InGoal Magazine December 2011 : Page 40
The Importance of Tracking By: Perry Edlerbroom President of Gold in the Net hockey schools Former NHL goalie coach M ost hockey coaches today will readily admit they know little or nothing when it comes to working with the goaltenders. We hear it all the time. Yet when it comes to addressing problems or concerns with their goalie’s play, they are sometimes quick to criticize and offer advice and suggestions. The real problem is often as simple as a failure to properly track the puck – and the coach’s inability to recognize that weakness only exacerbates it. When a goalie is struggling with tracking, they will often drop prematurely into a butterfly and block shots from further out than normal. The coach knows something is wrong because their goalie is dropping on every shot, but their solution is to ask the goalie to remain on Scott SlingSby Photo 40 InGoal Magazine December 2011
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