro: Goalie Coaches and Gear
Ask a Pro
Hockey Training Nutrition - 90s eggs
Hockey Nutrition
Hockey Training - High Intensity Interval Combos
Off-Ice Training Tips
Can Cory Schneider Handle a #1 Spot?
GCG TIP:Adv-DMan Activation Goalie Set Puck
Hockey Canada Tip
How to Fit pads
How to Select a Stick
Revolution Conditioning: Maintaining Fitness Gains In-Season
Magnus Olsson Blade on Post Seal
Magnus Olsson Recovery from inside the net
Jamie McGuire 7 Puck Skating Drill
Do This Not That For Goalies
Three new stretches from Maria Mountain
Pre Game Juggle Routine
Quiet Eye Theory & Goaltending
Sample Static Stretch Circuit for Goaltenders
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Explaination of reference points
Maria Helps make goalies Quick (er)
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.
Pregame with the King
Robb Stauber works on passing the puck basics
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 weeks tip of the week features live footage of veteran Fred Brathwaite communicating with his defenseman.
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.
